Susan prison

Susan prison is located in Hongdong county. It was built in the first year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1368 AD). It is the only county government prison in China that has been completely preserved. It was destroyed and restored to its original state in 1984. The prison covers an area of more than 600 square meters. It is said that Su San, the protagonist prototype of the famous drama "yutangchun", was once imprisoned here. Yutangchun describes a famous prostitute named yutangchun in Beijing during the Ming Dynasty, whose real name is Su San. She is born beautiful and proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. An accidental chance made her get to know Wang Jinglong, her son. They fell in love with each other and made a vow. One is not Wang Jinglong, the other is not yutangchun. At the beginning of his acquaintance with Su San, Wang Jinglong had tens of thousands of taels of silver, which could not stand the trampling of the procuress. He did not have a year to spend. Bustard knows money but not people. As soon as he saw that Wang Jinglong could not squeeze any more money, he was forced out of the brothel and was not allowed to meet yutangchun again. In yutangchun's heart, there is only prince Wang alone. As soon as Jinglong leaves, the procuress swears not to accept guests. The procuress couldn't, so she secretly sold yutangchun to Shen Hong, a businessman in Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, as a concubine. Shen Hong's first wife, Pi Shi, is both cunning and shrewd. She secretly colludes with a supervisor named Zhao ang. They want to be husband and wife for a long time. On this day, PI learned that Shen Hong had bought a concubine, so he discussed a poison plan with Zhao ang. On the night of Shen Hong's return home, she poisoned Shen Hong in the noodles she made. Then the villains complain first and blame Su San. Zhao ang paid several thousand taels of silver to bribe Hongdong county magistrate. Therefore, the corrupt official decided Su San's death sentence and put him on death row, waiting for his execution. Besides, after being driven out of the brothel, Wang Jinglong went back to his home several times and studied angrily. Later, he went to Beijing for an examination and won the gold medal. Wang Jinglong has always been thinking about Su San. When he heard in Beijing that Su San had been sold to Hongdong as a concubine, he wanted to be an official in Shanxi. Coincidentally, the emperor appointed him to patrol the eight prefectures and sent him to Shanxi for inspection. Wang Jinglong couldn't restrain his joy. His first stop was Pingyang mansion (now Linfen City). He came to Hongdong in disguise. Through private visits, he finally got the inside story of Su San's unjust case. He came to Hongdong County Yamen to inquire about Su San's case. When the corrupt official knew that he was the new bafu patrolman, he had to tell the truth. Wang Jinglong immediately sent another official to review the case, sentenced PI and Zhao ang to death, and the magistrate of Hongdong was removed from office. Wang Jinglong happily married Su San. The existing Su San prison was originally built in the Ming Dynasty. It has two doors with high walls and deep prison. It is divided into ordinary cells and death row cells. The two groups of buildings are connected into one. There are 12 ordinary cells, 2 forbidden cells and one prison shrine. The death row is in the backyard. There is a tiger's head card on the front of the gate. There are tile roofed houses and cave houses inside. Su San was once held in the cave house. There is a well in the hospital, which is called "Su San well". Beside the well, there is a washing stone trough. The walls in the hospital are high, thick and solid. The doors and windows are narrow, and the wire mesh is grim. A new exhibition room was built outside the prison, where Su San's rich material materials about unjust cases were displayed.

Susan prison

Susan prison was built in 1369, the second year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. It has a history of more than 600 years. It is the only existing prison in Ming Dynasty in China, and also the earliest one. Susan prison is famous for Susan (yutangchun), a famous prostitute in Beijing, being wronged and imprisoned here and the spread of the drama "yutangchun".

Su San prison is mainly composed of ordinary cells and death row cells. In the middle of the two rows of 12 ordinary cells, there are dense barbed wire netting and copper bells hanging high. When you touch them, they ring loudly. It's really a net of heaven and earth. Each cell is only 4 square meters, dark and humid, and there is no sunshine all day. The prison now displays the laws of the Ming Dynasty and various instruments of torture, as well as the material objects of Su San's suffering. Death row prison is commonly known as "tiger head prison". The head image of "Hu" depicted on the prison door is similar to "Hu head", with blue face and fangs, which is hideous and terrifying. There is a hole in the pillow kiln in the death row courtyard, which is divided into three rooms. The one on the west side had imprisoned Su San in that year. There are two gates. The wall of death row cell is 1.7 meters thick and filled with quicksand to prevent death row prisoners from escaping. The East Room of the outer courtyard of Susan prison is a wax museum to show the origin and background of Susan's sad and happy stories

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From the end of the epidemic to December 31, 2020, medical workers across the country (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) can visit the scenic spot free of charge with valid certificates.

Historical evolution

In 1964, Mr. Wang yeqiu, a famous Chinese archaeologist, inspected and confirmed in Hongdong that Susan prison was a rare prison in Ming Dynasty in China, and wrote a poem: "there is red make-up in Hutou prison, and a song stirs up stinky water slurry. Where is the third young master Wang? There are eight walls here. " During the ten years of turmoil, Su San prison was demolished.

In order to keep the "Su San prison", the only prison in Ming Dynasty, the people's Government of Hongdong County later made a decision to repair the "Su San prison in Ming Dynasty". The restoration should start in May 1984 and be completed in October of the same year.

