Jinzhong merchants' homes show past wealth

The Chang Family Manor in Yuci district, Jinzhong. The manor, which has 4,000 houses, once covered an area of 60 hectares, equal to some 80 football fields, and was the largest compound owned by Shanxi merchants and the biggest manor complex in China. [Photo/shanxichina.gov.cn]

A garden in the Chang Family Manor. The manor was built in the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). [Photo/shanxichina.gov.cn]