Zhongnanhai is the joint name of Zhonghai and Nanhai, located on the west side of the Forbidden City in Beijing, south of Aoyu Bridge, with an area of about 1500 mu, of which 700 mu are water surface, which is a national key cultural relics protection unit. Formerly known as Xiyuan, Zhongnanhai in ancient times has always been the palace and place of feasting for feudal emperors of the Dynasty. It is now the seat of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and other central state organs, and is also the residence of the supreme leader of the People's Republic of China.
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The most exposed place in Zhongnanhai - Purple Light Pavilion
Located on the northwest shore of the Middle Sea, located in the north of the west bank of the Middle Sea, the Purple Light Pavilion is two stories high, seven rooms wide, with a single eaves hall roof, yellow shear edges and green glazed tiles, and five roll sheds in front of the mountain. Behind it there is the Wucheng Hall. Five rooms wide, single eaves roll shed rest on the top of the mountain. During the ming dynasty, it was a platform with a small hall with a yellow tile roof on the platform. During the reign of Emperor Ming Shizong, the Purple Light Pavilion was built, and it was rebuilt during the Qing Kangxi Dynasty, becoming a place for the emperor to review the competition of guards. It was added twice in the 25th year of Qianlong (1760) and 40 years (1775), hanging images of heroes and wall charts of various battles, and displaying captured weapons. On the fifth day of the first month of June in the twelfth year of Tongzhi (1873), the Tongzhi Emperor received the envoys of Japan, Russia, the United States, France, the Netherlands and Britain at the Purple Light Pavilion and accepted the credentials they submitted, which was the first time that the Qing Government officially received foreign envoys. After 1949, it was converted into a place for state affairs. Behind the pavilion there is the Wucheng Hall. Five rooms wide, single eaves roll shed rest on the top of the mountain.
The Hall of Ten Thousand Virtues
Wanshan Hall is located on the east bank of the Middle Sea, and was a pepper garden in the Ming Dynasty. Originally named Chongzhi Hall, it was changed to its current name during the reign of Qing Shunzhi, and the hall enshrined the statue of the Third Buddha. Behind the Hall of Ten Thousand Virtues there is a thousand sacred halls, with a dome on the top, and the hall is dedicated to a seven-story thousand pagodas. The temple is "Pudu Cihang", and the temple is dedicated to the Buddha. Legend has it that the Shunzhi Emperor was frail and sickly, coupled with state affairs, so he believed in Buddhism and became a fan, and had the idea of becoming a monk, but was dissuaded by Empress Xiaozhuang. The Temple of Ten Thousand Virtues was built by the Shunzhi Emperor, who was a firm believer in Buddhism, for a famous monk whom he admired.
Located west of the Wanshan Temple, the Water Cloud Pavilion is a gazebo on the water. In the pavilion, look at the scenery around the water and cloud pavilion, the view is wide, and the cloud water and the pavilion and the pavilion are far away. The stone stele in the pavilion is engraved with the Qianlong Emperor's handwriting "Tailiu Autumn Wind", which is one of the famous Nine Views of Yanjing.
Too liquid autumn wind in the water cloud pavilion
The Regency Palace is located in the northwest corner of Zhongnanhai, facing the wall on the north and west sides. Originally located outside the walls of xiyuan, Guangxu circled this area into Zhongnanhai when expanding xiyuan in the eleventh year, and moved the Catholic Church of Silkworm Mouth located on the original site to Xishiku. Empress Dowager Cixi planned to build a new garden here, "Ji Ling Yuan", but construction has not been started. In 1909, the site was allocated to the regent Zaifeng to build the regent's palace. The regulations of the Regency Palace are similar to those of the old Alcohol Palace (North House), including Middle Road, East Road, West 1st Road, West 2nd Road, and West Garden, and the project cost 2.06 million taels of silver. In 1911, when the Qing Dynasty collapsed, the palace was still unfinished, and then changed to the office of the State Council, and after 1918, it became Xu Shichang's presidential palace, the War Department and the Navy Department, and the Beiping Municipal Government. After 1949, it was changed to the office area of the State Council, and in the late 1970s, when the Zhongnanhai building was renovated on a large scale, it was planned to overhaul the Regency Palace, but it was found that the quality of the building was very poor, the foundation was loose, and the cracks between the wooden pillars were filled with broken bricks, which could not be preserved and had to be demolished. The main entrance and main hall are now meeting rooms. Zhou Enlai once lived in the West Flower Hall in the West Garden, which has also been preserved.
