Huanji Building was built in 1693, during the Qing Dynasty. In 1918 it withstood an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale. Mysteriously, the over 0.33m wide and 3.3m long crack automatically closed up after the earthquake. All you can see now are some small crack traces. In the Chinese civil war, the building was bombed by the Kuomintang but water from the moat near the gate was used to extinguish the fire. Another unique feature of the Huanji Building is the echo effect that reverberates around the building.

 Yijing Building - the highest square building

With five stories measuring 17 m high, this is the tallest earth building in Yongding. Covering an area of 50,000 sq m, it has 267 rooms and numerous windows. According to locals, if you begin to open the windows at sunrise, have a rest at lunchtime and start to close the windows afterwards, the sun will set before the last window is finally closed.

 Zhencheng Building - the prince of earth building

Built in 1912 at a cost of 80,000 silver dollars, this is the most magnificent round building under state protection. The ingenious structure is a combination of traditional and western architecture. The main building is composed of an inside round ring, an outside round ring and a central hall. The outside ring has four stories divided into eight components according to China's traditional Ba Gua (an eight-sided diagram), with each side forming a courtyard separated by firewalls.

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