Chiunglin was at its height during the Ming and Qing Dynasties (roughly the 16th through the 19th centuries), and boasted many ancestral halls, family temples, and private academies. Walking among them, one would see nothing but Fujian-style official residences with red brick walls and swallowtail roofs.
這裡在明清兩代（約 16 至 19 世紀）盛極一時，宗祠、家廟、私塾學院眾多；遊走其間，舉目所見儘是紅磚石壁、燕尾翹脊的傳統閩式官宅。