The buildings in Beijing Are Getting Higher and Higher, and there are more and more people, and the accent of the north and south of the world is a bit unrecognizable to the old Beijingers. However, no matter what, the bell and drum tower on the central axis is still there, Shichahai, Yinding Bridge, still so beautiful, The crowds of people in Gonggu Lane every day, tourists are weaving, in fact, the original old Beijing, not in the alley of the colorful small shops and snacks, not in the Houhai lively bars and cafes, to experience the original taste of old Beijing, you have to go around the Yu'er Hutong on the edge of Gonggu Lane, Yiyi Hutong, Hat Hutong, Banchang Hutong...
Today, let's start with a few large mansions that old Beijingers rarely can enter.
The first one: the mysterious palace next to NanluoguXiang
Fried Bean Hutong is on the west side of Jiaodaokou South Avenue Road, counting the first hutong from south to north. There are many mansions in the hutongs, and the inner city of Beijing in the Manchu Qing Dynasty is the residence of high-ranking officials and nobles. The Monk Greenqin King's Mansion (also known as the Monk's Mansion) is located in it, because of the eminent status of the owner and the grand scale of the courtyard, which was once flourishing.
Monk Greenqin, he was the famous iron hat king of the Qing Dynasty. Hutong No. 77 is the Monk's Mansion. The gate of the original royal palace is well preserved, and the scale of the royal palace is so large that it spans two alleys. Its front door is in Fried Bean Alley, and the back door is in Banchang Alley. The courtyard is divided into east road, middle road, and west road. In addition to the main courtyard, there are also four entrances to the east courtyard. Such a grand regulation can only be possessed by the royal palace.
Stepping into courtyard No. 77, although the small house behind the building has now blocked the original boxy yard, if you look carefully, you can still see the tall and robust beams and columns of the main house, the paintings on the corners and corners are still vivid, and the mottled years add a little mystery to them. It seems that at a glance, I can see back the prosperity of the past.
The second one: the first private garden in Beijing, the most mysterious late Qing dynasty garden in Nanluoguxiang
From Nanluoguxiang to the west, there is a small alley , Mao'er Hutong. In the Qing Dynasty, there lived here with officials and nobles. The last empress Wanrong, the Qing Dynasty scholar Wen Yu, and the Beiyang warlord Feng Guozhang all lived here. Not far from Mao'er Hutong is the residence of Wen Yu, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty University.
The entire mansion occupies the 7-13th of the hutong, which is formed by the parallel of five courtyards. Its mystery is famous in Beijing. Because few people have ever entered it so far, the door of the No. 11 courtyard is always closed, and a pair of tall horses and round stone drums in front of the door show the prestige of the owner of the house, Wen Yu, who was once the Shangshu of the Punishment Department and the minister of the interior.
There is a large shadow wall in the courtyard, and after the weeping flower gate is the inner house. In the middle of the second courtyard, a large tree branch is luxuriant, and the yard is close to the square, neat and tidy, and there is no private construction. Three main rooms, two ear rooms and east and west wing rooms, at a glance, the protection is so good, living should not be ordinary people.
The third one: "Go in and shoot, this is the house of Cixi's relatives" No. 32, Gennan Street, Huangcheng
No. 32 Huangcheng Gen South Street, have you paid attention to this house number? When passing by, you can look back twice, it is in the east of the Forbidden City, east of the East Imperial City Root Street, the big red gate is particularly conspicuous, and people with careful hearts must have an impression.
This is the Qing Dynasty Guangxu year of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Junqi, who was the superintendent of the Guangdong Customs, saved a lot of money during his tenure, returned to Beijing at the end of his term, and built this mansion by buying ten acres of land in a small grass factory outside the east wall of the imperial city.
It is said that because of the luxury of the mansion, it was known to the grand eunuch Li Lianying, and the blackmail was rejected, and Li Lianying held a grudge in her heart. Finally, under his trap, Cixi dismissed him on the grounds that the mansion was "peeping into the forbidden purple and forming the system". Junqi, who had only lived in it for two years, fell ill and died of depression, dying less than 50 years old. After that, the mansion was given by Cixi to her younger brother Zhaoxiang's son and Cixi's nephew the third rank of Cheng'en Gong, Deshan.
These three great mansions, through life and death, several vicissitudes, when the years put on an ordinary coat for it, there are always a few old marks that are not covered by time, they shine, like life to leave the precious history to future generations.