Caitinglan was the only scholar passed the court examination from Pengfu. He was born in 1801 and was so intelligent by natural endowment since he has been born. His learning ability was so strong when he was five and he could write some articles at eight. He passed the autumn examination in 1837, and passed the court examination in1844. He was assigned to Jiangxi Province and took up the post almost in the interior of the continent. He died at 1859 with the age of 59. In 1846, Scholar Cai returned to his township to hold a memorial ceremony for his ancestors in the third year after passed the court examination. He built the Scholar Residence at the right side of the old construction to glorify his family.

The building characteristic of the Scholar Residence is the concaved shape with the width of 4.5 meters and the depth of 3.3 meters approximately. On the main hall is a small veranda with rolling sheds, which are almost destroyed due to disrepair. However, the façade of the main hall is composed by wooden squares-fans, which is very elegant. The wing-room of the residence is in horseback style and the roofing is the swallow-tailed ridge, and which makes it the only residence with the swallow-tailed type in Pengfu. The other structures and decorations are also very delicate in the residence. Due to the descendants of Cai Family did not repair or rebuild this building in large-scale, the whole construction has been maintained till now. However the condition of this construction now is not well because it was worn down by the years without repair. There is a basalt board in script “Scholar Residence” above the door at the entrance. On the left and right sides were the circle windows with the painting of flowers and birds but now it is with pebbledash.

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