Hu Qidan has three sons and nine grandchildren, and the "Hu Family Courtyard" and "One Hall for Five Generations" are happy. According to the genealogy, Hu Qidan "has hundreds of people in five generations, and there is no one." . The eldest son, Hu, is "generous and frank" and "never follows the trend"; The second son, Hu Jiayuan, was "frugal" and "successful"; Sanzihu, "no shortage of people" and "don't try to be brave"; Jiusun's "managers and businessmen are having a hard time." Therefore, the architectural style of "Hu Jia Courtyard" fully reflects the noble character of these generations.
Businessmen in the "Hu Family Courtyard" have always undergone strict training. When they are young, they must study abacus seriously. Men with high IQ have to be sent to the store as apprentices, stand at the counter, then work as accountants, then take care of things and become small shopkeepers, and only after passing the customs can they become independent big shopkeepers. Therefore, most of the men in the "Hu Family Courtyard" are "Confucian businessmen" who can write and calculate. According to genealogy records, since Hu Qidan founded "Hu Jia Academy", he has paid attention to cultivating talents, inheriting "advocating honesty" and "striving for strength". Seven of his nine grandchildren were born in the country. In addition, the "Hujia Courtyard" has strict family rules. From Hu Qidan to his great-great-grandson, five generations have to pay money in the cashier's office of the hospital before they can see their wives and children when they go home to do business. Offenders are dealt with by family law, which is very strict. Hu Jia Courtyard became a famous "nest of the rich" at that time because of the high quality of businessmen, well-managed businesses and abundant financial resources.
During the land reform, the class composition was divided, and the "Hu Family Courtyard" was divided into middle peasants, rich peasants, small land leases, small businesses, capitalist landlords and bureaucratic landlords, but there was no "bully landlord". He remembers that the furniture, antiques, farm tools and other daily necessities taken out from the "Hujia Courtyard" at that time were fully placed in more than ten acres of land, all of which were distributed to the poor and middle peasants, including many precious cultural relics. 1in the autumn of 938, after the Japanese invaders entered Lingxiang, they could not enter the "Hujia Courtyard". The Japanese angrily tried to break down the gate with wood. Unexpectedly, the solid door did not move, and the Japanese became angry from embarrassment. They blew open the gate with bombs and set fire to it without restraint, burning down 7 main rooms and 24 main rooms twice.
When the "Four Old Houses" were demolished during the Cultural Revolution, almost all the plaques in the "Hu Jia Courtyard" were destroyed, including those of "Wen Kui", "Jinshi" and "Yu Ci", as well as a birthday plaque of the famous Hu Zongduo of the Republic of China, and some precious wood carvings, stone carvings, window grilles and courtyard buildings were demolished. There are 77 guest rooms, where more than 300 descendants of Hu lived.