Yamen
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A yamen was the administrative office or residence of a local bureaucrat or mandarin in imperial China, Korea, and Vietnam. A yamen can also be any governmental office or body headed by a mandarin, at
The former yamen in Kowloon Walled City Park, Hong Kong.
Floor plan of the yamen at Shaoxing Fu, Zhejiang Province, 1803.
The entry gate of the yamen of the Nguyễn dynasty period Tuần phủ of the Tuyên Quang province and the blockhaus of the lính cơ in Tuyên Quang, Tonkin, French Indochina.
A prison cell in the former Pingyao yamen
County magistrate
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The county magistrate or local magistrate, under successive titles over the span of imperial China, was the official in charge of the xian, the lowest level of central government in Imperial and early
A magistrate holds court (late 19th century)
Ming dynasty magistrate.
The Kaifeng Court of Bao Zheng, a tourist attraction modeled after typical magistral office.