In view of the universal present situation where general rural buildings have low earthquake resistance ability，a new type of practical, economical, simple and reliable seismic technology called steel-asphalt composite isolation pier was put forward. Specimens were made according to the correlation theory, and experiments on a masonry model were also carried out. The tests have shown that the steel of the isolation pier works in the elastic range when the peak value of the acceleration is below 0.3 g. The acceleration reduction factor of the isolation pier is between 0.14-0.67 when different peak values of the loading condition are input, and good damping effect can be obtained because most of the energy has been absorbed by the isolation pier especially to high frequency loading wave. The details of the seismic design of rural masonry structure can be reduced, and the funds thus saved can be used for this new steel-asphalt composite isolation pier. In the end, the total cost of the houses does not increase.