Hongdong prison of Ming Dynasty

Hongdong Ming Dynasty prison Hongdong is known as Huaixiang. In the southwest corner of the county government (now the county government), there is an ancient prison. It was built in 1369 A.D., more than 600 years ago. It is a complete Ming Dynasty prison in China. In 1959, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Shanxi Province. The prison of Ming Dynasty, commonly known as "Su San prison", is 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. The well-known "Su San Qi Jie" took place in ER. 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 and returned to Li. Although he could not be relieved of Su San, he devoted himself to study. He went to Beijing for an exam twice and got the eighth Jinshi 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. He was put on death row, but PI was at large. 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. Su San was lucky to be reunited with Wang Jinglong. 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. During the Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty (1506-1521), Su San, a famous prostitute in Beijing, was wronged and imprisoned in Hongdong county. In the 34th year of Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty, she 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. The total area of the whole prison is 610 square meters. There is a plaque of "Su San prison" inscribed by Dong Shouping, a famous master of calligraphy and painting. Through the hall is the general prison, which forms a narrow north-south passage from the East-West 12 cells. The eaves of the cells are covered with sky net, and there are many rings. There are two forbidden rooms at the south end of the passage, which are the forbidden places for guards. There are prison temple and death row cave on the west side, and Hutou prison on the east side. The prison door has two floors, forming a 1-meter-high and 2.3-meter-long passage. There are two thresholds and door leaves at both ends, one opening to the left and the other opening to the right, which are the standard death row prison doors. There is a hole of pillow kiln in the prison yard, which is divided into three rooms, and the one on the west side is the one where Su San was imprisoned. The wall is about 1.1 meters thick, and the thickest one is the south wall of the hospital. The wall is 18 meters high and 1.7 meters thick. It is filled with quicksand to prevent prisoners from escaping through holes. There is a well in the center of the hospital, which is called "Su San well". There are more than ten grinding marks on the stone at the mouth of the well, which were milled by prisoners over the years. Next to the well, there are two laundries. The layout of this prison is an important material material for studying the regulation of the government prison in the feudal military society. "Su San prison" is located in the southwest of Hongdong county government, that is, the southwest corner of Hongdong county government in Ming Dynasty. As soon as you enter the gate with the plaque of "Ming Dynasty prison", the first thing you can see is the statue of Su San. The office space of the prison in the outer courtyard at that time, the courtyard on the right is an ordinary prison, and the middle is an aisle. There are more than ten prisons on both sides. The top of the aisle is covered with barbed wire, and there are copper bells hanging on the net. When a prisoner tries to escape over the wall, he will touch the copper bell. At the end of the corridor, opposite is the guard's duty room. On the right wall, there is a memorial of the God of prison. It is said that when prisoners were in prison, they would pay homage to the God of prison. There is a small hole at the base of the wall below the God of prison, which is the exit for transporting corpses. When prisoners die or are killed in prison, they can not be carried out through the gate, they can only be pulled out through this small hole. On the left side of the end of the passage is the gate of the death row. There are two doors and two walls of the death row. On the door, there is a picture of Pang. Pang is the son of the dragon, but he looks like a tiger. Therefore, people mistakenly call him "Hutou prison". It is about because the dragon has nine sons, and the sons are different. Pang is specially in charge of the prison. The gate is only one meter and six high. All people entering the death row have to bow their heads in front of Pang to show their respect for the law The reverence of law. There is another door in the door, but one of the two doors opens from the right and the other from the left. If prisoners escape from prison, they can't open the second door after they get out of the first door. A small change can delay the escape time of prisoners. They have to admire the wisdom of the ancients. Entering the death row, there is a high wall on the right and the cell where Su San was imprisoned on the left. There is a statue of Su San inside. In the center of the death row, there are also wells and stone troughs where Su San washed clothes when he was in prison. There are marks worn by ropes at the wellhead. The wellhead is only half a foot wide. This is to prevent the death row from committing suicide. It is said that the high wall on the right is filled with quicksand. If the prisoner wants to dig the wall to escape, quicksand will flow continuously from the small opening, making it difficult for him to dig through the wall. In 1964, Mr. Wang yeqiu, a famous archaeologist in China, inspected Hongdong and confirmed that Susan prison was a rare prison in Ming Dynasty in China. He wrote a poem: "the red makeup in Hutou prison is a mess of smelly 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.

Hongdong prison of Ming Dynasty

Hongdong Ming Dynasty prison is the only and most complete county government ancient prison in China. It was built in the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1368 AD). It has a history of more than 600 years. Su San, a famous prostitute in Beijing, was imprisoned here when she was wronged in Hongdong. The hall has a narrow north-south passage. At both ends of the passage, there are six ordinary cells with east-west symmetry. Each cell has a low door and small window, covering an area of only 4 square meters. The small earth pit is less than 1 foot from the ground. According to historical records, in a small prison, five or six people were imprisoned at least, and more than ten people were imprisoned for a long time.

Development history

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. During the Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty (1506-1521), Su San, a famous prostitute in Beijing, was wronged and imprisoned in Hongdong county. In the 34th year of Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty, she 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.

The prison of Ming Dynasty, commonly known as "Su San prison", is 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. The well-known "Su San Qi Jie" took place in ER. Su San, whose parents died at the age of six, was abducted and sold to Suhuai brothel in Beijing, so he changed his surname to su. 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 and returned to Li. Although he could not be relieved of Su San, he devoted himself to study. He went to Beijing for an exam twice and got the eighth Jinshi 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. He severely punished Su San for extorting a confession. However, Su San was sentenced to death

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