Zhongnanhai - North Gate
The Qinzheng Hall was once the main hall of Zhongnanhai, located on the embankment between Zhonghai and The South China Sea, and the main gate, Dechang Gate, is the north gate of the South China Sea. Sitting north and facing south, there are five bays. The Kangxi Emperor inscribed the title of "Diligent Government". During the reform of the law, the Guangxu Emperor worked here to deal with major state affairs related to the reform of the law. The original building was demolished in the early years of the Republic of China, only the place name remains, and another house was built at the site.
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Xinhua Gate
The South China Sea is located in the south of the Middle Sea, bounded by the Centipede Bridge. The main buildings in the South China Sea are concentrated in Yingtai. Yingtai has a splendid pavilion palace, which was the main event venue of the Kangxi, Qianlong, Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi in the Qing Dynasty. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Penghu Reform Law failed, and the Guangxu Emperor was imprisoned by Empress Dowager Cixi in Yingtai, a lively island that became increasingly deserted, and later the Guangxu Emperor died in the Hanyuan Hall in Yingtai. Xinhuamen Zhongnanhai Main Gate, located on West Chang'an Avenue, is a two-story building with seven wide rooms, and the three central rooms on the lower floor are door openings. Roll shed rest on the top of the mountain, green shear edge yellow glazed tiles. Xinhuamen was originally a Baoyue Tower built during the Qianlong Period, but after the Xinhai Revolution, Yuan Shikai changed the building to a gate and named it "Xinhuamen" with the meaning of "New Republic of China". At the same time, a shadow wall was built inside the gate, the mosque outside the gate was demolished, a flower wall was built across Chang'an Avenue to block the dilapidated houses, and a pair of stone lions in the Duanwang Mansion, which was burned down during the Boxer Rebellion, were moved to the front of the door. On the walls of the eight-character shadow wall on both sides of the Xinhua Gate are slogans such as "Long live the great Communist Party of China" and "Long live the invincible Mao Zedong Thought." The inscription on the shadow wall inside the door is Mao Zedong's handwriting "Serving the People".
South Central South Gate - Xinhua Gate
Xinhua Gate was originally the Baoyue Tower, built in the 23rd year of Qianlong (1758), and the Qianlong Emperor also wrote a plaque with the inscription "Looking Up and Looking Down" for the Baoyue Building, which has three rooms above and below.
Legend has it that baoyuelou was built by the Qianlong Emperor to please Concubine Xiang. After Xiangfei entered the palace, she missed her hometown all day long, so the Qianlong Emperor built the Baoyue Tower, and also built a street market opposite the building for Hui camps and mosques, so that Xiangfei could see the scenery of her hometown when she climbed the building. Later, the empress dowager learned of this and secretly hanged Concubine Xiang. This legend is mostly fictional, but despite this, some moving stories have been derived from it.
BaoyueLou was originally not connected with the outside, and when Yuan Shikai became president in the early years of the Republic of China, he used Zhongnanhai as his presidential palace, and also transformed BaoyueLou into the gate of the presidential palace and renamed it Xinhuamen. Since then, Xinhuamen has replaced XiyuanMen as the main gate of Zhongnanhai.
Yingtai
Yingtai was called "Nantai" during the Ming Dynasty, and during the Shunzhi Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, a large number of temples were built on the island and changed to their current names. There is a stone bridge connecting the north of Yingtai Island with the shore, the south of the bridge is Renyao Gate, the south of the gate is Xiangluan Pavilion, the main hall is seven, and the left and right extensions are 19. Further south is the Hanyuan Gate, and inside is the Hanyuan Hall, the main building of Yingtai. Due to the slope of the island, the north façade of the hall is a single-storey building, and the south side is a two-story pavilion, called "Penglai Pavilion". There are two auxiliary halls in the north of the Hanyuan Hall, the East is the Qingyun Hall and the West is the Jingxing Hall; the buildings on the south side of the hall are the Zaoyun Building in the east and the Qisi Building in the west. To the east of the Zaoyun Building are the Tong Tong Book House and the Sui'an Room, the Study Room during the Qianlong Period, and the Waiting Moon Pavilion and the Mirror Light Pavilion in the northeast. To the west of the Qisi Building is the Changchun Book House and Shufangrun, surrounded by a long corridor called "Eight Yin Ke Harmony" and "Embrace Shuang" Pavilion. After the failure of the Wushu Reformation, the Guangxu Emperor was imprisoned in Yingtai. Yuan Shikai claimed that the empress dowager had also placed vice president Li Yuanhong under house arrest here. Yingtai is now a venue for banquets and receptions.
