Xizhuang Hezhai is located in Xizhuang Village, Loubanzhai Township, Yuanping City. Sitting west facing east, it is 24.6 meters long from east to west, 14.7 meters wide from north to south and covers an area of 36 1.6 square meters. It was founded in the seventh year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1868). Once in the courtyard layout, there is a main room on the central axis, and an annex room, courtyard door and zhaobi are existing on the north side. The main room is three rooms wide and four rafters deep, with stone steps, a corridor on the front eaves and a hard peak on the single eaves. The inscription on the beam reads "March of the seventh year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty". There are wood carvings on the front porch, and auspicious patterns such as longevity peach, bat, dragon head, longevity word and lotus flower are carved. (The content is taken from Xinzhou Cultural Relics Collection)
Source of information: Xinzhou Cultural Relics Bureau
Xizhuang Village: Xizhuang Village is located in the southwest of Yuanping City, about 1 km away from Loubanzhai, where the township government is located, and about 16 km away from Yuanping, where the government of Yuanping City is located. It is adjacent to Loubanzhai in the east, Shanshui Village in the west, Magang Village in Zhuangyan Town in the south and Yunzhongshan in the north. The total population of Xizhuang Village is 992, with 328 households, and the cultivated land area is 188.7 mu, including 650 mu of irrigated land and 6,779 mu of forest, with a per capita income of more than 3,400 yuan. The whole village has achieved road access and street lighting. Corn is the main crop, and walnuts, pears and apples are the main economic sources. * * * There are walnut trees.