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Wok ear tower

The Wok ear tower, also known as Simeitang, is the birthplace of the Lowe family. The wok ear building is named after its two side gables that resemble the ears on both sides of an iron wok. In Soul Mountain, Qinzhou in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the bigger the official, the bigger the wok on the gable wall of the house, a sign of the house. The wok ears on the wok gable of Dalu village are particularly spectacular because of the appointment of the sixth grade officer in the 4th generation of Lao Tong at the end of the Ming dynasty. For hundreds of years, the wok ear tower has been widely spread due to the large ears of its gable walls.

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