Located in the north of Yingtai, Xiangluan Pavilion was built during the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty and was the main gate of Yingtai. Xiangluan Pavilion sits south and faces north, is two stories high, has a total of 14 rooms on the left and right, and has a total of 38 rooms on the left and right extensions.
The Hanyuan Hall is located behind the Xiangluan Pavilion and is the main hall of Yingtai. This was the main event place for the Qing imperial family to play and feast in Yingtai; during the Kangxi and Qianlong dynasties, it was also the place where the emperor feasted on the princes and princes and the ministers and magnates, and the lively scenery of the Hanyuan Hall disappeared with the death of the Guangxu Emperor here.
Fortress Garden - a place to receive VIPs
Fengze Garden was built in the north of Yingtai during the Kangxi Dynasty and was once a place for sericulture. During the Yongzheng Dynasty, the Emperor performed a ceremony here before holding a pro-cultivation ceremony. The main building in Fengze Garden is the Hall of Sorrow, which was renamed the Hall of the ElderLy during the Guangxu Period and the Yinian Hall during the Republic of China, where Yuan Shikai once worked. After 1949, it was converted into a conference venue. The east of Yinian Hall is juxiang bookstore, which is where Mao Zedong lived. To the west of Fengze Garden, there are Lotus Wind Hui Lu Pavilion, Chongya Hall, Jing Xuan Xuan, Huai Yuan Zhai and Chun Yi Zhai, and the north of the Lotus Wind Hui Lu Pavilion is Jing Valley, which is a small and quiet garden. Further north of Shizutani is Chunjunzai, which was the office of the president during the Republic of China, and after 1949 it was converted into a meeting and entertainment venue.
Located on the west side of Fortress Garden, Shizutani is a garden within a garden of its own. The main buildings in the park are the Promenade, the Spring Lotus Hall and the Gui Xiu Xuan.
Shizuya
Huairen Hall is located in the northeast of Fortress Garden, and was originally the site of the yiluan hall. The Yiluan Hall was built in six years during the Guangxu Period, and Empress Dowager Cixi moved in and summoned ministers and handled government affairs in this hall. After the coup d'état, Empress Dowager Cixi imprisoned the Guangxu Emperor, who had been engaged in the reform of the Law and restoration, in Yingtai, and she personally trained the government at the Yiluan Palace, making the Yiluan Palace replace the Forbidden City as the political center in the practical sense. The commander-in-chief of the Eight-Power Alliance, Wadsi, once lived here, during which time he accidentally caught fire and burned down the temple. Empress Dowager Cixi also built a new Yiluan Hall on the west bank of the Middle Sea, which was later renamed Fozhao Lou, and Yuan Shikai said that the emperor changed its name to Huairen Hall for office use. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the original building was demolished and a two-story building with a Chinese-style roof was built, where the CPC Central Committee and the State Council held several major meetings.
The Hall of Diligence is located on the embankment between the Middle Sea and the South China Sea, and the main gate, Dechang Gate, is the north gate of the South China Sea. The original building was demolished in the early years of the Republic of China, and only place names remain.
Huai Ren Tang
Located in the northeast corner of the South China Sea, Shuqingyuan is a small garden built during the Qianlong period, similar in style to Beihai Park Jingxin Zhai. In the park, there are "Flowing Water Sound" Pavilion, Baoguang Room, Pengying In Wangdian Hall, Yun painting building, Qingyin Pavilion, Rizhi Pavilion, Wanzi Gallery, Shuanghuan Wanshou Pavilion and other buildings, after 1949, the Shuanghuan Wanshou Pavilion was moved to the Temple of Heaven Park, and some ancient buildings were demolished to build garrison barracks and office dormitories.
The Shunzhi Emperor died early, the Kangxi Emperor was ordered by his mother to make many pilgrimages to Mount Wutai, and the folk had the legend that the Shunzhi Emperor did not actually die, but went to Mount Wutai to make a family, and thus also performed many wonderful literary works.
Tong Shu Ya is a small courtyard on the Taihu Lake Stone, the south house in the courtyard is named Tong Shu Ya, and the north house is named Sui An Room. During the Kangxi Dynasty, Qianlong, who was a Baylor, studied here. At that time, there were two old tung trees in the courtyard, one of which died of illness, and then replanted. The Dead Tree is made of its timber and stored in the house. The name of the North House is taken from the meaning of "peace with the encounter".
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