The ancient yamen opened six more doors, showing majesty and style. Later, six doors were used to refer to the government and yamen.
Six doors are used as agents of yamen for the following reasons. ...
The yamen is named after the gate, and in this complex, all kinds of portals are of course of first-class significance. But the most important thing is the gate, instrument door and house door on the central axis.
● The origin of six doors
The only entrance to the outer wall of Yamen is the gate on the south side of the central axis. This door is also called the "head door". It is not a simple doorway, but a building with a roof. This kind of curtilage door is a major feature of China architecture, and its shape is strictly restricted by law and etiquette. No matter how big the county is, the gate can only be divided into three rooms (the front room of the building, and the horizontal space between two pillars is one room). Each room has two black painted doors, and there are always six doors, so the county government is often called "six doors". As the saying goes, "the yamen opens six doors, but you can't get in without money." It is commonly known that servants and bookkeepers in yamen are "six activities"
In order to highlight the importance of the gate, there is a screen wall in front of it, with "eight-character walls" on both sides, and a pair of grinning stone lions at the gate. Some counties have upgraded the gatehouse to a two-story or three-story gatehouse, which is also the Drum Tower or the tower that tells the time all over the city. The original meaning of the word Qiao, like the word lo, means hope.