The Princess Mansion of Hohhot City, also known as the Princess Mansion of Heshuo Kejing, is located at No. 62, North Passage Road, Xincheng District. This mansion was built by Princess Heshuo, the sixth daughter of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, who married the grandson of Tushetu Khan of the Khalkha Department of Mobei Mongolia, Dun Duobu Dorji, and was built in the 42nd year of Kangxi (1703), which is the only princess of the Qing Dynasty, the most complete and the largest in the country.
The princess mansion originally covers an area of more than 600 acres, and the existing area is 180,000 square meters, the main building is 4,800 square meters, the overall courtyard structure, the whole building complex is scattered, a total of 19 single buildings, 59 houses. The main building layout of the mansion is a symmetrical pattern on the central axis, and it is composed of a five-fold courtyard from south to north, consisting of a vestibule, a two-entry courtyard and a backyard.
The architectural style of the princess's mansion is unique, with the traditional ritual culture as the architectural concept, integrating the royal garden landscaping style and the natural life customs of the northern grassland peoples, which reflects the exchange and integration of Manchu and Mongolian cultures. Its buildings are all white marble pedestals, which are not only durable and durable, but also have high artistic value, creating the dignity and majesty of the royal residence.
After the death of Princess Heshuo Kejing in the thirteenth year of Yongzheng (1735), the princess's mansion was inhabited by the princess's descendants. The jurisdiction of the Khalkhatu Shetu Khan over the Princess's Mansion continued until the third year of Xuantong (1911). In 1922, Suiyuan Province founded the "National Guisui Normal School" here, which lasted for more than 60 years. In 1987, the people of Hohhot announced that the Princess Mansion was "a key cultural relics protection unit in Hohhot". On May 28, 1996, it was rated as the third batch of key cultural relics protection units in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. On June 25, 2001, Princess Kejing Mansion was announced by the People's Republic of China as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
In addition, the princess's mansion also shows the original appearance of the princess's mansion through the complete display, which truly reflects the construction engineering technology, living standards, ethnic customs, culture and art in the early Qing Dynasty, which is a rare physical basis for studying the history of the northern frontier region of the Qing Dynasty, and is also a historical witness of the people of all ethnic groups to build the frontier together, work together in unity, and prosper and develop together.
*: Xincheng Financial Media Intern Reporter Wang Ye.