Luzhou Li Family Historical House - General Li You-Bang Memorial Museum Introduction
The Lujhou Li Residence is grand in scale and complete in structure, covering an area of over 1,200 ping. It showcases the dignified aura of local gentry as well as the rustic qualities of a traditional farmer's house, representing a typical large residence of prosperous families. This historic house is the former residence of Taiwan's anti-Japanese general Li You-Bang, locally known as "Li Zu Cuo." This cultural asset has a history of over one hundred years (established in 1857 and spanning 155 years until 2012) and was built by the second-generation descendant Li Qing-Shui. In the 29th year of the Guangxu era, the seven branches of the Li family pooled resources for its reconstruction, resulting in one of the most splendid and impressive siheyuan roofs still existing in Taiwan, reflecting its current layout, configuration, and post-renovation appearance. It has been recognized as a third-class historic site and officially opened to the public in 2006 as "The Li Family Ancestral House - General Li You-Bang Memorial Museum." After the First Sino-Japanese War, the Li family not only maintained their resolve but also decided to expand their ancestral home, using architectural forms to express the family's ties to Chinese culture, taking nearly nine years to build the ancestral house and the surrounding area. This made it a landmark in Lujhou at that time. In addition to its ancient aesthetic architecture, the house retains antique furnishings such as an eight-legged antique bed, dressing table, stone mill, and kitchen hearth, preserving the scene as it was a hundred years ago, thus recording the most vivid historical past of Taiwan.
