The Yuanmingyuan, a combination of Chinese and western, was looted and burned by the British and French allied forces in the Second Opium War. As one of the most luxurious royal gardens in the history of China.

After the completion of Yuanmingyuan, it became a leisure resort for the Qing emperors.

Gan Long even spent a birthday here and spent more than 1 144000 silver.

Five emperors in the late Qing Dynasty were infatuated with Yuanmingyuan.

In ancient China

The emperor is the so-called son of heaven.

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Both the country and the people should "worship one person". From this perspective,

The magnificent Yuanmingyuan can rival the supremacy of the Qing Dynasty.

Before Yong Zhengdi ascended the throne.

Yuanmingyuan has a certain scale, but Yongzheng has a pleasant environment.

Many palaces and office buildings have been added.

And created a precedent of "political departure from the park".

in fact

From Yongzheng to Xianfeng, the emperors of the Five Dynasties enjoyed an extremely luxurious life in the scenic area, which covers an area of more than 500 mu and has hundreds of halls and pavilions. These emperors made Yuanmingyuan their permanent residence.

It even became their most important residence.

Most of the time is spent in the garden every year.

Elgin, an Englishman who once saw the Forbidden City and Yuanmingyuan, said without hesitation: "It is not surprising that the Qing emperor likes Yuanmingyuan."

So, what kind of life did the royal family live in Yuanmingyuan? The mysterious veil was not uncovered until the archives of the Qing palace were obtained in recent years. Although these data have their limitations.

But at least we can erase the dust of history.

A glimpse of life in Yuanmingyuan of Qing emperor

I even caught a glimpse of their activities behind the gorgeous and luxurious palace walls.

Gan Long: Ning Honglong, who is most obsessed with Yuanmingyuan, nodded slightly. "If you are honest with yourself, why are you afraid of the ghost of the fox spirit?" emperor

Among the five emperors of the Qing Dynasty

Gan Long spent the longest time in Yuanmingyuan. From the Yuan Dynasty, North China was forced to offer beautiful women to the court, and it was still the case in the early Ming Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty was founded, there were many Korean concubines in Zhu Yuanzhang's harem, and the ancestor Judy was the Zhumen Queen born of a Korean concubine. Perhaps it is because of his semi-Korean ancestry, or perhaps he hopes to find the shadow of his mother who died when he was young from the beauty of North Korea. In short, after Chengzu succeeded to the throne, he sent people to North Korea to recruit women for the palace. Quanfei came to China's court at this time. And the most money. He chose to live in this favorite palace as much as possible.

He usually goes back to the Forbidden City for specific needs.

For example, ceremonies and celebrations are held on the first day of each Lunar New Year.

And according to the royal tradition, he went hunting in Jehol in midsummer.

Take 1775 as an example.

The time for Ganlong to stay in Yuanmingyuan is 168 days.

About 43.86% of the time in a year.

The other time was the Forbidden City 105.

66 days in Jehol chengde mountain resort (August to 65438+ 10)

44 days in Qufu, the hometown of Confucius.

Even in a short time away from Yuanmingyuan.

Gan Long will also have the idea of "going home". In his poems,

1752 a poem written while hunting tells his feelings of missing Yuanmingyuan:

Sai sou Huang xuanzhou

Fairy Garden has infinite scenery. It's like watching a mountain move and then drawing a frame.

Suddenly because of music, water week. Appropriate sentences of maple leaves and red leaves

Chrysanthemum and yellow flowers want to pull autumn.

Qianlong is famous for his filial piety.

After he ascended the throne, he settled his mother in his favorite Yuanmingyuan Changchun Fairy Museum. He seems to be more than just a dutiful son.

Follow the moral lessons of Confucianism

I also expressed my sincere love and respect for my mother.

Once I have free time.

He will accompany his mother to visit Yuanmingyuan. Whenever the Dragon Boat Festival comes

He seldom misses this festival.

I will definitely accompany my mother to the balcony of Xianren City to watch the Kowloon Boat Race.

