Seven hundred meters in length, seven hundred years in time;
A small alley, half of modern history.
If you want to ask where Beijing has the most Beijing flavor, it must be an old hutong hidden in the corner of the imperial capital. These wide, wide, narrow alleys have not been swallowed up by coffee houses, nor have they declined due to the progress of the times.
On the contrary, in the ancient and prosperous city of Beijing, they have always retained a strong sense of culture and humanity.
There are many hutongs in Beijing, but each has its own characteristics, if you ask the most worthy of taking your children to a walk, it must be - Shijia Hutong.
Seven hundred meters long, hiding most of China. In the small hutong, there are not only eunuchs who have the right to fall to the opposition, but also rich and rich people who can rival the country, and during the Republic of China period, it was a gathering place for countless famous ladies and talents, which can be described as a gathering of "big coffee"! Follow Si Biyuan's little assistant into this "most cattle" hutong in Beijing and talk with celebrities through time and space!
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Metro Line 5 Dengshikou Station out to the north, the west side of the road is the Juyin Theater, diagonally opposite it, is the Shijia Hutong.
Shijia Hutong, which has never changed its name since the Ming Dynasty, was even born 1500 years ago.
At that time, it was still the settlement of the Ashina clan, and "Ashina" was the surname of the Turkic Khan and the ancestor of the Mongolian golden family, the Boerjin clan.
In the short 700-meter hutong, there are about 80 large and small quadrangle houses, where many high-ranking officials and celebrities have gathered, Hua Guofeng, Xu Xiangqian, Fu Zuoyi, Rong Yiren, Qiao Guanhua and his wife, and Ling Shuhua, one of the three talented women of the Republic of China, for a hundred years, many celebrities have lived here.
(Qiao Guanhua and Zhang Hanzhi)
(Hua Guofeng)
(Prince William)
700 meters away, every step is history, even The British Prince William has come to visit. What are the stories in the hutongs? Take the baby and let's get a glimpse of what's going on.
I heard that this is the starting point for cultural innovation?
At the beginning of the 20th century, Shijia Hutong was on fire in the intellectual circles, and the Qing government set up an examination room in this narrow alley to select the examination room for international students to go to the United States
(Hu Shi)
(Zhu Kezhen)
Zhu Kezhen, Hu Shi, Zhao Yuanren and others all came from this list to have the opportunity to study abroad.
Most of these students who studied abroad became the pioneers of the new cultural movement after returning to China, so in a sense, Shijia Hutong is the starting point of this educational revolution and cultural innovation.
This is the real Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!
Just 700 meters of hutongs, behind each house number is a wonderful history, which is not only a gathering place for celebrities, but also closely related to the fate of Beijing.
It is said that the earliest owner of the No. 53 Courtyard of Shijia Hutong was Shi Kefa, who was a famous anti-Qing general and national hero in the late Ming Dynasty.
Later, it became the outer residence of Li Lianying, the grand eunuch of the Qing Dynasty
【Shi Kefa (left) Li Lianying (right)】
Legend has it that this place was also the residence of Hong Jun, the head of the late Qing Dynasty, who had a concubine and was one of the top ten famous prostitutes in China.
She is also the heroine of the historical "prostitute rescue driver", Sai Jinhua.
(General Zhang Zhizhong)
During the Republic of China period, this was the private residence of Zhang Zhizhong, General Zhang Zhizhong, a second-class general of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army, who participated in the Central Plains War, the Songhu War of Resistance, and the Battle of Xuzhou, and made great contributions to the War of Resistance Against Japan.
(Written by Deng Yingchao)
After the founding of New China, this place was once the office of the All-China Women's Federation, Deng Yingchao, Kang Keqing, and Shuai Mengqi all worked here, and the words "Good Garden" on the plaque were written by Deng Yingchao.
