Qiao Family Compound

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Architects consider it to be one of the finest remaining examples of imposing private residences in northern China.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It has been converted into a museum and has many period furnishings.

It is the chief location in the Zhang Yimou film Raise the Red Lantern. A 2006 Chinese television series, Qiao's Grand Courtyard, was also shot here.[2]

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