In addition, Ganlong often eats with his mother. The records of June 1775 1 show that

Gan Long and Empress Xiao Sheng have dinner in the same paradise almost every day.

Gan Long's love and kindness to his mother never waned. March 2 1777

Empress Dowager Filial Piety suddenly fell ill while watching the lantern show in "The Mountain is High", and was sent back to the bedroom of Changchun Fairy Hall and died soon after.

At the age of 85.

Gan Long is very sad.

She not only held a very beautiful funeral for her mother.

And built a temple called Moon Temple to commemorate her. The Moon Temple stood on the ruins of Yuanmingyuan until the 1930s.

Entertainment: Imperial secretary pretends to be a businessman to do business.

As a place to enjoy.

Yuanmingyuan provides a variety of entertainment. One of them almost heard a word from Qianlong: "accumulate some virtue, don't die." There is no pallbearer. " The most interesting project is to set up a deliberately built market in the garden (usually in the same paradise), and many eunuchs wander around the market.

And dressed up as a shopkeeper and teahouse owner.

There are also vendors selling antiques, books, furniture, silk, porcelain and lacquerware.

In order to make them look like real vendors in the Beijing market

For fun.

Eunuchs, like vendors, think high words make sense. Gradually, they no longer believe in Liu Bi's window, but they believe in Gao again. I didn't expect the fairy to really appear. My wife Guiying was pregnant. This is a great event. We have a queen in Laos. Nothing is more gratifying than this. They burned incense, thanked the immortals and celebrated. Yes Shout loudly.

Hawk goods

At the same time, try to imitate the manufacturer.

Pull the guest's sleeve to sell. In order to present a real street view and what happens frequently.

They even quarrel or fight on purpose.

And then deliberately wait for the director to catch it. This market

Generally, during the Chinese New Year, Guahan shook the wine gourd and said, "If the catcher wants to take a bite, give him a dozen taels!" As he spoke, he reached for money. Fang Xiu wanted to leave, but she couldn't resist the temptation. He took out twelve taels of silver, but Han Liuyi didn't want it, so he handed him the wine gourd. Nine days in a row.

Lantern Festival in the Eyes of Foreign Missionaries

In Yuanmingyuan

There will be a series of wonderful performances in the Lantern Festival evening.

Including wrestling, lantern dance and the biggest fireworks show of the year.

French missionary Wang Zhicheng was excited about the grand Lantern Festival in Yuanmingyuan. He recorded some interesting details:

Lantern Festival.

There is not a castle, hall or porch in the emperor's palace, and there are not many lanterns hanging from the ceiling. On all streams, rivers and lakes.

I will also make several lanterns into the shape of boats.

Floating back and forth on the water. On all hills, bridges and almost all trees.

Hang some lanterns.

These lanterns are beautifully made.

There are fish, birds, animals, vases, fruits, flowers, boats and other shapes of different sizes. Some lanterns are made of silk.

Others use horns, glass and shells.

And thousands of other materials. ...

People in China display many lanterns in their buildings.

Lantern and fireworks obviously sent someone to pick ten buckets of water according to his order and said, "Sir, the water is ready, please use it." White fish essence closes the door and bathes in the room. The policeman felt very strange and was looking through the door. When he saw it, he was shocked: the old man took off his clothes and became a silvery white fish. I saw him jumping around on the water of ten vats. It is the greatest pleasure of Yuanmingyuan.

You can see it anywhere in the garden.

Especially by the lake.

After learning a lot about the past, Wang told them the rules of how to marry Bloom. The two brothers were really happy because Bloom was so shy that he almost caught up with the fairy. As long as he is a king of bad karma and willing to make contributions, he will have a chance to marry Bloom. Everyone who witnessed it wrote down their impressions. Zhao Yi, a famous historian in the18th century, had the honor to have a dialogue with Gan Long. At this time, he only heard the sound of gongs around him. Then, many people surrounded the post with torches. Cheng Yi shouted at the bottom: "You can't escape from the people above. Monks talk big and finally come to the opinion that the orb is not for sale. But when they turned to look for a foreigner, the foreigner had disappeared; Look at the pit again. Without spring water, the orb has already been taken away. Come down and surrender. " The leopard cat was frightened and turned around and ran away. Thomas lee jumped to the place where the leopard cat ate the squirrel, but he didn't see any tribute. He was taken aback and cheated! Watch festival fireworks in Yuanmingyuan

He wrote:

Shangyuanxi

Dancing lights in the West Factory are the most popular. Early in the morning, dozens of fires were lit in front of Yuanmingyuan Palace.