The existing Su San prison was originally built in the Ming Dynasty. It has two doors with high walls and deep prison. It is divided into ordinary cells and death row cells. The two groups of buildings are connected into one. There are 12 ordinary cells, 2 forbidden cells and one prison shrine. The death row is in the backyard. There is a tiger's head card on the front of the gate. There are tile roofed houses and cave houses inside. Su San was once held in the cave house. There is a well in the hospital, which is called "Su San well". Beside the well, there is a washing stone trough. The walls in the hospital are high, thick and solid. The doors and windows are narrow, and the wire mesh is grim. A new exhibition room was built outside the prison, where Su San's rich material materials about unjust cases were displayed.

At the end of 2014, Susan prison will be expanded. The Ming Dynasty ancient county yamen, which is about to be restored, is located in the northeast corner of Susan prison, with a total construction area of about 3550 square meters. The main building units are: the gate, the instrument gate, the lobby, and the second Hall. On both sides are the tax and service room, the life and Death Gate, the military and criminal workshop, the Shihu ceremony room, the ear room, and the master room. It mainly shows the case trial scene of the ancient county yamen and the Susan prison Unjust cases, trial scenes, etc.

Historical legend

Su San, formerly known as Zhou Yujie, was born in Zhoujiazhuang, Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province in Ming Dynasty. When he was six years old, his parents died. Later, he was abducted and sold to Suhuai brothel in Beijing. Before she went to the brothel, she had two prostitutes, so she was named saner. Wang Jinglong, the son of an official, met Su San in Yeyou. He fell in love with Su San at first sight. Su San asked Wang Jinglong to work hard and vowed not to follow others. Wang Jinglong left Beijing to return home. Although he could not be relieved of Su San, he was determined to study hard. He went to Beijing for an exam for the second time and got the eighth place in the exam. When Wang Jinglong returns home, Su San is sold by the bustard to Shen Yanlin, a horse dealer in Hongdong, Shanxi Province, for 1200 taels of silver. Shen Yanlin had been in business for a long time, and his wife Pi's had an affair with his neighbor Zhao ang. Shen Yanlin takes Su San back to Hongdong. Pi's heart is evil. He conspires with Zhao ang to poison Shen Yanlin and frame Su San. At the first trial, the county government of Hongdong put PI and Su San in prison. Zhao ang took out more than 1000 taels of silver from PI's house to bribe him. Wang, the magistrate of the county, was corrupt and perverted the law, and severely punished Su San for extorting a confession. However, Su San was punished, so he had to endure the punishment and was sentenced to death. Just when Su San was wronged in Hongdong prison, Wang Jinglong was promoted to Shanxi patrol. Although Wang Jinglong had heard that Su San had been sold to Hongdong before, he didn't know the truth. So at the beginning of his term of office, he made an urgent inspection to Pingyang mansion. When he learned that Su San had committed a capital crime, he secretly visited Hongdong county to find out the case of Su San's unjust imprisonment, and immediately ordered all the personnel of Su San's case to be escorted to Taiyuan. In order to avoid the suspicion of personal trial, Wang Jinglong entrusted Liu to judge on his behalf. After Liu's just judgment, Su Sanqi's injustice can be vindicated, the real criminal is at law, the corrupt official Wang is dismissed and investigated, and Su San and Wang Jinglong have a lover and finally get married.

Feng Menglong, a novelist of the Ming Dynasty, enthusiastically wrote Yu Tang Chun's misfortune to meet her husband, which was included in the warning of the world and spread to later generations. Peking Opera and many local operas are widely performed as Su San Qi Jie and Yu Tang Chun. Because of the twists and turns of the story of Su San, the "Su San Gong Tang" and "Su San prison" were well-known and preserved for a long time. "Su San Gong Tang", the hall of Hongdong county government, was built by Yang Mao, the magistrate of Hongwu County in Ming Dynasty. In the 34th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, it collapsed due to the earthquake and then rebuilt. In the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, AI Shaolian, the magistrate of the county, repaired the hall. It was once a provincial cultural relic protection unit, unfortunately destroyed in 1977. It is said that Su San, who was admitted to prison with injustice, was tried three times.

"Su San left Hongdong county and came to the street. I'm sorry that I didn't speak before. I've been listening to you in the past. " Su San, famous for his storybooks and plays, is almost a household name in China. The story of yutangchun's falling victim to meet her husband took place in Hongdong County, Shanxi Province. Until 1920, the judicial department of Hongdong county still kept Su San's files. Wang Jinglong is a fellow of Su San. This plot is found in Su San's confession.

Main attractions

The prison was built in 1369, the second year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. It is mainly composed of ordinary cells and death row cells. There is a plaque of "Ming Dynasty prison" on the front door, a statue of Su San in the middle of the courtyard, and the outer courtyard is the office space of the prison. The courtyard on the right is an ordinary prison, with an aisle in the middle. Over the middle of the two rows of 12 ordinary cells, there are dense barbed wire netting and copper bells hanging high. When you touch them, they will ring loudly. It can be said that it is a net of heaven and earth. Each cell is only 4 square meters, dark and humid, and there is no sunshine all day. The prison displays the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty

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