Today's Discovery at the Ancient County Office of Fuliang

Li Bai's poem 'The Song of the Pipa Player' is often heard in Jingdezhen. The place mentioned in the poem, Fuliang, gradually unfolds before our eyes in the reality of time, a thousand years later. Among them, the Ancient County Office of Fuliang is the highlight of a one-day tour in Fuliang. The Ancient County Office of Fuliang is located in the northeast of Jiangxi Province, a AAAA-level scenic spot, covering an area of 3.35 square kilometers. The entire scenic area centers around the 'Fuliang County Office' and the 'Red Tower', encapsulating the long-standing human history and splendid tea and porcelain culture of the ancient county office. The Fuliang County Office is the only well-preserved county-level office from the feudal era in southern China, hence it is known as the 'First County Office in Southern China'. In ancient times, Fuliang County governed the porcelain capital Jingdezhen, producing porcelain and tea, with abundant tributes, making it a superior county. The county magistrate held a fifth-rank official position, higher than the usual seventh-rank county officials, thus the architectural regulations of its county office were higher, earning it the title of 'China's First County Office'. According to the distribution map of the Fuliang County Office in the Qing Daoguang 'Fuliang County Annals', the county office faces south with its main buildings on the east, middle, and west axes, arranged in three rows from south to north. The central axis includes the screen wall, the first gate, the ceremonial gate, the county courtyard, the six rooms (official room, household room, ritual room, military room, labor room, criminal room), the main hall, the second hall, the third hall, the flower hall, and the back garden. The existing Fuliang County Office consists of six groups of ancient buildings on the central axis after restoration. 🔆Scenic Highlights The scenic area mainly features the Historical and Cultural Corridor, the Gothenburg Sculpture, the Millennium Porcelain Altar, the Ancient City Gate Tower, the Jingyi Zhai Museum, the Millennium Strange Osmanthus, the Millennium Red Tower, and the Fifth-Rank Ancient County Office. The main attraction is the physical building of the ancient county office in the deepest part. 💥Tour Time The scenic area is very large, especially the main buildings of the ancient county office, which have three main lines. It takes at least an hour to rush through, but a more relaxed visit would take about two hours. 🎗️Itinerary ✔️From the entrance of the scenic area, walk for about 15 minutes through the Historical and Cultural Corridor and the commercial street to reach the ancient city wall. The Cultural Corridor showcases 1600 years of Fuliang's history in text and pictures, forming a long path on the ground, worth seeing. ✔️Continue forward, and the Millennium Red Tower at the third archway is not to be missed. ✔️After passing the last archway, you will arrive at the Fifth-Rank Ancient County Office of Fuliang. Inside the entrance, on both sides of the large lawn in front of the ceremonial gate, are the six rooms (official, household, ritual, military, labor, criminal) and the tax room. ✔️Passing through the 'Mirror High Suspended' third hall for public trials, the innermost part is the back garden and the Xiangshan Villa. ✔️In addition to the main buildings on the central axis, important check-in points on the west axis include the Inspector's Hall, the Clerk's Hall, the Chief Clerk's Hall, and the prison. Important check-in points on the east axis include the Ever-Normal Granary, the County Deputy's Office, the Fuliang Inspection Office, and the Three Classes Office, among others.