Pingyao Ancient City is one of the "four best-preserved ancient cities" in China, and one of the only two ancient cities in China that have successfully declared the entire ancient city as a world cultural heritage. Its profound history, culture and architecture are all amazing.
However, many people visit the ancient city of Pingyao like a horse, and they will always ignore some attractions, including Pingyao Ancient County. With a history of more than 600 years, it is one of the four best-preserved counties in China.
Pingyao Ancient County Ya, located in the center of Pingyao Ancient City, was the official office of Pingyao County's order office to try cases. The county was founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty, fixed in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and the buildings left behind today were first built in the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty, and have a history of more than 600 years.
From ancient times to the present, Pingyao Ancient County Ya has been expanded and repaired by various dynasties, and has been well preserved so far, becoming one of the best-preserved ancient county ya in China, with high visiting value.
The ancient city of Pingyao was once the seat of the county government, and there must be a permanent place for officials to do things. Pingyao Ancient County Yazheng is located in the middle of Yamen Street, covers an area of about 26,000 square meters, the scale is huge, the building owner is orderly, the layout is symmetrical, with a strong sense of majesty, is the largest county in the country. So far, there are many buildings such as yamen, lobby, service room, garden and so on, and their number is large, the functions are complete, and the preservation is complete, which is rare in the country.
But it is worth mentioning that the ancient execution room is not just what we think of as a room for executing prisoners, but a room with multiple functions.
The personnel of the prison room are not only responsible for the records of the trial documents, the collation and archiving, the search for the applicable provisions in the national criminal code for the county, the summons and raiding of suspects, as well as the management of the prison and the custody of torture equipment and restraints; even the arrest warrants issued from above are also posted by the execution room and informed the people. Its functions are numerous, and the richness of the content is not as simple as modern people think.
Not only that, there are also many links hanging on the main buildings in Pingyao County, and their connotations are thick and profound, and they have a strong sense of reflection on both ancient and modern officials.
Like the lobby Yang Lian: "Eat the people's food, wear the people's clothes, the people can be deceived, they are also the people", "to gain an official is not honorable, to lose an official is not humiliated, do not say that an official is useless, the place depends on an official." There are also two churches and "I came here because I was related to the people" and "I didn't live up to the people with a good heart", which are all worth savoring.
Of course, in addition to the ancient buildings, there is also a beautiful back garden. The back garden is spacious and has the characteristics of garden architecture, including ponds, small bridges and small pavilions, and the landscape is very unique.
If you want to get the most beautiful and spectacular landscape view, the Guanfeng Building is the most suitable, you need to climb up in the county court, and you can see the east and west streets on the upper floor, with a wide view and a spectacular view.
"An ancient county, half of the official culture", Pingyao County Ya, as one of the four ancient yas that are currently well preserved in China, has a good official culture.
In front of the lobby of the ancient county court, such a performance will be staged every day, a "county order" exercises a northern voice to judge the case, and modern hot words such as "harmonious society" and "shuanggui" "cross" to the performance site from time to time, causing the onlookers to laugh. If you want to visit this show, you need to confirm the performance time with the scenic spot in advance to avoid delaying your trip. (Image from Ctrip netizens)