Yin Yu Tang

In the late Qing dynasty a prosperous Chinese merchant named Huang built a house for his family in a remote village southwest of Shanghai. He named the house Yin Yu Tang which means Hall of Abundant Shelter implying his desire for the building to shelter many of his descendants. This book, with its room-by-room, generation-by-generation documentation of life in the house, serves as a unique introduction to traditional Chinese family and village life.