The Lan family estate was truly vast, with pavilions, towers, gardens, ponds, and the like in no short supply, but its layout was quite different from that of ordinary residences.
Normally, a residence would be divided into a front and a back courtyard. The front courtyard was where the men lived, containing the halls for receiving guests, study rooms, guest rooms, and the family school, among other things.
The back courtyard was where the family members lived. Larger estates would be divided into a residential compound and a separate compound, while smaller houses would be divided into the main house, and east and west wing rooms, and so on.
The Lan family estate was also divided into a front and a back courtyard, only its front and back courtyards were much larger.
The front courtyard alone had over a hundred various rooms, divided into six smaller courtyards, and there was also a very large practice field for martial arts.
