Fenghao House, Protected heritage site in Fenghua District, China

Fenghao House is a protected residential compound in Fenghua District, built with traditional Chinese wooden framing and curved tile roofs across several interconnected buildings. The rooms are arranged in sections around open interior courtyards, following a layout common to large family households of that era.

Fenghao House began as three old family rooms; in 1889, after a fire destroyed the Yusalt shop, the family moved into the west side of the main hall, Baobentang. In 1929, after his rise, Chiang Kai-shek exchanged the old rooms for an upper-street building and rebuilt the compound. It was listed in 1996 as part of the Chiang family residence, a national protected site.

Fenghao House shows how a prosperous family of the early 1900s divided their home between reception areas, private quarters, and service spaces. Walking through the rooms today, you can see how social rank and daily routines shaped every detail of the layout.

The compound is in Fenghua District and is most easily reached from Ningbo. Plan enough time to walk through all the sections and courtyards, as the layout is spread across several connected buildings.

The house name comes from the Western Zhou capitals Feng and Hao: Jiang's generational name was Zhou, so the brothers' rooms were called Feng and Hao, later merged into Fenghao House. Jiang Jingguo's courtesy name Jianfeng and Jiang Weiguo's Jianhao also derive from these room names.