The Long Family Courtyard is a traditional Han residence that embodies the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty. It is located in Heiling Village, Changtou Town, Xintian County, Hunan Province, 14 kilometers away from the county seat. Because the whole village has the surname Long, it is called the Long Family Courtyard. The villagers are descendants of Long Bogao, the prefect of Lingling in the early Eastern Han Dynasty. They moved here from Lingling around the Yuanfeng period of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty. It has a history of more than 930 years. The Longjia Courtyard is the most distinctive existing brick and wood structure complex of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Yongzhou City. The ancient villages and dwellings and ancient cultural sites are still well preserved. These folk houses and monuments are located in a geomantic treasure land. They are ingeniously designed, well-made, extraordinary in grace and charm, reflecting the wisdom and superb architectural skills of the ancient Han working people. 1 The courtyard is located halfway up the mountain in the middle of Daguanling. The entire compound faces southwest to northeast and is in the middle of a mountain. There is an ancient castle ruins one kilometer away in the back mountain. The surname Long moved here and did not start to prosper until the late Ming Dynasty. There are 48 existing buildings, which have typical Han cultural characteristics in southern Hunan. They are all made of blue bricks with clear walls and small green tiles, hard tops with wind and fire walls, pavilions, exquisite wood carvings, gorgeous paintings, and dignified and simple screen walls. "Poetry and etiquette are passed down from generation to generation, and we don't care about anything other than farming." There are 128 existing couplets in the Long Family Courtyard, which embody the farming culture and the idea of ??seclusion. It also inherits Long Bogao's honesty, caution, humility and frugality. character. The couplets not only have exquisite calligraphy, but also have different fonts for each couplet. Visitors call the Longjia Courtyard "a century-old courtyard, a legacy of the prefect, a paradise, and a beautiful countryside."