(General Fu Zuoyi)
In the courtyard of No. 32 Shijia Hutong, he once lived in general Fu Zuoyi, the guardian of Beijing before the founding of the People's Republic of China. Fu Zuoyi was a famous anti-Japanese general who participated in the Xinhai Revolution and the Northern Expedition, and in January 1949, he promoted the peaceful liberation of Peiping, so that the ancient cultural capital of Beijing and all its precious historical buildings were well preserved, and the lives and property of 2 million Beijing citizens were saved from war.
(The crew of "Longsugou" experiences life on the ground)
Shijia Hutong No. 20 Courtyard, which was the predecessor of the Beijing People's Art Theater, was located in the 20th courtyard of shijia hutong when the theater was established in June 1952. Dramatists such as Cao Yu and Li Bozhao have all worked here. It can be said that No. 20 Courtyard is the birthplace of the theater industry in the People's Republic of China.
Finally, let's talk about the Courtyard of No. 24 Shijia Hutong
China's first museum named after the hutong, which is famous for its "Miss Study" in Beijing. The host is one of the representative figures of the "Three Talented Women in the Literary World", the "Crescent Moon Sect" and the May Fourth Female Writers Group, which are on a par with Bing Xin and Lin Huiyin.
(Ling Shuhua)
During the Republic of China period, Ling Shuhua often held gatherings of painters and celebrities here, Qi Baishi, Gu Hongming, Ba Jin, Xu Zhimo, Shen Congwen and others were her guests, and even the Indian poet Tagore had talked and laughed here.
Later, Ling Shuhua's daughter, Ms. Chen Xiaoying, transferred the property rights of this house to the street for public welfare and established the Hutong Museum.
The 130 courtyards are miniature and restored, and the museum has eight exhibition halls and a multi-functional hall, which are divided into the Historian History Exhibition Hall, the Renyi Exhibition Hall, the Modern Education Exhibition Hall, the Lan Zhi Kaifang Exhibition Hall, the Hutong Celebrity Exhibition Hall, the Times Memory Exhibition Hall, the Hutong Sound Exhibition Hall, the Nostalgic Life Exhibition Hall and the Multi-functional Hall, which show the historical culture and changes of Shijia Hutong in different forms, and can also hear more than 70 kinds of Hutong sounds such as "Shocking Girl" and "Tiger Brace".
(Courtyard Wadang)
Old eaves, old wadang, old town animals, old objects, and old bamboo curtains together support the most classical courtyard style in Beijing. Not only can you take the baby to see the celebrity style, but also understand the architectural layout and characteristics of the typical residence in Beijing - the courtyard, and understand the level and role of the weeping flower gate, the scribe's veranda, the main room, the east and west wing rooms, the inverted seat room, and the ear room.
A Shijia Hutong, witnessing more than 100 years of modern Chinese history. If you want to take your baby to understand the old city of Beijing, then Shijia Hutong is the best place to start, in addition to learning about the gate of the Beijing Courtyard and the planning and construction of Beijing City, you can also relive the interesting stories of modern celebrities.
Let's walk into Shijia Hutong together, get close to the famous Shijia Hutong No. 24 and Shijia Hutong No. 32, and let half of China's modern history come alive in front of our eyes...
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Passing through Lumicang Hutong, adjacent to the East Second Ring Road sits a large hidden temple in the city, Zhihua Temple, the most splendid hutong temple in Beijing, which is the home temple of the Ming Dynasty eunuch Wang Zhen, and the ming Yingzong Zhuqi Town, which experienced the change of the tumu fort, also has a story with this temple.
(Zhihua Temple)
Zhihua Temple's "Past and Present Lives"
Zhihua Temple was built during the orthodox years of Emperor Ming Yingzong and was the home temple of Wang Zhen, a eunuch who was in power at that time.
