Situated at the foot of the major scenic resort of China--Guanzhai Mountain in Liancheng County, Fujian Province, 39 kilometers to the county seat of Liancheng and 60 kilometers to the county seat of Changting, Peitian Ancient Village Building Complex forms a completely different architectural style from that of Earth Buildings. 

 

Consisting of over 30 beautiful houses with tall halls, 21 ancient ancestral temples, 6 studies, 2 ancient street-crossing honorific archways and one 1000-meter-long ancient street, Peitian Ancient Village Building Complex is compact, in order, interspersed but harmonious, and arranged in a scientific and rational way. And it possesses the distinct characteristic of Ming & Qing architectures. For example, the entertainment and leisure manor-like architectures of government official halls, residence of Da Fu (an official title in the feudal time) and residence of Jin Shi（a name for who passed the highest imperial exam） are large-scale village houses constructed in the structure of "nine halls & eighteen well holes", in the layout symmetrical along the central axis, combining the halls with the courtyards, and of extremely high value of research and appreciation.