Shi Shouxin, the distant ancestor of Shijia Village, moved to Kaifeng, Henan Province, and the birthplace of the surname Shi in Henan Province is Wuwei, Gansu Province, which is in the north of Pan Qi Village, so all the houses, ancestral halls and halls in the village are in the south and north.
Although the building heading north runs counter to the habit that most traditional houses in China sit facing south, in order to commemorate their ancestors and miss their homeland, and at the same time to make the descendants of the Stone Family invincible (according to the principle of geomantic omen, Qipan Village is located at the northern foot of Wangshan Mountain, while the river taohuajiang around the village flows northward, so according to the ancient geomantic omen principle of "pillow mountain faces water", houses and houses should face north), so going north is both a nostalgia.
Among the ancient cultural relics in Pan Qi Village, there is an auspicious painting-Shi Shouxin's merit report, which is regarded as the treasure of the town and village by the Stone Family. The full name of this picture is Zhong Liangwei's Meritorious Report of this Dynasty, which is printed in a huge scale. The picture is five feet six inches high and eight feet wide. Its production process is to divide the whole painting into dozens of small pieces, then carve them into plates by craftsmen, and finally arrange them in the order of the pictures. The four sides of the painting are engraved with dragon patterns.
The main content of the painting is the story of how Shi Shouxin and his ancestors fought bravely to build their achievements. There are more than 1000 people in the picture, and there are countless military flags and horses. It is a veritable map of a thousand troops.