Kangxi made 81 northern tours in 4 years, and Zhu Di's palace was free to enter, but few people knew about the direct subway
From Zhu Yuanzhang to Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, this scene is like a magnificent picture in the long years. On this map, there is a palace that is undergoing the changes of time, and that is Gonghua City, located in Changping District, Beijing.
Speaking of Gonghua City, many people may find it strange. However, there are footprints of emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties in the Forbidden City. In the nineteenth year of Yongle, Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, built this palace for the emperor to live temporarily on the way north. Qing Shengzu Kangxi came here to mourn his beloved queen, and for three consecutive years, he went to Gonghua City to worship more than 80 times.
The exact address of Gonghua City is located at No. 76 Gonghua City, Shahe, Changping District, Beijing, and its history was built by Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, in the 19th year of Yongle. It is a place where the emperor went on his northern expedition and rested on the way to build a mausoleum. In order to build Gonghua City, the Ming court allocated two million taels of silver, ordered the minister to supervise the construction, planned the location and scale of the palace, built the palace in the south of the city center, and strengthened the foundation to a depth of more than two meters.
The wall of Gonghua City is about three meters high, there are a total of 3,602 pheasant moats around it, there are four corners at the four corners, the south and north two are the emperor's gates to enter and exit, so there are three gates, the largest is the south, and the Beijing Forbidden City Noon Gate is the same ("system such as the noon gate"). There are three Qianjun gates in the north and north, one Qianjun gate in the east, and the other four are urn cities.
The three roads in the palace are vermilion, covered with yellow tiles, only say that there is the Yuluan Gate (palace gate) in the middle, and then there is the Dragon Hall (palace hall), just like the Jade Grace Hall of the Changling Tomb of the Ming Tombs, in the Ming Dynasty, the south gate and the south gate of Gonghua City are the gate for the royal carriage to enter and exit, every time the royal family holds a grand sacrifice or puts the queen's coffin in this palace, the royal family enters the gate from the gate, and the guards enter and exit the left and right doors on both sides of the middle gate according to the etiquette of Wendong and Wuxi. Soldiers and officers can only enter and exit through two gates, east and west.
Above the city gate, there are three big characters engraved "Gonghua City", which means to protect Jinghua. The "Wei Mo Gate" above the West Gate takes the meaning of "Wei Yang Desert". Above the urn city at the north gate, there is a "Zhansi Gate", which means the emperor's favor to him. During the Ming Dynasty, Gonghua was a forbidden area that was forbidden to civilians.
Zhu Di established his own mausoleum near the Loess Mountain in Changping, that is, the cemetery of the Ming Tombs, so this mausoleum became a necessary place for royal tomb sweeping and funerals. Today, Gonghua City has been more than 480 years, the prosperity of the past has become dilapidated under the destruction of the years, and the stone carvings on the only remaining urn city and the gate seem to still tell the past years.
And Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty also had a soft spot for this. From Kangxi 4 to Kangxi 8, a total of 81 trips to Gonghua City. This is not only the residence of Gonghua City during the Northern Expedition of Ming Taizu, but also the resting place of his most beloved wife, Hesheri. Hesheri, the mother of Kangxi, the first queen since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, her name is "Ashoka". But in the thirteenth year of Qianlong, when she was 21 years old, she died in childbirth. Kangxi personally moved his mother's mother to Gonghua City, and in the next three years, he worshiped more than 80 times. Such feelings are so touching.
Although Gonghua City has experienced hundreds of years of ups and downs, there are still many places. It was a high, thick wall, giving people a sense of vicissitudes. The carvings on the remaining urn castle and the gate tell people about the past years. Although today's Gonghua City has long since lost its former prosperity and majesty, it is still an indispensable place for us to trace history and experience ancient culture.
Gonghua City is a good tourist attraction. It has both a rich history and beautiful natural landscapes. If you want to know the history and culture of the Qing Dynasty, you must go here. What's more, now Gonghua City no longer needs to buy tickets, and you can also take the train, which is very convenient. However, although it has a deep history and cultural heritage, it is little known.
However, this did not hinder us from exploring and appreciating Gonghua City in the slightest. Whether it's its past, or its culture, it's all moving. This palace, which has gone through ups and downs, is not only the epitome of the rise and fall of the Ming and Qing dynasties, but also the epitome of the feelings of the two generations of emperors.