Golden Silk Courtyard | Private Beijing Siheyuan Visits

Pomegranate trees and birdcages in the family courtyard

Beijing · Shichahai · Family records and oral history trace the home to the Kangxi era

Visit our family home near Shichahai for a private courtyard tour, dumpling-making lunch or hutong walk. Chinese and English can be arranged.

Private family homeVisits by appointmentOne group at a time

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Kangxi erain family records and oral history

2003restored by the family

2008Olympic-era hospitality archive

1 groupwelcomed at a time

Historic dates are presented from family records, oral history and preserved archive material. Archive

Two ways into the courtyard

Come as a guest

Choose a visit to the courtyard, a dumpling-making lunch or a walk through the surrounding hutongs. Each offers a different way to spend time with us.

Visit the courtyard

Photography, filming and gatherings

Tell us about your shoot or small gathering. We’ll discuss the timing, people and use of the space with you, alongside the needs of our home.

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Jing Jichang and Wang Zhixi in the courtyard they restored — Jing Jichang and Wang Zhixi · family archive, digitally restored

From our family

Meet the family behind the courtyard

We’d like to share the home we live in: the moon gate, the screen wall, the pomegranate tree and the stories behind them. A visit is a chance to ask questions and get to know a little of everyday life here.

Discover the story

The courtyard remembers

Guest notes, press clippings and family photographs record more than two decades of visits and everyday life in the courtyard.

Find us near Shichahai

Our home is in a residential hutong near Shichahai. We welcome one group at a time by appointment and no longer offer accommodation. We’ll share the exact address and arrival details after confirming your visit.