Xilin Cen's Building Complex is a national key cultural relic protection unit.
Nalao Village in Nalao Township is the hometown of Cen Yuying, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou in the early years of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, and Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the governor of Sichuan in the late Qing Dynasty. Here are the Cen family’s residences, temples, monuments and other buildings built during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
General Cen Huaiyuan Temple: Cen Huaiyuan, a border general in the Southern Song Dynasty, was the distant ancestor of Cen Zicheng, the chief official of Shanglin in the Ming Dynasty. In the first year of the Yuan Dynasty (1264), the rank of general was increased. The Cen clan, the chief official of Shanglin, built a temple after moving to Nalao Village. In the first year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1875), Cen Yuying expanded it into a courtyard with a shrine, two-room rooms and a gate, covering an area of ??180 square meters. . The sacred plaque of the shrine is very majestic, and the eaves of the corridor are also very spacious. The left and right corridors are respectively decorated with red envelopes and six-column wooden frames, with bells and drums on them. Both bells and drums are painted with dragons and phoenixes.
Cen’s Ancestral Hall: Built in the 32nd year of Guangxu’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (1906), it is divided into front and back yards, with four back yards. The back hall is the shrine, the two wings are showrooms, and in the middle of the front hall is the gate and patio. There are flowerbeds at the four corners, and a hexagonal pavilion with flying cranes painted on it on a square stone platform in the middle, named "Crane Pavilion". There is a wide corridor outside the gate. There are two protruding eight-character walls with two big tigers painted on them. There are twelve steps leading down from the gate. From the steps to the base of the eight-character wall, there is a larger flower bed and two large neem trees. Close to the steps. At the foot of the steps is the square outer courtyard. Facing the gate, there is a screen wall painted with a giant dragon playing with a pearl. The ancestral hall covers an area of ??about 400 square meters.
Cen's Inner Courtyard: Covering an area of ??300 square meters, it is the oldest part of the Lauzen's architectural complex. In the Ming Dynasty, when Chief Lin was facing a lawsuit, he moved his residence to Cenmi Chujian in Nalao Village, which was located at the highest point in the village.
Gongbao Mansion: The largest building among the Cen family buildings. Because Cen Yuying was awarded the title of "Crown Prince Shaobao" in the 13th year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1874), it is referred to as "Gongbao". So the family home was called "Gongbao Mansion". It sits in the center of Nalao Village and covers an area of ??1,347 square meters. It was first built in the second year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1976) and completed in the fifth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu. It originally had 8 buildings and was gradually expanded to 13 buildings.
Zengshou Pavilion: the memorial building behind Cen Zengshou, the third son of Cen Yuying and Cen Yuxiang. Built in the 10th year of Guangxu (1884), it has a brick, wood and tile structure, with an octagonal pavilion and three floors. Parts of the murals on the ground floor can still be seen today. Covers an area of ??80 square meters.
Nanyang Academy: It is the Lauzen Clan School, where teaching is done. There is a courtyard gate, a first hall, a second hall, two wing rooms and a kitchen. There is a hole seat in the second hall, which is also called the main hall.
Cen Chunxuan (1861-1933), courtesy name Yunjie, was born in Xilin, Guangxi, and was a Chinese politician in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Cen Chunxuan came from a family of officials, and his father Cen Yuying was the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. He was a wild and unrestrained boy, and together with Ruicheng and Lao Ziqiao, he was known as one of the "Three Evil Young Men in the Capital". In the fifth year of Guangxu's reign, he donated his official position and took charge of the affairs. In the eleventh year of his reign, he promoted people and became a doctor-designate. After his father's death, he was rewarded as Shaoqing of the Taiyang Temple and was promoted to the fourth rank. In the 24th year of Guangxu's reign, Cen Chunxuan's countermeasures proved to be effective, and he was promoted to the rank of chief envoy of Guangdong by Guangxu himself. However, Cen Chunxuan's official position was less than three months old, and he had a conflict with Tan Zhonglin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Details of Cen Chunxuan++
Nalao Town: Nalao Township is located in the eastern part of the county, adjacent to Tianlin County in the east, Zubie Township and Xiping Township in the south and southwest, Puhe Miao Township in the west, and Longlin Autonomous County of all ethnic groups in the north. . The township government is located in Nalao Village, 39 kilometers away from the county seat. It has jurisdiction over 6 village offices and 24 village committees: Nalao, Nabing, Dongjian, Xinsai, Dingbeng and Douhuang. The township has a population of 7,650 people, of which 81% are Zhuang people, 5% Han people, 2% Yao people, 2% Miao people, and 10% other ethnic groups.
The township covers an area of ??229.33 square kilometers and has a cultivated area of ??1