Chen Tingjing's Mansion —— Imperial City Xiangfu

From north to south, from east to west, I have almost traveled all over the land of Sanjin and visited many places of interest and natural scenery in Shanxi, but I have never been to the Forbidden City in Jincheng. I've heard of the Imperial City. A few years ago, the subway stations in Beijing were full of advertisements about the imperial city. I also know that the Imperial City Xiangfu was the teacher of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty and the hometown of the famous Chen Tingjing.

Besides, Jincheng is very close to Jiaozuo, Henan. I crossed Taihang Mountain from Jiaozuo to Jincheng. In the past few years, I went to Jiaozuo almost every year. I tried to visit the Forbidden City from Jiaozuo several times, but for some reason I couldn't go. After my trip to western Hubei, I returned to Jiaozuo from Xiangyang. After two days' rest at the home of four sisters and five sisters, Rong Xian and I set out again. First, choose to visit the Forbidden City in Jincheng, Shanxi.

165438+1On the morning of October 9, I bid farewell to my sister and brother-in-law and set off for Jincheng. Jiaozuo-Huangcheng Xiangfu Expressway runs through Jin Xin Expressway, Jinjiao Expressway and Jinyang Expressway, and also runs through Taihang Mountain.

The expressway from Henan to Shanxi has a large traffic volume and crosses many long tunnels. The speed limit of many sections is 60 kilometers, and the distance of 100 kilometers has been running for nearly 2 hours. At 10: 30 in the morning, we arrived at the imperial palace, the mansion of the famous Chen Tingjing.

Brief introduction of prime minister of imperial capital

The Imperial Palace is the residence of Chen Tingjing, a great scholar in Wenyuange of Kangxi Dynasty in Qing Dynasty, a senior official, a teacher of Emperor Kangxi, a master reader of Kangxi Dictionary and a famous figure who assisted Emperor Kangxi for half a century.

Huangcheng Xiangfu is located in Beiliu Town, Yangcheng County, Jincheng City, covering an area of about 65,438+10,000 square meters. It is divided into inner city and outer city. The inner city was built in Chongzhen of Ming Dynasty, and the outer city was built in Kangxi of Qing Dynasty. Its building is built on the hill and changes with its shape. The buildings are strewn at random. It is an ancient castle complex integrating official residence, former residence of literati and local residence. It was the hometown of the first cultural giant in northern China in Qing Dynasty.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Chen family emerged 465,438+0 students as supervisors, 65,438+09 juries and 38 officials, including 9 scholars and 6 academicians. Emperor Kangxi once highly praised Chen Tingjing, saying that "Fang Yao is better than rhyme and Du Li is a poet". He also wrote a couplet for his family: "Nine sons of Deji, Six sons of Rong En III".

The Forbidden City is a castle-like ancient official residence complex, which consists of an inner city and an outer city. It was built in the Ming and Qing dynasties respectively, covering an area of about 23,000 square meters and a building area of 36,000 square meters. It has 16 large courtyards and 640 houses of various types. The total length of the inner and outer city walls is more than 780m, the average height is about12m, and the width is about 2.5m to 3m.

We entered the main entrance of Xiangfu from the Royal Bookstore of "Wu Ting Mountain Village" inscribed by Emperor Kangxi in the middle of the tower, and entered Xiangfu in the imperial city.

First of all, I saw a stone tablet of "Chen Tingjing's former residence" standing in the north of the main entrance, and there were two stone archways, one large and one small. At the top of the archway, there are four characters of "Zhuze General Constitution", and at the side doors on both sides of the archway, there are eight characters of "Yanze Gate" and "Five Metabolic Benevolence", which means that the Chen family and the five generations were given by the emperor.

The official positions of Chen Tingjing's eight brothers and their three sons are recorded in detail under the big characters. Chen Jiayi "father Hanlin, son Hanlin, father and son Hanlin; Hanlin elder brother, Hanlin elder brother, Hanlin elder brother "is famous in Sanjin, and is well known in both government and public. Inscribed above the small stone archway is the "imperial edict".

We started our trip from the outer city. The outer urban buildings are centered on Tianjin, and the main buildings and various courtyards face south. First, visit Xiangfu, Dianhantang, Dongshuyuan, Catering Department and Neifu from south to north along the east side of the outer city, then visit the Ladies' Courtyard on the west side of the outer city, then go to the West Garden, walk around the rockery along the West Garden, and climb the stairs to the Wanghe Pavilion on the west wall.

Standing on the west wall of the outer city, I saw that the east of the imperial city was backed by Fan Shan and the west was close to Fan Xi. On the opposite side, there is Xishan ridge as a natural wall, surrounded by mountains and water. Complete in shape, with mountains as the main body, sitting in the air and gathering wind and gas, it is a magnificent castle.

Go north along the west wall to the northwest watchtower and look northwest. I can only see a Taoist temple complex with red walls and blue tiles in the middle of the mountain on Xishan Ridge. This is Xishan Courtyard.

Turn from the turret to the north wall, which is a line connecting the outer city and the inner city, but the wall of the inner city protrudes northward. Turn four right angles along the city wall, and gradually become higher and higher, and come to the northeast corner to build the Spring and Autumn Pavilion, also known as the "Guandi Pavilion". Guandi reads the statue of Spring and Autumn at night, so it is called the Spring and Autumn Pavilion. This is the commanding height of the imperial city wall.

