The Xiangjinong is a well-preserved alley of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) with a number of residential houses built alongside it. The houses are divided into an upper and a lower hall and include four central rooms, two wing rooms and a back room each. A dooryard stands in the center with doors on both sides. Open rooms in the central hall only have one floor making the space appear tall and grand. The column bases and house foundations are engraved with exquisite carvings featuring regularly distributed designs and colorful patterns. Girders and columns were built using huge wooden pieces, like the front eave columns and front architraves, which are about 50 centimeters in diameter. All of the materials are high-grade timbers, such as camphor trees.