Architecture

Ancient County Government Office, Primary Law Court (Qinmin Hall), south elevation

Pingyao, Shanxi, China

平遙古縣衙 (Píngyáo gǔ xiàn yá) [Chinese]
晋中平遥县衙博物馆 (jìn zhōng píngyáo xiàn yá bówùguǎn) [Chinese]
亲民堂 (Qīnmín táng) [Chinese]
Ancient County Government Office, Primary Law Court (Qinmin Hall), south elevation

Architecture

Architecture: Primary Law Court (Qinmin Hall)

work type
courthouse

Architecture: Ancient County Government Office

full/alternative names
Pingyao Ancient County Government Office Museum
built
1346
1370
culture
Chinese
style/period
Chinese style
work type
1370–1998
governmental office building
since 1998
history museum
architect / constr. phase
1346
first buildings constructed during Yuan period
1370
construction of most of the actual buildings in the Ming period
1996-2000
restoration and reconstruction of destroyed buildings

Geography

Asia » Eastern Asia » China » Shanxi » Jinzhong Shi » Pingyao County » Gutao » Pingyao
local language location name
平遥 (Píngyáo), 中國 (Zhōngguó) [Chinese]
historical affiliations
1346-1368
Great Yuan
1368-1644
Great Ming
1644-1912
Great Qing
1912-1949
Republic of China

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Ancient City of Ping Yao
type
cultural
criteria
II, III, IV
designation
reference
812

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
5,104 × 3,598  pixel
43.2 × 30.5 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
retouched, perspective control, colour corrected
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