In the heart of Chaozhou’s Xiangqiao District, the earth remembers its past. The Former Residence of Tang Boyuan stands between Yangyu and Yingju Lanes, resurrected from asphalt through a 16.8 million RMB donation by his descendant, Tang Liangsong. Completed in December 2019, this 2,205-square-meter complex reclaims a lost history.

Tang Boyuan served as the Director of the Bureau of Appointments during the Ming Dynasty. His contemporaries called him an "Ice-clear Mirror in the Personnel Ministry," a title now hanging as a wooden plaque in the hall. He retired to this exact spot, fifty meters from a memorial archway erected in his honor.

Visitors step off Yi'an Road and enter a strict three-courtyard layout. The transition is immediate. Stone floor tiles cool the air. Above, traditional colored paintings sweep across the roof eaves. In the rear hall, a bronze seated statue of Tang anchors the space in quiet authority. The walls carry the physical trace of the man himself. Calligraphy rubbings salvaged from the Tang Family Temple preserve his original handwriting, offering a direct line to his Neo-Confucian philosophy.

The reconstruction required immense physical devotion. Descendants like Tang Xuewu personally carved the wooden doors, their chisels biting into timber to recreate Ming-style precision. This labor transformed a forgotten site into Chaozhou’s first civilian-funded historical restoration under the "Hundred Families Restoring Hundred Ancestral Halls" initiative.

The residence currently functions as an Anti-Corruption Education Base and a gallery for traditional paper cutting. The site bridges centuries. The kiln-fired tiles and carved wood hold the memory of a righteous official, offering a quiet space for reflection amid the modern city.