What are the existing royal palaces of feudal dynasties in my country?
1 Prince Gong's Mansion
Prince Gong's Mansion is the most complete preserved royal palace complex in my country. It is divided into two parts: the palace and the garden. The palace is in the front and the garden is in the back. The opening of Prince Gong's Mansion was put on the agenda 30 years ago. The palace covers an area of about 31,000 square meters and is divided into three buildings: middle, east and west. It is composed of multiple quadrangle courtyards with strict axes running through it. The mansion is not only spacious, but also built to the highest standards. Obvious signs are the facade and the number of houses. The Prince's Mansion has five front rooms, seven main halls, five back halls, seven back bedrooms, and side halls on the left and right.
As the residence of the prince of the Qing Dynasty, Prince Gong's Mansion has a regular architectural layout, sophisticated craftsmanship and staggered pavilions, which fully embodies the royal family's glorious and wealthy style and clean and elegant style.
Address: Shichahai, Xicheng District (Guide) No. 17, Qianhai West Street (near Dingfu Street)
Driving route: Take 13, 107, 111, 118, 810, 823, Take Route 701 to Beihai (air tickets), get off at Houmen Station, and walk along Longtoujing Street to Liuyin Street
Opening hours: 8:30~17:00 (no holidays) Ticket price (yuan): 5 yuan
2 Prince Zheng’s Mansion
Prince Zheng’s Mansion faces south and its original layout is divided into three parts from east to west. The most famous one here is its garden "Hui Garden", which is the best among the gardens of the imperial palace in the capital.
At present, only the eastern part of Prince Zheng's Mansion remains, with a street gate and a width of three rooms; the main entrance is five rooms wide, and between the front steps, the relief Danbi still exists; the main hall is five rooms wide, There is also a Danbi between the steps; the east wing is five rooms wide, and the west wing is only three rooms wide on the north side; the last one is the main bedroom, which is five rooms wide. Prince Zheng's Mansion is now the site of the Ministry of Education and a cultural relics protection unit in Beijing.
Address: No. 37 Damucang Hutong, Xicheng District
3 Keqin County Prince's Mansion
Keqin County Prince's Mansion is one of the three residences granted by the Qing Dynasty to the descendants of Yue Tuo. One of them, the largest in scale, is adjacent to the Baylor Mansion of Noni, the third son of Luo Keduo, in the east. The layout of the Keqin County Prince's Mansion is in compliance with the royal palace regulations. The main hall is five rooms wide, with a Danqi in front, five side halls on the left and right, three rooms in the back hall, and seven rooms in the back. The screen wall in the south of the mansion road still exists, and only the east wing in front of the mansion remains. The inner door, the back bedroom, the east and west rooms, and the back room are all well preserved at the rear, and most of the original buildings in the western courtyard are also preserved.
Address: North of Xikou Road, Xinhua Street (formerly Shihuma Street), Xicheng District
4 Prince Chun’s Mansion
Prince Chun’s Mansion is the residence of Prince Chun, the seventh son of Emperor Kangxi You's residence was granted the title of Prince Chun in the first year of Yongzheng's reign (1723). This mansion was built by the queen who was granted the title of Duke. In the tenth year of Xianfeng's reign (1860), the palace became the British (vacation) embassy. "Xiaoting Miscellaneous Records" records: "Prince Chun's Mansion is on the west bank of Yuhe Bridge." "Shuntian Mansion" records: "Wang Yunyou, the seventh son of the Holy Ancestor, posthumously named Du. His descendant Yiliang came to attack, and was later commonly known as 'Liang Gong's Mansion" ', now abandoned as the British Embassy. "It is now a cultural relic protection unit in Beijing.
Address: No. 5, west side of Zhengyi Road, Dongjiaomin Lane, Dongcheng District
5 Prince Li's Mansion
The location of Prince Li's Mansion was Zhou Kui, a relative of Emperor Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty. The house was later owned by Dai Shan. Now the lower part of the main hall door is carved with a cloud dragon, and the craftsmanship is the Ming Dynasty technique. The palace is divided into three roads. The middle road has the main entrance, the second gate, the Yin'an Hall, the cross hall door, the temple, the back building, etc.; the west is the garden with well-proportioned pavilions and pavilions, which are very cleverly designed; the east is the room where the prince and his family rest.
