Jiāng'ān

Jiang'an lies on the upper Yangtze between Yibin and Luzhou, amid the fields and hills of southern Sichuan. Inland at Xijiashan, a large residential compound was begun in 1612, during the late Ming. Its halls and courtyards grew into an extensive estate, illustrating the architecture of a prosperous household in the region, with buildings arranged around open spaces that brought light and rainwater into the complex.