Shize Lou
The Tulou is located on the northwestern part of Gaobei village of Gaotou town.with Chengqi
Lou on the east.First built in the 44th year of the reign of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty
(1 565),it was destroyed during the war in 1 929 and then rebuilt according to the original state in
1931.Facing south.the rectangular building covers an area of 5.100 square meters.It has 4 storeys.
Each side of the Tulou is 40.8 meters wide.or 11 bays.and 41.2 meters in depth.or 12 bays.Each
storey has 3 8 bays.The main wall is 1.6 meters thick.There are no windows on the first and second
floors.The first and the fourth floors contain a corridor each.On each of the second and third floors.
there are two rooms protruding towards the corridor but not connected with it.There is no hall on
floors above the second floor.Inside the Tulou building.every other room has a bearing wall.A11
rooms are separated by an adobe wall.The central hall has been obliterated;on both sides there are
stone-wood or earth-wood wing rooms.At the back is the ancestral hall.The horizontal inscription
board on the hall reads："Family Brilliance."The whole building has four stairways and one frontal
gate.The inner courty'ard has a well on each of the two sides respectively.
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