1, Gongwangfu Museum Gongwangfu is located in Qianhai West Street. It was built during the Qianlong period and has changed owners many times. The magnificent mansion with pleasant garden scenery is a model of garden architecture in China.
The "three wonders" of the palace are well known. One of them must be the "West Gate" of Wang Fu Garden. This white marble arch with western architectural style was built by Prince Gong Yixin. Its shape imitates the Dafa Sea in Yuanmingyuan. "Quiet Taigu" and "Beautiful and Constant Spring" are engraved on the forehead, which has far-reaching artistic conception and summarizes the gardening style of the whole garden.
The second uniqueness is the "Confucius Monument" located in the middle of Miyun Cave under Cui Diyan on Huayuan Road, which is the treasure of Gongwangfu. The word "Fu" is the imperial pen of Emperor Kangxi, with the seal of "Treasure of Emperor Kangxi's Imperial Pen" engraved on it. His words are vigorous and ingenious, and they are also called "the first blessing in the world".
Located on the east side of the rostrum, the Grand Theatre is the third wonder of the palace. This is also a unique fully enclosed theater building in China. This theater covers an area of nearly 700 square meters and can accommodate more than 200 people. It's magnificent. What's more unique is that although this theater doesn't have any audio equipment, it can clearly hear the sound on the stage from all angles. It is said that this is because the nine vats placed around the stage have the function of gathering sound.
A treasure of Gongwangfu refers to the word "Fu" in the garden. It is said that the word "Fu" is everywhere in the mansion, and there are as many as 10,000 so that the treasure spirit of the palace lingers, so that when Eight-Nation Alliance went to Beijing, this famous palace was preserved.
Stroll through the largest existing buildings in Wang Fu in Qing Dynasty, quietly enjoy the ancient garden scenery in spring, and have a dialogue with history and Beijing.
Appointment: Official account of WeChat of Gongwangfu Museum
Address: Qianhai West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing
2. Soong Ching Ling's former residence is located at No.46, the northern edge of Houhai. It was originally the imperial garden of Zai Feng, the father of Aisin Giorro Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Together with the buildings on the east side, it is an alcoholic mansion, which was later called Regent's Mansion. As early as the Kangxi period, the Pearl House was first built, and it was easy to be a peace courtyard in the Qianlong period, changed to a palace in the Jiaqing period, and changed to a wine palace in the 14th year of Guangxu.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Party and the government planned to build an apartment for Soong Ching Ling in Beijing, but she attached great importance to national affairs and thanked her many times. Later, Premier Zhou Enlai personally planned and decided to take this opportunity to restore the old Wang Fu Garden and build an antique two-story main building.
Surrounded by clear water, rugged rocks, lush flowers and trees, green grass and pavilions, the garden is quiet and elegant. Soong Ching Ling moved here from April 1963, and worked, studied and lived until May 29/981. In June 5438+10, it was named "Former Residence of Honorary Chairman of People's Republic of China (PRC)" by the state, and it was opened to the public on May 29th of the following year.
Appointment: "Soong Ching Ling's Former Residence" WeChat official account
Address: No.46, North Edge of Houhai, Xicheng District, Beijing
3. Yinding Bridge YinDing Qiao is located at the intersection of Qianhai and Houhai in Shichahai. It has a single-hole stone arch, a "section" stone railing, eight-character railings and drum-hugging stones at both ends, and dovetail walls on both sides of the bridge. On the bridge, there are five white marble hollowed-out cloud flower railings and six jade bottle flower watchposts, showing a small and exquisite feeling as a whole.
There are two main reasons for the naming of Yinding Bridge. First, the bridge body of Yinding Bridge is very short, and the splayed wing walls on both sides are very long. Looking down from a height, it looks like an inverted silver ingot; There is also a saying that when the Yinding Bridge was renovated, it was found that the cypress piles under the bridge were fixed with silver ingots, so it was called "Yinding Bridge".
In the early years, there were not many tall buildings in Beijing, and people rarely saw the distant scenery. However, when the weather is clear, if you stand on the Yinding Bridge and look west, you can cross the Houhai water surface to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Western Hills. This scene is called "Silver Top Mountain View".
Appointment: No appointment is required.
Address: No.75, Yandaixie Street, Xicheng District, Beijing
4. Dai Yan Xie Jie Dai Yan Xie Jie is located in front of the Drum Tower in Di 'anmenwai Street, which was first formed in the Yuan Dynasty. The inclined street of the tobacco pouch itself looks like a tobacco pouch, the slender street looks like a tobacco pouch pole, the entrance at the east end looks like a tobacco pouch mouth, and the entrance at the west end turns south, leading to Yinding Bridge, which looks like a tobacco pouch pot.
In the old society, Yanyuan Xie Jie was called "Small Liulichang". After the abdication of the Qing court, the children of the Eight Banners nobles living near Shichahai lost their salaries. In order to make a living, they sold antique calligraphy and painting one after another, and opened a number of shops dealing in Four Treasures of the Study, ancient jade and framed calligraphy and painting in Yanyuan Xie Jie.
As soon as I entered the street corner, the smell of old Beijing came to my face. Antique gables, carved doors and windows, dark blue curtains, and gold lettering plaques with black paint on the lintel, many of which are written by famous artists. Walking on this quaint pedestrian street, shops selling paper-cuts, pottery, clay figurines, sugar-coated haws and special snacks along the street can immerse tourists in the rich cultural atmosphere of Beijing flavor.
Appointment: No appointment is required.
Address: No.50 Di 'anmenwai Street, Xicheng District, Beijing