ong ' s ▁Res idence ▁( N ice ▁B ree ze ▁in ▁C ih ong ' s ▁Res idence , ▁one ▁of ▁Sh ant ou ' s ▁E ight ▁S ights ) ▁Kn own ▁as ▁the ▁best ▁over se as ▁Chinese ▁residence ▁in ▁L ing nan ▁and ▁a ▁key ▁protected ▁cultural ▁re lic s ▁in ▁Gu ang d ong ▁Province , ▁Chen ▁C ih ong ' s ▁Form er ▁Res idence ▁was ▁built ▁by ▁the ▁famous ▁Chen ▁Hong li ▁family ▁in ▁Q ian me i ▁Village , ▁Long du ▁Town , ▁Ch eng hai ▁District . ▁The ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁residence ▁started ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 0 , ▁last ed ▁almost ▁ 3 0 ▁years ▁and ▁was ▁not ▁finished ▁until ▁ 1 9 3 9 . ▁The ▁ 2 5 , 4 0 0 - sq m ▁residence ▁consists ▁of ▁ 5 0 6 ▁rooms ▁in ▁ 4 ▁complex ▁houses ▁where ▁the ▁traditional ▁Cha os han ▁architect ural ▁style ▁of ▁" 4 - hor se - dra wn ▁ch ari ot " ▁goes ▁well ▁with ▁western ▁vill as . ▁The ▁ 4 ▁complex ▁houses ▁are ▁Lang zh ong ▁M ansion , ▁Sh ou k ang ▁D well ing , ▁Sh an ju ▁Chamber ▁and ▁San lu ▁Study , ▁and ▁st rew ed ▁between ▁them ▁are ▁pav il ions , ▁terra ces , ▁cor rid ors ▁and ▁over pass es , ▁forming ▁a ▁giant ▁cour ty ard . ▁The ▁residence ▁is ▁basically ▁built ▁with ▁brick ▁and ▁tim ber ▁and ▁decor ated ▁with ▁Cha