(Wang Zhen travel)
At that time, Wang Zhen was deeply favored by Zhu Qizhen and had great power in his hands, Wang Zhen, like all the powerful villains, frantically amassed wealth, imitated the emperor's taimiao temple, built a family temple for himself in the capital, and prayed for his own blessings, and Ming Yingzong also gave him the name "Zen Temple of Rewarding Grace and Wisdom".
[(Left) Ming Yingzong Wang Zhen (right)]
During the tumu fort change, Wang Zhen instigated Emperor Yingzong of Ming to march in person, which resulted in Yingzong being captured, 200,000 troops being defeated, and Wang Zhen finally died in the rebellion.
(The Change of the Civil Fort)
After the restoration of Emperor Yingzong, a ancestral shrine was also established for Wang Zhen in the north courtyard of Zhihua Temple. After the Eight-Power Coalition invaded Beijing, the temple was destroyed until 1986, when the State Administration of Cultural Heritage funded a complete renovation and opened six years later.
The "luxury" of Zhihua Temple you can't imagine
Walking into the Zhihua Temple, I can't help but sigh, it is worthy of being the home temple of the first generation of absolutist eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty.
(Zhihua Temple Figure 1 Wenyuan Pavilion Figure 2)
Wang Zhen spent a lot of thought on this family temple, the tiles of the general temple are made of yellow tiles, while the Zhihua Temple uses rare black glazed tiles, and it should be known that only the black glazed tiles used by Wenyuan Pavilion in the Forbidden City are used. In ancient times, the representative color of "water" was "black", with black glazed tiles as the top, which was used to suppress fire.
(Rotary Wheel Collection)
One of the treasures of the town temple of Zhihua Temple is the Ming Dynasty OctagonAl Wheel Collection, which is the only well-preserved Ming Dynasty Wheel in China, and each side of the octagonal cabinet group is covered with drawers for preserving scriptures, and each drawer is carved with Buddha statues, and the various horns of the Wheel collection are engraved with elephants, lions, sheep and other mascots, which are very exquisite, and there is no blank space.
Another treasure of the town temple is the three algae wells at the top of the Zhihua Temple, and there is a wheel hidden below, taking the Tibetan temple algae well as an example, in the form of a lotus covering, it rises layer by layer, and the complexity of its creation and the number of layers can be called the "most famous algae well" in China.
(Moi)
Unfortunately, it was sold to the carpenter's shop by the monks in the temple, and later moved overseas, and now the two moi of Zhihua Temple are displayed in the Nelson Atkins Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the United States.
It turns out that this is the daily bgm of the emperor
It is not enough to see the Zhihua Temple, but also to listen! Beijing music can be described as a must-have in Zhihua Temple, and the eunuch Wang Zhen moved the court music of that time here and passed it down from generation to generation.
The Beijing music of Zhihua Temple is called "China's Five Ancient Musics" together with the four ancient music of "Xi'an Drum Music", "Kaifeng Daxiangguo Temple Music", "Wutai Mountain Qinghuang Temple Music" and "Fujian Nanyin".
Take the baby to listen to a court music, which is a musical "living fossil" that has not been cut off for more than 500 years.
Cultural line harvest
Ming Dynasty Art Treasures: At Zhihua Temple, admire the official architecture of "inheriting the Tang and Song Dynasties from the upper level, and the Ming and Qing dynasties from the lower", as well as exquisite Buddha statues, murals, revolving wheels and moi.
Elegant Jing Rhyme 500 Years: The court music left by Wang Zhen, the great eunuch of the Ming Yingzong Dynasty, in the Zhihua Temple, which is a living fossil of music that has not been broken for more than 500 years.
Celebrity Fun Facts: Those celebrity anecdotes in the hutong, behind each house number, have an unforgettable history, let us unveil the layers of mystery.
The door has a clean kun: escape the hustle and bustle of the city on the weekend, take the baby to see the traditional style of old Beijing, this is the typical courtyard, follow the lecturer to understand the ingenious layout, structure and form of ancient buildings, and learn a practical skill.