Yong Xing Jiu

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明清老字号，京货铺，坐落十字街西口处，毗邻瘟神庙，前店后院格局。门店三间，堂楼五里三，东西厢房三楹，渗井一眼。

This building was an old and famous shops for Beijing goods during Ming and Qing dynasty. It is located at the junction, next to the Wen Shen Temple, which consists of "front shop and back yard" with a dry well. There are three stores, a main north tower and three wing rooms which stretched 5.3 miles from east to west.

日据时期，瘟神庙内万和堂药店被勒令关张，万和堂药店伙计秦宝玉（长治北董人）盘下京货铺，开办永兴久药铺。

During Japanese Colonial Period, Wan He Tang Pharmacy was forced to be closed, A man called Qin Baoyu was a former employee of Wan He Tang Pharmacy who was born in Bei Dong village, He bought the building and set up Yong Xing Jiu Pharmacy.

每年临近端午节，永兴久制作香囊无数，供荫城一街人索取佩戴，祛邪祈福。

Every year close to the Dragon Boat Festival, the shop owner made countless bags with spices and herbal medicines, Villagers took and adorned them, they believed that it could help them to avoid disasters and bring good luck.

1955年工商业改造，变易为荫城供销社综合商店。1958年开展大跃进运动，前店部分整改为大集体建筑风格。

In 1955 during Industrial Transformation, the building was changed to Yin Cheng Supply and Marketing Cooperrative Store. The parts of the front shop were changed into Big Collective architecture style during the Great Leap Forward Movement period in 1958.

2014年5月，荫城村民原建国保护性修缮，成为铁器馆附属文化院落，内有雄山堂，黑铁书屋，可品茗闲聊，可看书养心，诚古镇第一个乡建，再续荫城风雅之处也。

In May 2014, Yuan Jianguo who is a villager of Yin Cheng protected and repaired the buliding. Nowadays, it becomes a cultural courtyard, attached to the Iron Museum. There are Xiong Shan Hall Building and Hei Tie Library, People can drink tea, chat, read or cultivate their mind there. It is really the greatest rural building which renews artistic pursuits in the town.