[2025 Hua'an Attraction] Travel Guide for Eryi Building (Updated Apr)

Eryi Building, built 230 years ago, is characterized by its large scale, reasonable layout and exquisite carvings. The two words "Er Yi" have the meanings of mountain and water, IKEA and room, and the inside and the outside. Eryi Building has a distinctive architectural plan and spatial layout, a special defense concept, and exquisite and gorgeous architectural decoration. Large scale: Eryi Building has a diameter of 73.4 meters, is divided into inner and outer second rings, and the outer ring has four floors. The wall thickness is 2.53 meters and the height is 16 meters. The whole building, minus the public halls and corridors, has 12 units and 192 rooms. The layout is reasonable: the ground floor of the outer ring of the Eryi Building is built with granite, and the second floor is built with raw soil. The walls are firm and solid, and have good earthquake resistance and wind resistance. On the fourth floor, the wall shrinks by one meter as a corridor to surround the whole building, so that the units are connected and communicated. In addition, there is a sand and water leaking device on the gate, each unit is equipped with a "Zhi"-shaped curved sound transmission hole, and the building is equipped with a secret passage leading to the outside of the building, etc., which are conducive to strengthening internal and external connections and defending against the enemy. Exquisite carvings: The gate on the first floor of the Eryi Building and the ancestral hall on the fourth floor adopt the method of hanging beams and hanging columns. Well-preserved: There are still more than 30 households with a population of more than 100 in Eryi Building. Walking into Eryi Building, you will feel antique, deep and tranquil, as if you have entered a mysterious and gorgeous world.