The 16 matching two-building family complexes, along with an ancestral shrine and a school-the "18 core buildings of Shanhou" -were all completed at the same time.
這 16 棟對稱工整的二落大戶加上一座宗祠和一座學堂，全部一次營造完成，被稱為「山后中堡十八間」。