The Shi Family Residence

　　   Located at No. 81 Shatian Road in the old town, the main building was constructed in the early years of the Republic of China, with the north and south wing rooms added in 1948. The platform layout follows a traditional courtyard (siheyuan) style, covering an area of 194 square meters. The buildings feature wooden post-and-lintel construction with hanging gables. They include a street-facing hallway, north and south wing rooms, and the main house. The main house is three bays wide (11.56 meters) and 7.2 meters deep, with a front porch that is 1.05 meters deep. Each wing room is 2.94 meters wide, and the hallway is 13.3 meters wide and 1.75 meters deep. All rooms are two stories high, with eaves 5.15 meters above the ground. This residence has a rather unique architectural layout: the orientation of the north and south wing rooms aligns with that of the hallway and main house — that is, the gable ends of the wing rooms face each other, and their eaves connect seamlessly with those of the hallway and main house. This design facilitates drainage and increases the amount of light entering the central courtyard, making the courtyard appear more spacious visually. Such a structural layout is quite rare and the residence is currently well preserved.