More than 20 of them are still living in the family's old-style courtyard house. "It's warm in the winter, cool in the summer, bright, and well-ventilated." No wonder 82-year-old Chiang Lien-hui finds staying in his sons 'modern-style houses unbearable after two or three days and has to return home.
五落的深宅大院，現在共有五房留鄉的廿多位子孫居住，「住得很習慣，冬暖夏涼，通風、透光… …」，難怪八十二歲的江聯輝每次到新莊的二兒子家，兩、三天就受不了，急忙地趕回老家。