史料原文/譯文A traditional Hakka architecture, Jiangxia Tang was built by masters from China with homemade red bricks; the structure consists of a stone-made bracket set, brick-planked window bars, and Chinese fir for woodwork.
Also named as "A Thousand Hectare of Lands," the Huang family who settled in the area since 1896 owns vast extension of the land along the Yangmei River.
The top of its entrance is shaped as a traditional Chinese politician's headwear, a unique design symbolizing expectations for the offspring. Its architectural exquisiteness can be appreciated from the roof, main hall and its windows, including the roof ridge, gable walls, bracket sets, beams, the red-bricked walls, all created by Chinese masters. The main hall also features a carp-shaped drainage and brick window planked bars.
The building materials were carefully selected. The Huangs also owned kilns to burn bricks, which turned to be more solid and brighter than most; the quality stone-made bracket
set is still intact, barely different in appearance from an old photo.