House of the Chancellor in Huangcheng

　　This House of the Chancellor in Huangcheng is the home of Chen Tingjing, the Wenyuange Academician and Minister of Personnel of the Qing Dynasty, who was once a teacher of the Emperor Kangxi and the editor-in-chief of the Dictionary Kangxi Zidian. As an eminent chancellor, he served as a helper of the emperor for half a century.
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, from the Chen family there emerged 41 students of the royal academy, 19 winners of the provincial examination and 9 winners of the state examination, 6 academicians, and 38 officials and 33 poets. The emperor Qianlong wrote a couplet to the family to praise all these successful persons.
　　The tourist zone of the house of the chancellor covers an area of more than 100,000 square meters. The constructions take advantage of a hillside and display a multiple configuration of houses and courtyards. There are magnificent surrounding walls and stone portals, with beautiful gardens and living rooms in all kinds of decorations. The chancellor’s dwelling place is elegant. The youngsters’studying rooms are situated in a pleasing envirornment....
　　This house is a complex of castle-like buildings: the officer’s dwelling place, the old home of literary men and the residence of local people. Being the old house of the first big family of the north in the Qing Dynasty, it is rare for its magnficent form and rich content in perfect preservation. It is an ideal place for sightseeing.