Commentary of Pingyao county yamen

The official explanation of Pingyao County is as follows:

Explanation 1:

Yu, a famous scholar, wrote in the article Shame on Shanxi: "In the most prosperous era of Shanxi, the center of wealth was not in Taiyuan, the provincial capital, but in Pingyao, Qixian, Taigu and especially Pingyao." At that time, Pingyao was the largest financial center in China, with many banks and businessmen.

Today, we can still appreciate the political and cultural characteristics of Pingyao from this Pingyao county. ? Pingyao County Ya is located on the north side of the middle section of Yamen Street in the ancient city. Founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was finalized in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The earliest preserved building was in the sixth year of Yuan Dynasty (1346), with a history of more than 600 years. It faces south, with a width of 13 1 m from east to west and a length of 203 meters from north to south, covering an area of 26,000 square meters.

According to the ancient architectural practice, the layout is symmetrical, and at the same time, it follows the feudal etiquette system. The central axis is six courtyards, which can be called the epitome of the palace, whether it is the layout or the functional setting of the courtyards.

Explanation 2:

Pingyao county is located in the center of Pingyao ancient city. Founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was finalized in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The earliest preserved building was in the sixth year of Yuan Dynasty (1346), with a history of more than 600 years. The whole Ya 'an sits facing south, showing an axisymmetric layout. The north-south central axis is more than 200 meters long, and the east-west width is 100 meters, covering an area of more than 26,000 square meters.

Although the county government is small, it is comparable to a small palace and much more than the governor's office in Zhili, Baoding. It not only has a perfect administrative division of labor, but also has many functional departments. It can be said that sparrows are small and complete.

Explanation 3:

Pingyao County Ya was founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the existing layout preserved the regulations of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. After years of wind and frost dynasties, it left a unique majestic momentum and enjoyed the reputation of "Pingyao County, the oldest official". At the main entrance of the county government, you can see the "wind-watching building" standing on its side, and the "rain-listening building" on the back echoes it.

Every god beast on the roof shows the charm and majesty of this ancient county government. The whole building complex in Pingyao County is an organic whole, with orderly master-slave structure and reasonable structure. Not only the architectural layout is amazing, but also the functional settings are amazing, which makes us respect the wise, reasonable and accurate management art of the ancients.