Last updated 2026-11-12 — Shengqing Building is located at the easternmost end of the Hekeng Tulou Cluster. It was built during the Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty (1723–1735). This square-shaped earthen building faces west, covers an area of 2,310 square meters, and has a total floor area of 4,578 square meters. It has three stories (12 meters high), is 26.1 meters wide, and 24.5 meters deep, with 24 rooms on each floor. It features an internal corridor layout, with four staircases and one main gate. The base wall is 1 meter thick. Currently, 12 households with 72 residents live here (see Figures 74, 75, 76 in section 7.a-1, and Photos 65, 66 in section 7.a-2). The building sits higher at the back and lower at the front. Behind the central courtyard and connected to the rear hall is the ancestral hall “Tinghuai,” a two-story brick-and-wood structure with an upper and lower hall layout. The ancestral hall displays a Qing Dynasty Qianlong Guimou year plaque inscribed with “Virtue in the Countryside,” along with wooden carvings of “lion pillars” and floral paintings of plum and orchid on the walls.