Shize Building

　　Shize Building is located in the northwest of Gaobei Village, Gaotou Township, to the east of Chengqi Building. It was first built in the 44th year of the Jiajing reign during the Ming Dynasty (1565), was destroyed in a war in 1929, and was rebuilt in its original form in 1931. This rectangular earthen building faces south and sits north, covering an area of about 5,100 square meters. It has four stories, is 40.8 meters wide with 11 bays, and 41.2 meters deep with 12 bays. Each floor has 38 bays, with main walls 1.6 meters thick, and no windows on the first and second floors. The first and fourth floors have internal corridor-style layouts, while the second and third floors have two rooms on each side that extend beyond the corridor but are not interconnected. There are no halls above the second floor. Within the building, every other bay is supported by raw earth walls, and between every two bays are partitioned and load-bearing adobe bricks. The central hall has been demolished, and on both sides are single-story wing rooms with stone-wood or earth-wood structures. The rear hall serves as the ancestral hall, with a plaque hanging above that reads: “Light of the Nation and Family.” The building has four staircases, one main gate, and one well on each side of the inner courtyard.