Yuebmei Pond Liu Residence Introduction
At the foothills of Bagua Mountain, beside Shanqiao Road (County Road 137) in Nanya Village, Shetou Township, Changhua County, there lies the most expansive building complex in Taiwan, which includes the Qi Jiao Liu Residence and the Yue Mei Chi Liu Residence. The former has 16 protective dragons, while the latter has 13. This architectural formation represents a defensive arrangement of the Hoklo and Hakka ethnic groups and vulnerable populations taking refuge at the foot of the mountain during early migration and settlement processes marked by conflicts. The site was determined by geomancers to be a "Mao Crab Formation," especially designed with inner protective dragons shaped as "Xiang Bei Zhu" connecting front and back houses, resembling the two "claws" of a crab; the outer protective dragons symbolize "crab legs," with the main structure representing the "crab body," named "Ning Yuan Tang," aligned east to west with a slight southern orientation. It is also named "Tuan Yuan Tang," as at the time of its construction, geomancers identified it as a "Tu Shi Formation," hence a large water pool was created in the shape of a crescent moon in front of the residence for nourishing purposes, and waterways were interconnected between the protective dragons, aligned east to west.
