Pomegranate trees and birdcages in the family courtyard

Beijing · Shichahai · A family home traced by family records to the Kangxi era

Not a reconstruction and not a hotel. Golden Silk Courtyard is a private historic home, opened by appointment for cultural visits and thoughtful creative work.

Private family homeVisits by appointmentOne group at a time

Visit the courtyard Create here

300+years in family records and memory

2003restored by the family

2008Olympic-era homestay archive

1 groupwelcomed at a time

Historic dates are presented from family records, oral history and preserved archive material. Archive

Jing Jichang and Wang Zhixi in the courtyard they restored — Jing Jichang and Wang Zhixi · the family who restored and still cares for the courtyard

From the family

We open the gate so the life behind it can be understood.

We hope guests do more than look at old bricks. Sit down, drink tea, hear why the moon gate, screen wall and pomegranate tree matter—and meet the everyday Beijing that still lives here.

Discover the story

Two ways into the courtyard

Come as a guest

A private introduction, dumpling lunch or walk through the surrounding hutongs, hosted at an unhurried pace.

Visit the courtyard

Use the courtyard with care

A rare, lived-in Beijing setting for photography, film and intimate gatherings, considered project by project.

Create here

The courtyard remembers

Guest notes, newspaper clippings and family photographs reveal two decades of encounters without turning the home into a display case.

Hidden in Shichahai, opened by appointment

No. 12 Dajinsi Lane, off Dianmenwai Street. The family confirms every visit personally and shares arrival details before you come.