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The Office of the Tongzhi Magistrate (No. 4, Fuguan Street) is located on the east side of Cangchang Alley, facing south toward the river. Built during the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1662–1722), it was originally the residence of Chen Yizhen, a successful imperial examination candidate (Jinshi) of the Gengchen year (1700) in the Kangxi era. In the ninth year of the Yongzheng reign (1731), it was taken over as government property and converted into the Office of the Tongzhi Magistrate. In the first year of the Qianlong reign (1736), the office was relocated to Dongshan in Wuxian County. After the relocation, the building was sold off by the authorities and purchased in its entirety by Wang Quan, a scholar, for three thousand taels of silver. It was then named "Jingyi Hall." At that time, the property covered an area of 17.8 mu, with seven courtyards consisting of a total of 91 rooms, including the entrance hall, sedan hall, main hall, ceremonial hall, and main floor. The facade had seven bays, while the rear spanned 17 bays, with east and west service corridors, and a garden at the back. The surviving structures include the fourth and sixth courtyards, covering a land area of 5,186.61 square meters and a building area of 2,514.60 square meters. Among these, the fourth courtyard’s main hall has a total width of 18.37 meters, a depth of 9.20 meters, and a height of 5.72 meters. On September 6, 1986 [Tongzhen (86) No. 64], it was designated as a cultural relics control unit of Tongli Town. On July 29, 1994 [Wuzhengban [1994] No. 75], it was listed as a cultural relics control unit of Wujiang City.

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Office of the Tongzhi Magistrate (No. 4, Fuguan Street)

Located on the east side of Cangchang Alley, facing south toward the river. Built during the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1662–1722), it was originally the residence of Chen Yizhen, a successful imperial examination candidate (Jinshi) of the Gengchen year (1700) in the Kangxi era. In the ninth year of the Yongzheng reign (1731), it was taken over as government property and converted into the Office of the Tongzhi Magistrate. In the first year of the Qianlong reign (1736), the office was relocated to Dongshan in Wuxian County. After the relocation, the building was sold off by the authorities and purchased in its entirety by Wang Quan, a scholar, for three thousand taels of silver. It was then named "Jingyi Hall." At that time, the property covered an area of 17.8 mu, with seven courtyards consisting of a total of 91 rooms, including the entrance hall, sedan hall, main hall, ceremonial hall, and main floor. The facade had seven bays, while the rear spanned 17 bays, with east and west service corridors, and a garden at the back. The surviving structures include the fourth and sixth courtyards, covering a land area of 5,186.61 square meters and a building area of 2,514.60 square meters. Among these, the fourth courtyard’s main hall has a total width of 18.37 meters, a depth of 9.20 meters, and a height of 5.72 meters. On September 6, 1986 [Tongzhen (86) No. 64], it was designated as a cultural relics control unit of Tongli Town. On July 29, 1994 [Wuzhengban [1994] No. 75], it was listed as a cultural relics control unit of Wujiang City.

In his work Collection of Nostalgia (桑梓集), the late Qing Dynasty literatus Jin Huangzhong composed a poem dedicated to the Office of the Taihu Lake Water Conservancy Tongzhi Magistrate, which reads: "By the Green Dragon Bridge lies the ancient granary site; / Swallows bustle before the Wang family’s hall so bright. / When waterworks stalled, the office moved away; / A century passed through two rounds of change."