Yongzhen An

Yongzhen An

Yongzhen An is a cultural relic protection unit of Suining City.

Yongzhen An

Year: Qing Dynasty

Category: Ancient Architecture

Announcement Date: August 15, 2012

Address: Erhekou Village, Chicheng Town, Pengxi County

Introduction: Yongzhen An is located in Erhekou Village, Chicheng Town, Pengxi County. It was originally constructed in the ninth year of the Chongzhen era of the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the forty-ninth year of the Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty. The structure faces west and features a quadrangle courtyard layout, covering an area of about 900 square meters. The front hall’s platform is enclosed by strip stones, is 0.4 meters high, and has a wooden post-and-lintel beam frame with three penetrations on five pillars. It has a single-eave hip roof covered with small green tiles. The hall is five bays wide (25.2 meters) and four bays deep (9.8 meters), with an overall height of 5 meters. The ridge beam bears the inscription “The Forty-Ninth Year of the Kangxi Reign of the Great Qing.” The main hall’s platform is also constructed from strip stones and stands 0.55 meters high. It features a lifted-beam wooden structure with an eleven-rafter beam system, using seven pillars with both double and single-step beams at the front and rear. It has a single-eave hip roof covered with small green tiles, is four bays wide (14.8 meters) and six bays deep (11 zhang), with an overall height of 6.9 meters and a two-level stepped access path. The symmetrical side rooms are five bays wide (34.3 meters) and four bays deep (9 meters).

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