Xincheng Tusi yamen Office

Located at the north foot of Cuiping mountain, Xincheng Tusi yamen is a large-scale ancient building complex with reasonable layout, rigorous structure, elegant and unique shape, covering a total area of 21000 square meters. The Yamen office was established in the 10th year of Wanli (1582) of the Ming Dynasty. After the Tusi system was abolished in the 32nd year of Guangxu (1906) of the Qing Dynasty, the Yamen office was replaced by the chancellery office. It has a history of more than 420 years. It is the Tusi government office with the most complete preservation and the longest history of the existing ancient buildings in Guangxi and even in China. Approved by the State Council in 1996, it was listed as a key cultural relics protection unit of the state. The whole government office is composed of central axis (Government Office), East axis (ancestral hall), West axis (acting Tusi official residence) and dafudi, shenjundi, Lifang, Kafang and other buildings. The main building is composed of screen wall, gate, cell, military house, main hall (head Hall), corridor (also known as Hualang), East Flower hall, West Flower hall, second hall, East chamber, west chamber, third hall and back garden (boudoir), with a construction area of 3100 square meters. The screen wall is 25 meters long and 5 meters high. In front of Zhaobi is a small square with an area of 270 square meters. Between the screen wall and the gate is a street. There are two cross street Yuanmen. On the lintel of dongyuanmen, there is a relief of "the western corner of Guangdong" (destroyed); on the lintel of xiyuanmen, there is a book "Qingnan important place". A stone lion of 1.7 meters and a pair of stone drums are engraved on both sides of the gate. On the porch of the gate stand two lattice wooden pillars, on which hang a pair of carved couplets. The couplet says: "to guard the land, to visit the people, who is not the only son of the sixteen fortresses group of Li / to open up its territory to govern its Fu, and the three hundred Li area is under the jurisdiction of Huangfeng.". Entering the gate is the Yi gate, which usually doesn't open, but only opens when the festival or the top people come. Behind the gate of the instrument is the courtyard, in which there is a blue brick road on the back of the tortoise leading to the main hall. To the East is the cell, divided into two buildings. The cells are divided into men and women, and there are iron shackles, wooden shackles and other instruments of torture. On the west side is the barracks, which is also divided into front and back buildings. Inside, there are local soldiers, who are responsible for the security of the government office and guarding the prisoners. Four steps along the road in the courtyard are a platform with a width of 80 square meters. There are four iron cannons and three ground cannons on the platform, which are used for local officials to patrol or celebrate. The main hall, which is connected to the platform, is a three Bay building with a total of 18 columns supporting the roof, and the gables on both sides only play a role in preventing wind. The front is spacious and bright. It is a place for local officials to hear cases or carry out political activities. There is a case in the middle of the hall, on which there are wooden blocks, tokens, pens, inkstones, etc. Behind the desk is a movable screen, on which there is a huge plaque of "bright mirror hanging high". On the left and right sides of the table are big drums and gongs. All kinds of weapons are listed in an orderly way, and the big characters of "avoidance" and "Silence" are towering, which makes the atmosphere grim. Turn the screen out of the main hall for a corridor, the outline of East Hall, West Hall, symmetrical. The East Flower hall is specially built by local officials to hold banquets for dignitaries. The furnishings in the hall are elegant and luxurious. There is a pair of couplets in the hall: "when you look at the green mountains, you sit and roar, and your eyes seem to have nothing to do / when you are in the daytime, the cuckoos are singing and the magpies are noisy. I'm afraid there are people in need of help." Xihuating is the place where the local officials first tried and punished the prisoners. There is a couplet hanging in it, saying: "if you feel sad, don't like it / expect that you will be the only one who can be heard without litigation." There are two halls at the end of the corridor, which are also divided into three sections. There are screens on the left and right. On the left is the place where the local officials handle their daily affairs, with four treasures of the study built in. In the middle is the conference hall, with desk and chair. On the right is the master's bedroom and study. The front windows are all hollowed out with flower and bird patterns, which are vivid and lifelike. The second hall is followed by the third. Between the second Hall and the third hall is a quadrangle courtyard. There are eight rooms in the West and east of the courtyard. At the end of the wing room is the third hall. The architectural structure is similar to that of the second Hall. Only the hollowed out flower windows are of Zhuang brocade pattern, which has strong national color and magnificence. It's the bedroom of the local officials. Through the three halls is the back court. The back garden rises against the mountain, similar to a villa. It is the boudoir of a local official girl. It is small and exquisite, elegant and beautiful. The East axis building complex is Mo's ancestral hall, which was built during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty. It is composed of Zhaobi, gate, Yijin (main hall), Erjin (sleeping Hall), Sanjin (sacrificial Hall) and other single buildings. The architectural structure and style are similar to those of the government office. The hollowed out flower windows in front of the dormitory are designed with flowers and birds and Zhuang brocade, and the carving is more exquisite and beautiful. The West axis building complex is the acting Tusi official residence, which was built by the acting Tusi Mo Chuanjing in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. It is composed of a single building such as Toutang, Ertang, Houyuan and three patios. The architectural form and specifications are slightly inferior to the government office. The ancillary buildings include Tai Fu Di, the enlisted men, the official clan, the three clear Pavilion, the Han Tang Tai Hou garden, the ritual room, the card room, the martial arts tasting Guan Tang, the Guan Yu Temple, the Town God's Temple, the HUPO temple, the accompanying cloud Pavilion, the East, the West and the north, the city gate, the Tusi cemetery and so on. These buildings and the main building constitute a huge complex, covering an area of 40000 square meters. The whole building of the Yamen office is of brick and wood structure, the gables are of green bricks, the beams and columns are made of precious materials, and the roof truss is connected with the bucket and tenon. The main building has a hard ridge cornice. The middle part of the main ridge is all embossed with "Fu, Lu and Shou" patterns, and the angle is decorated with the dragon head body and "auspicious" rolled grass, which is beautiful and generous. The base of the column is carved with deer, plum and other animals and plants. Due to war and other reasons, some of the buildings were destroyed and rebuilt as they were. Three major repairs were carried out in 1605, 1653 and 1830 respectively. After the founding of new China, the party and the state attached great importance to the protection of mosiya. In l965, the Culture Bureau of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region appropriated special funds for large-scale maintenance of the main building. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in order to protect this precious historical heritage, from 1981 to 1996, the State Administration of cultural relics and the cultural relics department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region appropriated special funds totaling 555000 yuan to repair it and rebuild the East Flower hall, the third hall, the wing room and the back garden boudoir as it was The government office has basically recovered its original appearance. In February 1963, Mo Tusi government office in Xincheng was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit at the district (provincial) level; in December 1996, it was officially announced as a national key cultural relic protection unit by the State Council. The Cultural Relic Management Office was established in 1984 and renamed Xincheng Tusi Museum in 1987. At present, there are more than 500 cultural relics in the collection, including gold, jade, bone, bronze, stone, clam shell, scriptures, stone rubbings, Tusi costumes, etc., which are of great scientific value to the study of Tusi system, ancient architectural art and national history. It also provides valuable material for the study of national customs and the development of patriotic education, film and television industry and tourism.

Address: north foot of Cuiping mountain, Xincheng County, Xining street, Chengguan Town

Longitude: 109.235078125

Latitude: 23.724897394188

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