Motus Office in Xincheng County was founded in the 10th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1582). It is an ancient architectural complex with large scale, reasonable layout, rigorous structure and elegant and unique shape, with a total area of 2 1000 square meters.
1963 was designated as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit, 1984 was written as a cultural relics management office, 1987 was renamed as Xincheng Tusi Museum, 1996 165438 was approved as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council, and 12 was listed on 20.
inner structure
The whole yamen consists of the central axis (yamen), the eastern axis (ancestral hall), the western axis (serving as the official residence of the chieftain) and buildings such as Dafu land, Shenjun land, trial room and card room.
The main building consists of zhaobi, gate, prison room, barracks, main hall (that is, main hall), promenade (also known as flower gallery), East Flower Hall, West Flower Hall, Second Hall, East Wing, West Wing, Third Hall and Back Garden (that is, boudoir), with a construction area of 3 100 square meter.
Zhaobi is 25 meters long and 5 meters high.
Before zhaobi is Little Square, with an area of 270 square meters.
There is a street between Zhaobi and the gate, and there are two Yuanmen crossing the street. The relief of the lintel of Dongyuanmen is "the corner of western Guangdong" (destroyed); Xiyuanmen Book "Qingnan".
A 1.7m stone lion and a pair of stone drums are carved on the left and right sides of the gate.
There are two lattice pillars on the big porch, and a pair of carved couplets are hung on the pillars.
The couplet reads: "Defend the land and bring it to the people of Sri Lanka. Who is the son of the Sixteen Fort Group? " .
The entrance door is the instrument door, which is usually closed. Take the aisles on both sides and open them only when the leaders of festivals or summits arrive.
Behind the instrument door is the yard, and there is a turtle-backed blue brick road in the yard that leads directly to the purlin.
To the east is the cell, which is divided into two buildings.
There are men and women in the cell, with different weights. There are chains, wooden cangue and other instruments of torture inside.
On the west is the barracks, which are also divided into two buildings. Soldiers are stationed inside, responsible for safeguarding the security of the yamen and guarding the prisoners.
There is an 80-square-meter-wide platform along the four steps of Yuan Zhong Road.
There are four iron cannons and three ground cannons on the platform for local officials to release when patrolling or celebrating.
The main hall is connected with the platform, and it is a three-bay room. 18 columns support the sky, and gables on both sides only play a wind-proof role.
The front is spacious and bright, and it is a place for local officials to hear cases or conduct political activities.
In the center of the hall, there is a court case with mallets, tokens, pens, inkstones and so on. There is a movable screen behind the desk, on which a huge plaque of "mirror hanging high" is hung, with drums and gongs on the left and right respectively. All kinds of weapons are arranged in an orderly way, and the words "avoid" and "silence" soar into the sky, making the atmosphere look tense and scary.
Turn the screen out of the main hall as a corridor, and the east of the corridor is the East Flower Hall and the west is the West Flower Hall, which are symmetrical to each other.
The East Flower Hall was specially built by local officials for holding banquets for dignitaries. The hall is elegantly furnished, and there is a couplet inside, saying, "Looking at the green hills in seclusion seems to be nothing/the curtain is white, and cuckoos crow and magpies make trouble, fearing trouble." The West Flower Hall is the place where the local officials tried and punished the prisoners for the first time. A couplet said, "If you get their feelings and pity them, don't be happy/wait for no lawsuit to pay tribute to the public." At the end of the corridor, there are two halls and three bays, which are separated by screens. The left room is the place where local officials handle their daily affairs, and the Four Treasures of the Study is built in. In the middle is the Chamber of Deputies, with desks and plush chairs. On the right are the master bedroom and the study.
The front windows are all hollowed-out flower windows with flower-and-bird patterns, which are vivid and lifelike.
After the second class, there are three classes.
There is a quadrangle between the second hall and the third hall, and there are 8 rooms in the courtyard, which are the dormitories of local officials and boys respectively.
There are three halls at the end of the wing, and the building structure is similar to that of the second hall. Only the hollowed-out flower window is a magnificent pattern with strong national color and grandeur.
This is the couple's bedroom.
Through the three halls, that is, the backyard.
The back garden stands on the mountain, similar to a villa. It is the boudoir of a local official girl, small and exquisite, elegant and unique, with a beautiful environment.
The East Axis complex is the Moshi Ancestral Hall, which was built in the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. It consists of single buildings such as zhaobi, gate, the first entrance (main hall), the second entrance (sleeping hall) and the third entrance (memorial hall), and the building structure and style are similar to those of yamen.
The hollowed-out flower window in front of the sleeping hall is a brocade pattern of flowers and birds, and the carver is more exquisite and beautiful.
The West Axis complex is the official residence of the acting chieftain, which was built by Mo Chuanjing, the acting local official in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. It consists of single buildings such as Toutang, Ertang and Hou Yuan, and three patios.
The architectural form and specifications are slightly inferior to the yamen.
Ancillary buildings include Dafu Land, Shenjundi, Guanzufu, Sanqing Pavilion, Hantang House, Back Garden, Trial Room, Ka House, Training Ground, Guantang, Guandi Temple, Chenghuang Temple, Huapo Temple, Banyunge, East, West, North Gate and Tusi Cemetery.
These buildings and the main building constitute a huge complex, covering an area of 40,000 square meters.
The whole building of Yamen is brick-wood structure, the gables are blue bricks, the beams are precious materials, and the roof trusses are connected by tenons.
The cornices on the hard ridge of the main building are embossed with the pattern of "Fu, Lu and Shou" in the middle of the main ridge, and the corners are decorated with faucets and "auspicious" rolling grass, which is beautiful and generous.
The pillars are carved with deer, plum and other animals and plants, and the pillars are painted with red paint, which is magnificent.