Qing Dynasty the Examination Court Museum

Pucheng Qing Dynasty Examination Yuan Museum is located in Chengguan Town, Pucheng County, Weinan City, next to General Yang Hucheng Memorial Hall. The Qing Dynasty Examination Yuan Museum was built in the seventeenth year of Guangxu. The museum faces south, and the existing buildings along the central axis from south to north have more than 30 houses including the main hall, the second door, the corridor, the east and west houses, the official hall, the Lunxiu Hall, the bathroom courtyard, the east and west wing rooms, the inner room, and the penthouse. There are 3 entrance halls in the examination institute. The two vermilion lacquer gates are more than zhang high, and they are placed on the drum-shaped gate pier, which is extraordinary. Enter the second door and come to the long and narrow courtyard corridor. On both sides of the corridor are symmetrical 24-room houses, which are the places where students took exams in the past. Lunxiutang is a place where examiners announce regulations to candidates, mark papers, hold meetings, discuss matters, and take the exam. The wing room is the place where the staff of the examination institute live; the inner room is the "walking yard" for the reception of the superiors. The official hall is a place where examiners take a break during the exam, also known as the "rest room". The bathroom yard is the place where candidates take a bath. All candidates should bathe and change clothes here before the exam, and put on their exam uniforms to prevent candidates from carrying documents and cheat sheets.