The main buildings of the palace are divided into two groups: front and back. The front part has the main entrance (palace gate), the main hall and its wings on both sides, the apse hall and its two side halls. The rear part has its own courtyard, the front part is the inner gate (Second Palace Gate), the front hall, the back hall and its two side rooms, and finally the back building.
Address: West side of Gennan Street, Xihuangcheng, Xicheng District
6 Prince Qing’s Mansion
Prince Qing’s Mansion was the residence of Prince Qing Yikuang who was renamed Prince Qing in the late Qing Dynasty. It occupies a spacious area and has magnificent buildings. It starts from Songshu Street in the east, Dene Street in the west, Dingfu Street in the south and Yannian Hutong in the north. The palace building is divided into three parts. In the center is the main hall, with only a back bedroom remaining. The eastern part has also been remodeled. Now only the western part is basically preserved completely.
The west is the living area of the palace, with three groups of courtyards side by side. The original halls all have names and plaques hanging on them. Finally, there is a two-story building, commonly known as the Dressing Building or the Embroidery Building. There are three groups of courtyards, each with its own entrance and exit. After 1949, the Beijing-Tianjin Garrison District Headquarters established this building as a cultural relic protection unit in Beijing.
Address: North of West Road, Dingfu Street, Xicheng District
7 Prince Yu’s Mansion (site)
This mansion was built in the Shunzhi Dynasty and was formerly known as the Prince of Ming Dynasty Museum address. Judging from the "Comprehensive Map of Qianlong's Capital", the mansion faces north and faces south. The main buildings include: the main entrance with a width of five rooms, the main hall with a width of five rooms (three rooms in depth), the Danqi, and the east hall with a width of five rooms each. , west wing, an apse with a width of three rooms, a back bedroom with a width of seven rooms, and a back terrace room with a width of 13 rooms. There are east and west courtyards with three courtyards on each side of the main hall. The main hall and back bedrooms of the building on the central axis are similar to the outer court and inner court of the Forbidden City. However, because the main structure of the palace has been demolished, the only existing ruins are the two crouching lions at the door and the decorations outside the old Prince Yu's palace. No other remains can be found.
Address: East entrance of Shuaifu Garden, Dongcheng District
8 Prince Chun's Mansion faces south from the north, starting from Baojia Street, the west bank of Taiping Lake and the West City Wall in the east, and starting from the east of today's Taiping Lake in the south. It stretches from the south to the west and ends at the head of Zongmao Hutong in the north. It is divided into middle road, east and west roads and gardens. There are three gates on the middle road, with eight-character screen walls on both sides, and two east and west gates leading to the east and west courtyards. A new auditorium was built on the middle road, and the second courtyard is still preserved. The courtyards on the East Road are well preserved, while most of the ancient buildings on the West Road have been demolished. It is currently occupied by the Central Conservatory of Music. It is a cultural relic protection unit in Xicheng District.
Address: No. 44, Houhai Beiyan, Xicheng District
10 Shuncheng County Prince’s Mansion
The Shuncheng County Prince’s Mansion covers an area of about 3,000 square meters, and the layout of the mansion is from The outer wall is divided into three roads. The middle road is the main building. Like other palace structures, it also has a front hall and a back bedroom. It has a main entrance, a main hall, wings on both sides, an apse, and a back bedroom. The original back building no longer exists. The east and west roads are residential areas. West Road and East Road are each composed of different large and small courtyards. Among them, the four tall catalpa trees planted in the courtyard of the Prince's Mansion of Shuncheng County are the most famous.
After 1949, the palace was set up as the office location of the permanent body of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and is now moved to the east corner of Chaoyang Park.
Address:
(New) No. 23, West Taipingqiao Street, Xicheng District
(Old) No. 32, Jiu Zhaodengyu Road, Xicheng District