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Huai'an Prefectural Yamen 淮安府署Huái'ān Fǔshǔ
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Huai'an, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Huai'an
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Huai'an Prefectural Yamen
The seat of Huai'an Prefecture from 1370 until prefectures were abolished in 1913, on the old town's central axis north of the Governor-General of Grain Transport's office and the Zhenhuai Tower. Its great hall, seven bays and 26 by 18.5 m, was rebuilt after an 1861 fire with timber from a Hexia salt merchant's mansion, and it survived with the second hall through later use as a factory. Restored and opened in 2007 over some 12,000 m², it is described by the provincial tourism department as the only surviving Ming–Qing prefectural yamen along the Grand Canal.
How to get to Huai'an Prefectural Yamen
On Dongmen Street in the centre of the old town of Huai'an District, about 15 km south-east of central Qingjiangpu; city bus or taxi.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: China Water Transport (Caoyun) Museum 中国漕运博物馆 (under 10 km), Zhou Enlai's Hometown: Former Residence and Memorial Hall 周恩来故里 (under 10 km), Wentong Pagoda 文通塔 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Wu Cheng'en 吴承恩故居 (under 10 km), Former Site of the CPC Central China Sub-bureau 中共中央华中分局旧址 (under 10 km), Ancient Huai River Culture and Ecology Scenic Area 古淮河文化生态景区 (10 km).
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