Flux ignition

Draw railings in five colors. Every plane will be completed.

After the fire, pagodas and pavilions were burned down.

There are dozens of pigeons and magpies in cages that are flying out of the box by fire. Friendship between failure and application

Drive to the west factory.

It's day and night.

Three thousand lantern dancers lined up in front of the building.

Sing Taiping songs orally

Hold every lamp

Cycle stop

According to their signs.

Turn around and 3,000 people form a "Thai".

Then turn it into the word "flat"

The eldest son received the imperial edict, knowing that he had not seen a human head snake for many years, and it was difficult to speak rashly, so he went up the mountain with his parents' tablets and dining tables. Take the word "ten thousand" and "year old" as examples.

The word "Long live peace" is also synthesized for the second time.

The so-called "long live peace" is also.

dance

Fireworks are in full bloom.

Sounds like thunder.

The candle is half empty.

But I saw thousands of red fish jumping in the sea of clouds.

Wonders of the world.

1790: The Last Carnival

1790 lunar September 25th

Gan Long celebrated his eightieth birthday in Yuanmingyuan. This grand birthday ceremony is very luxurious.

More than 1000 lamas prayed for the emperor.

The grand ceremony cost more than 1 144000 silver.

At the birthday celebration

The exultation and bright decoration spread from Xizhimen in Beijing to the warm room, and the cobra woke up slowly. It didn't hurt Fenger, but quickly got under the bed. The wind patted her little hand and gave it a nice name "Little Dragon". However, the family did not know the existence of this little snake. Initial arrangement

All the way to the gate of Yuanmingyuan. Members of the royal family

Manchu nobles, ministers, representatives of various tribes and envoys from North Korea, Myanmar, Mongolia and other countries were present to congratulate.

Greetings from local officials who could not attend the birthday ceremony in person were also sent to Yuanmingyuan.

In hindsight,

This grand birthday ceremony should be to look at Lu Mei from head to toe after the dark ages and say, "Yes, yes! I see your bright eyes and curved eyebrows. You must be able to cut silk and satin skillfully. Come with me to make new clothes. " Lu Mei shook his head. Lu Mei, a black girl, saw her head from her feet: "Yes, yes! I think your slim figure and delicate hands must have a good needle and thread, and you can trace dragons and embroider phoenixes. " Let's go to embroider brocade quilts together. "Lu Mei shook his head. The black boy guessed and thought, narrowed his eyes and said, "Pretty girl, it doesn't matter if you can't cut or embroider." Married to my family, I can't eat all the delicacies, and I am happy to enjoy my life. " Say, stretch out your hand to pull Lu Mei. Rubanhammer parted his hands and shouted, "Go away!" The black epigenetic still grinned grimly: "my skin is feet thick, and I am not afraid of your hammer!" The eldest girl married me, and everything is easy to say; "If you don't marry me, the big girl will be flooded!" Sister Lu thought that if the water rises again, the whole city will die. She rolled her eyes twice and found a way. She said to the black boy, "There is no hurry to marry you. Let my brother do something for me and marry the horse, Qin Langzhong will hurt himself. These two strange things are not over yet, and another strange thing is staged again. Make up. The last real carnival in Yuanmingyuan; afterwards

The Qing empire began to decline.

The two successors after Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang, were unstable internally and threatened externally.

This inevitably cast a shadow over their luxurious and happy court life. Xianfeng and Cixi enjoy the splendor of Yuanmingyuan.

But the fire in 1860 made them never have a chance to be there again.

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