A few years ago, there was a popular TV series "Story of Yanxi Palace". In this drama, Yanxi Palace is one of the six eastern palaces of the Forbidden City. Concubine Ling lives here in "Story of Yanxi Palace". During the Qing Dynasty, the status of the East Six Palaces was highe

A few years ago, there was a popular TV series "Story of Yanxi Palace". In this drama, Yanxi Palace is one of the East Six Palaces of the Forbidden City. "Story of Yanxi Palace" Lingfei lives here. During the Qing Dynasty , the status of the East Six Palaces was higher than that of the West Six Palaces. However, the Yanxi Palace in the East Six Palaces was a strange place. At that time, it was considered that it was not good for Feng Shui. Most of the concubines living here were not very popular and had caught fire many times.

Yanxi Palace was built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420). The original name was not called this. It was called Changshou Palace at that time. It was renamed Yanqi Palace in 1535. In the 25th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1686), it was renamed Yanxi Palace. means to welcome blessings and greet happiness. The Yanxi Palace is the same as the other five palaces of the East Six Palaces. In the palace, there is a plaque written by Emperor Qianlong on the imperial pen of the day "Shen Praise Huiyin" and the Qianlong "Sheng Zheng Hou Cao Chongyuan Praise" hanging on the east wall.

Yanxi Palace This place is not good in feng shui and often catches fire, which is a bit evil. In the seventh year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1802), the 12th year of Daoguang (1832), the 25th year of Daoguang (1845), and the fifth year of Xianfeng (1855), the most serious was the 25th year of Daoguang. According to the records of the "Records of the Ministry of Internal Affairs" at that time, all 25 rooms in the Yanxi Palace were burned down, and only the palace gate was not burned, which was equivalent to the absence of the Yanxi Palace.

Tongzhi eleventh year (1872), I wanted to restore the Yanxi Palace, but I don’t know why I didn’t build it again. In 1909, Empress Dowager Longyu planned to build a three-story steel-structured Western building in Yanxi Palace. Empress Dowager Longyu wrote a plaque for the Yanxi Palace on the day “Lingzhuxuan”. It was like a crystal palace and wanted to overcome fire with water. However, because the treasury was empty at that time and there was no money to build it, it had to stop building in 1911, so it became an unfinished building in the Forbidden City.

As one of the six Eastern Palaces, the Yanxi Palace has become a "cold palace" and is not popular. Ming Dynasty does not record which concubine lived here. During the Qing Dynasty Kangxi 未分类文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文文Perhaps it is because Yanxi Palace is far away from the place where the emperor lives. Usually, the concubines here are not popular, and the outcome is not very good.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the last emperor Puyi used to play here, Qing remnants Zhang Xun supported Puyi's restoration, Beiyang government ruler Duan Qirui In order to attack Zhang Xun, he sent planes to drop bombs and bombs to blow up the northern part of Yanxi Palace in order to shock Puyi. If you have been to Yanxi Palace, you can still see the burned place. In 2005, Yanxi Palace became the ancient calligraphy and painting research center and the ancient ceramic research center, displaying the collections of ancient calligraphy and paintings of the Forbidden City from all dynasties.

The Qing Palace dramas were very popular in the past. The originally deserted Yanxi Palace, With the popularity of "Story of Yanxi Palace", the Yanxi Palace has become one of the popular attractions of the Forbidden City, and tourists come here to visit. Although these unpopular attractions are popular because of TV series, Yanxi Palace has good exhibitions, and Crystal Palace is also history. It is good to come here to learn about some history and culture.

Of course, the current Yanxi Palace is different from what you see in TV series. It is a bit shabby and does not have the luxury in the series. In order not to make tourists feel regretful, there is an QR code here in Yanxi Palace. After scanning, you can see the restored appearance of the Crystal Palace. Through restoration and comparison, let everyone know that this history is still of significance.