Línjìn

Linjin was a county centre in southwestern Shanxi, where a magistrate’s compound was founded during the Yuan dynasty’s Dade reign, before 1337. Its principal hall survived into later centuries, and the complex was repaired under the Ming and Qing. The hall’s broad central bay and reduced interior column arrangement created an open space for official proceedings; its roof framing and bracket sets preserve Yuan building practices. Across the earlier period, the central hall marks the enduring presence of county administration: the place where magistrates conducted business, heard cases and represented higher authority within the surrounding rural district.