Harbin Taotaiancient Official Title Office

Harbin Pass is also called Binjiang Pass Yamen, commonly known as Daotai House. It is the administrative agency of Harbin, and it is a traditional yamen. In the early days, its functions were very small and could only be used for railway negotiation and customs duties. There was no specific jurisdiction. In the later period, it was changed to "Northwest Road of Jilin Province, which is divided into patrolling and prepared roads", and it has jurisdiction over four prefectures, one hall and two counties. Harbin Daotai Mansion is a mixture of traditional Chinese architecture and northern local architecture. It is large in scale and majestic, covering an area of more than 28,000 square meters. It follows feudal etiquette and has a symmetrical layout. After bed. His north-south axis is seventy zhang long and east-west width forty-five zhang. On the central axis from outside to inside are the screen wall, the gate, the ceremonial gate, the lobby, the second hall, the house gate, and the third hall; on the east line are the Yashen Temple, the study, the kitchen, the Goshi room, and the miscellaneous people's room. On the west line are the Ice Cellar, the Supervision Hall, Hong Shanyi, the Huihua Official Hall, and the Huiyang Official Hall. There are carports, stables, tea houses, granaries and so on in the courtyard walls. The whole building group is scattered and the structure is reasonable.