Why is there an unfinished building in the Yanxi Palace of the Forbidden City?
The Yanxi Palace in the Forbidden City often burned down for no reason during the Qing Dynasty. Later, a Feng Shui master said that the Yanxi Palace was in the Gen position in the Bagua and was an ominous place prone to fires, so it was abandoned. Go down. After the death of Empress Dowager Cixi, Empress Dowager Longyu took control of the palace and wanted to build a three-story foreign-style building in Yanxi Palace. However, the Qing Dynasty fell in the third year after its establishment, and Yanxi Palace became an unfinished building. .
The predecessor of Yanxi Palace is Changshou Palace, which was built during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. Later, during the Jiajing Emperor's period, the Changshou Palace was renamed Yanqi Palace. After the Qing Dynasty was established, Yanqi Palace was renamed. For Yanxi Palace. During the Kangxi period, Emperor Kangxi carried out extensive renovations to Yanxi Palace. In the 25th year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi used Yanxi Palace as a residence for his concubines. Many imperial concubines of the Qing Dynasty came out of Yanxi Palace. However, the fate of Yanxi Palace was ill-fated. Fires broke out many times during the Qing Dynasty. The emperor ordered people to investigate the cause of the fires but could not find the cause. However, the Ministry of Internal Affairs still insisted on repairing the Yanxi Palace. However, fires would break out again soon after the repairs were completed. , over and over again.
During the Daoguang period, a big fire broke out in Yanxi Palace again, so Emperor Daoguang ordered someone to invite a Feng Shui master. After checking it, the Feng Shui master said: The location of Yanxi Palace is due to the position of Gen in the Eight Diagrams. , the position of Gen clearly indicated that it was an ominous place and a haunted house. It was recommended to the emperor to abandon the Yanxi Palace and not build it again, so the Yanxi Palace was abandoned. In the late Qing Dynasty, after Cixi passed away, Empress Dowager Yulong became the largest owner in the palace and had great power, so she ordered people to rebuild Yanxi Palace. At that time, Empress Dowager Yulong used copper and white marble as the main materials to build the Yanxi Palace in order to prevent fires. She wanted to build the Yanxi Palace into a crystal. The Yanxi Palace was rebuilt in 1909. Construction had been slow due to financial problems. By 1912, when the Qing government was destroyed, the Yanxi Palace was forced to stop completely halfway through the reconstruction.
After the founding of New China, the Yanxi Palace was not restored again, but remained standing in the East Sixth Palace as an unfinished building. Many viewers who watched "Story of Yanxi Palace" went all the way to visit the Forbidden City. They were particularly disappointed when they saw the unfinished building of Yanxi Palace. Even so, the historical significance of Yanxi Palace is very important. It has been far away It is far greater than the value of this unfinished building, so it can be said that the audience's trip is worthwhile.