The Huizhou Prefectural Yamen is located at No. 120 Zhonghe Street, Huicheng Town, Shexian County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province. It is the location of the ancient Huizhou prefectural government. It began in the third year of Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty (1121) when Shezhou was changed to Huizhou. At first, it was the seat of Huizhou prefecture. It was rebuilt from Shaoxi to Duanping years. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was the seat of Huizhou Road. It was rebuilt again during the Zhizheng years. In the early Ming Dynasty, it was successively changed to the administrative office of the provincial military commissioner and the commander’s office. The seat of the prefectural government was located at the original site of the experience office on its west side. In the third year of Hongwu (1370), it was restored as the seat of Huizhou prefectural government. It was rebuilt in the正统, Hongzhi, and Chongzhen periods of the Ming Dynasty, and in the Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, and Daoguang periods of the Qing Dynasty. The original main buildings include the drum tower, the ceremonial gate, the main hall, the back hall, and the prefect’s residence. After 1949, it was used as the Shexian County Government. In the 1980s, due to the construction of a new county government building, most of the buildings except the drum tower and the back hall were demolished. Since April 2009, the Shexian County Government has invested 200 million yuan and carried out reconstruction on the original site according to the map of the prefectural government office recorded in the Huizhou Prefectural Annals of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty. The total land area is 2.4 hectares, and the building area is 9,800 square meters. It was officially opened to the public in November 2012. The restored building units refer to the existing mid-Ming architectural relics in Shexian County. They adopt the small-scale construction method of the Ming Dynasty, such as the Huizhou wax gourd beam, inserted arch, and through-tenon hall structure. The interior is made with exposed beams on top. Its colors refer to the Ming Huidian. ‘Beams, rafters, and eaves are decorated with blue and green. Doors are painted with black oil.’ Opening hours: Open all year round from 7:30 to 18:00.
Huizhou Prefectural Yamen
The Huizhou Prefectural Yamen is located at No. 120 Zhonghe Street, Huicheng Town, Shexian County, H[...]
