The most beautiful spot in Huai'an is actually hidden in the government office!
by ATHENA BENNETT
May 10, 2024
Drive to Huai'an and check in at Huai'an Prefecture, one of the only two ancient local prefectures in the country with a complete layout and existing main buildings. The volume of over 500 square meters is indeed impressive, and the operation of the scenic spot is also unique, and it has taken a thrilling track, leading the circle with a human bone lamp.
Although the human bone lamp is a prop, the popular science history in Huai'an Prefecture is not fabricated. Torture is terrible, but it is not as terrible as human heart. They restore the once dark and corrupt judicial system, as well as Zhu Yuanzhang's toughness to deter corruption.
The most impressive thing is the Pichang Temple, which was originally the residence of the land master, but Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that such a temple be set up in every state and prefecture yamen of the Ming Dynasty to peel off the skin of corrupt officials and display warnings.
There is a couplet in front of the hall: "Eat the food of the people, wear the clothes of the people, don't say that the people can be bullied, you are also the people; get an official is not glorious, lose an official is not humiliating, don't say that an official is useless, the place depends on an official." Corresponding to the plaque of "See the Blue Sky Again", it is impressive. "The Injustice to Dou E" was also inspired here.
Huai'an Prefecture was the center of the old Huai'an city. Although it was built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, it was rebuilt by Yao Bin, the prefect of that year, on the basis of the Yitai Wanhu Prefecture of the Yuan Dynasty and the remaining Wutong Temple of the Southern Song Dynasty. The scale is huge. The building does not use glazed tiles, but uses the common gray pottery tiles in residential buildings, which looks solemn and steady at a glance.
The existing relics mainly include the main hall, the second hall, the west warehouse and some east and west side rooms. The overall is very worth seeing, like a small exhibition hall, popularizing a lot of knowledge about the functions of the Ming and Qing prefectures.
🎫tips: Ticket 45
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