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Yao’an Guanglu Ancient Town
阴阴阳宝瓶Yao'an Guangxuan Ancient Town, the county scenic spots, to Yao'an must punch in, there is a sense of age, you can feel it, as a county, with this culture, it is not appropriate.
Yao'an Road Military and Civil Administration Office
境境无界Yao'an is the earliest famous place in Yunnan Province and the earliest place to be seen in history. There is a saying that "one Yaozhou city, half of Yunnan history". The reason for this saying is that Guanglu Ancient Town in Yao'an County is the birthplace of Gao's family, the prime minister of Dali State. Since the Tang Dynasty, the Gao family has inherited positions in Yunnan for 54 generations, creating a legendary clan with nearly 700 years of official history. The Gao family has lasted for more than 700 years and was once an important official of the local government of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Guanglu Ancient Town has become an important political, economic and cultural center in Yunnan, and occupies an important historical position in Yunnan history. The Tusi system is a special political system in which the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties ruled the local people in ethnic minority areas by enfeoffment of local leaders and hereditary official positions. In the Yuan Dynasty, "Lu" was a special administrative level higher than "Zhou". Yaoan Road Military and Civilian General Administration Office, commonly known as Gao Tusi Yamen, was once the Yaoan Prefecture of the Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms, the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the two-level local governors and local governors of Yaozhou. The Lufu was the local administrative power center of the Yuan Dynasty's provincial system. The Yuan Dynasty set up the Yaoan Road Military and Civilian General Administration Office in Guanglu, which was inherited by the descendants of the famous Gao family at that time, so it was called "Gao Tusi Yamen". The Gao family once had a good story of "nine Shuangs, seven dukes, eight prime ministers, three kings, one emperor, and five marquises".
Yaoan Road Military and Civilian General Administration Office, also known as the hometown of Gao Ranggong, commonly known as Gao Tusi Yamen, is composed of three halls: the entrance hall, the hall, and the main hall. The entrance hall is five bays wide and four bays deep; the main hall is five bays wide and four bays deep, all with single eaves and tiles, and there are arch decorations under the eaves of the main hall. There are two wings on each side of the main hall, making the entire building into two courtyards, or two courtyards with five patios, closely connected to form a whole.
Yao'anxian Museum
境境无界Yao'an County Museum was established on January 1, 1987, with the approval of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture, as a local comprehensive museum, with the national cultural relics protection unit Defeng Temple as the site. Defeng Temple was built in Mingyongle two years (1404 AD), and Beijing Palace Palace is a contemporary building, the whole complex is composed of the main hall, two ears, two boxes, hall, main entrance and the attached building of the Tibetan Temple, covering an area of 3396 square meters, the complex area of 2335 square meters. Among them, the west wing room, the hall is the museum exhibition room, a total of 1100 square meters. Yao'an County Museum has more than 600 cultural relics in its collection (including: 11 cultural relics at the national level; 8 cultural relics at the national level; 82 cultural relics at the national level, a total of 101). Yao'an County Museum ranks third in Yunnan Province's same-level museums, Yao'an County has the reputation of Chuxiong County's cultural relics, and Yao'an County Museum has been announced as a patriotic education base by Yunnan Province.
Longhua Temple
境境无界Longhua Temple (Living Buddha Temple), built in the late Tang Dynasty (904~907), has a history of more than 1,000 years, is Yunnan's oldest Buddhist monastery and the most well-preserved ancient palace-style buildings. The temple is preserved with wood carvings, brick carvings, stone carvings and calligraphy and painting artwork.
Defeng Temple
境境无界Defeng Temple in Yao'an County is the seventh batch of national cultural relics protection units. The temple was built in the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1404 AD) and is a contemporary building of the Forbidden City in the capital. It has a history of more than 600 years. Defeng Temple is a three-story ancient building complex, consisting of a gate, a hall, two wings, two halls, two ears, Ksitigarbha Temple and Dehua Inscription Pavilion. It covers an area of 3,353 square meters. Its layout is symmetrical, the structure is rigorous, and it has obvious characteristics of central axis symmetry. The main hall is made of stacked wood brackets, connected by mortise and tenon rivets, and interlocking without any traces of nails or wedges. It is said to be built by a divine craftsman.