Zhonghua Prime Ministers' Village

　　    Located in Peibo Village, Liyuan Town, Wenxi County, it is 25 kilometers from the county seat. Owing to its profound historical and cultural legacy of the renowned Pei family and a series of newly developed scenic spots, it officially opened to both domestic and international tourists on the third day of the third lunar month in 1995.

　　    The Wenxi Pei family is one of the most distinguished and long-renowned lineages in Chinese feudal society. Its founding ancestor was a descendant of Feizi, the progenitor of the Qin state. A branch of Feizi’s descendants was enfeoffed in the area of Feiyi (Fei township), and thus adopted “Fei” (later modified to “Pei”) as their surname. During the reign of King Xi of Zhou, the sixth-generation descendant Ling was granted the title of Lord of Jieyi, and subsequently dropped the “yi” (邑, meaning “settlement”) and adopted the “yi” (衣, meaning “clothing”) radical to form the surname “Pei.” Later, the Pei family split into three branches, residing in Hedong, Yanjing, and Xiliang, among other places. However, tracing their genealogical origins, all are descended from the Pei family of Wenxi, hence the saying “There are no two Pei families under heaven.” From the Qin and Han dynasties, through the Wei and Jin periods, to the height of their prominence during the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Wenxi Pei family continued to exert influence even after the Five Dynasties period. The remarkable number of notable figures and the family's illustrious achievements in virtue, career, and literature are truly unparalleled in both Chinese and world history. According to the *Pei Family Genealogy*, the Pei lineage produced 59 prime ministers, 59 grand generals, 14 Secretariat Directors, 55 ministers, 44 vice ministers, 11 attendants, 10 censors, 25 military governors, regional inspectors, and defense commissioners, 211 prefects, and 77 county magistrates. Among those who received noble titles were 89 dukes, 33 marquises, 11 counts, 18 viscounts, and 13 barons. The family also had 3 empresses, 4 crown princesses, 2 princess consorts, 21 imperial sons-in-law, and 20 princesses who married into the royal family—truly a case of “generals and ministers following one another, and nobles filling a single household.” Thus, China’s “Prime Ministers’ Village” earned its name.