Qīxiá

Qixia lies in the wooded hills of the Jiaodong peninsula, inland from the northern coast. North of the county town, the Mu family began building a large estate at Guzhendu in 1723. Its founder Mu Ziyi had moved there from the town and accumulated land, laying the foundations of a family fortune. Successive generations enlarged the residence in the form of linked courtyards, with brick, stone and timber buildings arranged along north–south axes.