Salem in Essex County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
Yin Yu Tang A Chinese Home
Photographed By Craig Doda, April 8, 2023
1. Yin Yu Tang A Chinese Home Marker
During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), a prosperous Chinese merchant from Anhui Province built a stately sixteen-bedroom house in China's southeastern Huizhou region, calling his home Yin Yu Tang, translated as "Hall of Plentiful Shelter." It was home to the Huang family for more than two hundred years.
Representing Chinese culture from the 1790s to the 1980s, Yin Yu Tang reveals the Huizhou region's unique architectural style as well as diverse cultural changes that occurred in China throughout the home's occupancy. Relocated from its original location in China in 1997, the house was transformed from a multigenerational family residence to an historic house in a museum setting at PEM. Yin Yu Tang has been interpreted as it appeared when the Huang family last occupied it in 1982, allowing visitors to gain rare perspectives into Chinese art, architecture and culture through the history of the house, its owners and objects.
Yin Yu Tang is available for scheduled self- guided, audio and guide-led tours. Inquire inside with PEM staff for times and availability. The frequency and size of tours are limited to optimize visitor experience and protect the historic structure.
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1997.
Location. 42° 31.266′ N, 70° 53.523′ W. Marker is in Salem, Massachusetts, in Essex County. Marker is on Charter Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 43 Charter Street, Salem MA 01970, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Charter Street Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); The Burying Point (within shouting distance of this marker); The Salem Witch Trials Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named The Salem Witch Trials Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Graves of Greatest Historical Intrest (within shouting distance of this marker); East India Marine Hall (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Peabody Museum of Salem (about 300 feet away); Home of Nathaniel H. Felt (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salem.
Also see . . . Yin Yu Tang House (Wikipedia).
Overview: Yin Yu Tang House (蔭餘堂) is a late 18th-century Chinese house from Anhui province that had been removed from its original village and re-erected in Salem, Massachusetts. In North(Submitted on April 23, 2023.)America it is the only example of historic Chinese vernacular architecture. As such it provides an example of the type of dwelling an average family in China would have lived in. The Yin Yu Tang (Hall of Plentiful Shelter) was built in the late eighteenth century during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911).Photographed By Craig Doda, April 8, 20232. Yin Yu Tang A Chinese Home Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 22, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 105 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 22, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