Then turn to the east wall of the inner city, pass through two towers, and reach the southeast corner. Because there is a statue of Wenchang Emperor in the building, it is called "Wenchang Pavilion", which is as high as Spring and Autumn Pavilion. Go west along the inner wall and gradually lower.

We walked all the way to the west, through the inner wall, that is, the east wall of the outer city. Instead of going north, we walked all the way to the gatehouse of Zhongdaozhuang, the main entrance of the outer city, and continued to walk north along the outer wall to Wanghe Pavilion, and entered the outer city along the rockery wall of Xiyuan.

Walking along the wall around the imperial city, you can have a panoramic view of the magnificent ancient city. The imperial city is blessed by mountains and rivers, and the inner and outer cities echo each other from afar, one after another spectacular.

After getting off the wall, pass through the west housekeeper's courtyard and enter the inner city from the main entrance of the inner city. The courtyards in the inner city all sit east to west. First, visit Chenjiaci, Master Yu and other courtyards, go through the cloister to He Shan Building, then leave the inner city from the building and visit the exhibition hall of Ninghuitang.

The imperial city is the prime minister: the official residence is magnificent and the houses are row upon row; The two cities are combined into one, and the castle is simple and mysterious; The mountain village is exquisite and beautiful, and the ancient buildings are integrated with nature; China's Mansion Gate is a masterpiece of heroism handed down from generation to generation.

When visiting the Imperial City, Xiangfu took many photos with his mobile phone and selected some scenic spots for a brief introduction.

Two stone archways made Chen famous.

Standing on the wall, the stone archway was photographed.

At the entrance of "Zhongdaozhuang"

University building

Statue of the famous minister Chen Tingjing.

Portraits of emperors Kangxi in past dynasties

Kangxi wrote a plaque for Chen Tingjing's mansion.

I checked and found that Emperor Kangxi gave Chen Tingjing and his son 2 1 poems and 3 inscriptions.

Chen Tingjing and Emperor Kangxi: one long and one little, one teacher and one disciple, one full man, one minister and one monarch, went down in history as a generation of famous ministers and an emperor through the ages, respectively, and passed down from generation to generation.

The long section is deep and the gatehouse is layered.

Exquisite brick carving

Beautiful woodcarving

Yuan Xiaojie

Chongxingge

Xihuayuan

Donghuayuan

Northeast corner construction-Chunqiu hall

Wenfeng Tower

Standing on the north wall and looking around,

The courtyard is half empty.

The sun shines on mountains and rivers,

The tower in the distance stands in the mirror.

Immersed in the east wall, overlooking the western ridge.

The corner is now the imperial city, and the pentagonal prism is in the middle.

Taoist temple buildings-Xishan courtyard

There are two towers on the east wall, and there is a cave for soldiers to live under the wall.

Depending on the mountain, the situation is high and low.

Wenchang Pavilion is dedicated to the God of Wen Qu.

Wenfeng Tower stands in Fan Feng.

High walls and deep courtyards can live by themselves and have a clever layout.

Chenjiaci: nine scholars, three generations and six words forest.

Buy a Kangxi dictionary and learn traditional Chinese characters.

He Shan Building: Three square buildings, with a width of11.3m, a depth of 8m and a height of 33.3m, are the most distinctive fortifications in ancient China. You can station troops, you can hide people, you can attack the enemy and the enemy cannot enter.

Take a picture of the imperial city.

After more than two hours of sightseeing, I had a lot of feelings when I walked out of the imperial city.

I have visited many courtyards in Shanxi, such as the Wangs Courtyard in Lingshi and many commercial houses in Pingyao Ancient City. These old houses in these courtyards all show the wealth and luxury of Shanxi businessmen or officials. Although they have their own advantages, they can't compare with the imperial city in popularity and momentum.

After seeing the Forbidden City, I thought of Gongwangfu in Beijing. I have been there twice. I think it is the best and highest-level official residence discovered and protected in China at present, and it enjoys a great reputation because of its connection with the royal family. Gong Wang Fu, formerly known as "Hedi", was an important official of Qianlong Dynasty and the residence of the gentry who were red and purple before Qianlong Emperor.

Xiao Shenyang won the favor of the emperor by flattering and pleasing him in all aspects, and became an important minister in the ruling and opposition parties. Small Shenyang monopolizes power and is greedy for profits and wealth. He used gold and silver collected from people's fat and people's cream to build a government building that occupies a treasure trove of geomantic omen in Beijing.

As a result, when Qianlong died, the land of geomantic omen did not bring He Shen shelter. He Shen was dismissed and imprisoned by Emperor Jiaqing, and committed suicide. He got the most gorgeous house in Beijing and became a paradise for princes. The gentry became the negative teachers of taking bribes and bending the law.

Chen Tingjing, the owner of the Forbidden City, was the master and minister of Emperor Kangxi of Qianlong's grandfather, and was highly valued and loved by Emperor Kangxi. Chen Tingjing is an honest official, advocating simplicity, obeying the law and being strict with himself. He is famous for his noble tolerance and strict management of officials, and his reputation is spread to future generations.

In terms of his birth, illness, death and illness, Emperor Kangxi personally made a "three-in-one ode" and became a model for feudal senior officials to "know morality and be imperial". The imperial city has been preserved, so that future generations can not only appreciate the magnificent buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but also learn from the excellent character and family style of the Chen family.

Production: Hou Zhong (one Weng)

Editor: Mao Mi's White Wave Love