In the late Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, in order to further strengthen the military garrison in the north, the Qing court decided to build a new city near the Guihua City , known as "the key to the capital, the collar of the Jin wall, and the shield of the Wuyi alliances", to serve as the use of moving troops in the north of the Right Acropolis. The city was built on the seventh day of the second month of the Qianlong year and was completed in June of the fourth year. The city was named "Suiyuan".
Suiyuan City is built 5 miles northeast of Guihua City. The two cities are connected by a road. The most important building in the city is the General Office built according to the specifications of the First-Class Frontier Official Residence.
General Office is the highest military and political command in Suiyuan City, and is also one of the 14 permanent garrison general offices in the Qing Dynasty; the main building is arranged along the central axis in the order of front and back sleepers, and the overall layout is divided into three roads according to function, with 132 houses, a traditional brick and wood structure, the roof is a five-ridge flying tiles on the mountain, and the black palace gate and corridor columns show the solemnity and majesty of the office.
There is a large screen wall in the south of the mansion gate. There is a pair of stone lions of the Qing Dynasty in front of the door, with male on the left and female on the right, solemn and majestic.
The five-entry courtyard is located in the order of the mansion gate, the ritual gate, the lobby, the second hall, the third hall and the fourth hall from south to north.
ceremonial gate is the gate of etiquette. Back then, every general of Suiyuan City welcomed and sent guests here.
According to regulations, only officials of the same rank as generals are qualified to go to the etiquette gate, and other officials can only go to the side doors on both sides; civil officials go to the east gate, military officials go to the west gate.
The lobby in the north of Yimen is the deliberation and decision-making center of the entire government office. Festival celebrations, embracing imperial edicts, and important government affairs activities are all carried out here. The new official came to the office to perform the ceremony of "forget the dignity and knock on the kindness" on the platform in front of the lobby.
According to office needs, there are folding rooms, secret offices, official rooms, printing rooms, living rooms and arrow booths on both sides of the lobby and the second hall. The three halls in Changhuamen are the living areas of the general and his family.
is located in the northwest of the Gulou Overpass in Xincheng District. It is the largest, most preserved and highest-level residence of the Qing Dynasty garrison general in my country. It is of great significance to study the Eight Banners garrison system in the Qing Dynasty.
General Office Museum Department National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit . The courtyard has many cultural relics. The tall imperial memorial monument on the east side of the Second Hall is first-class cultural relic . It was established by Emperor Tongzhi to commend the achievements of Delekdorji, the 63rd General of Suiyuan City, to stabilize the frontier.
Delekdorji is the eighth generation grandson of the Princess Gulun Kejing E-seong Prince Dundobdorji, with a title of Gushan Beizi. He was appointed in February 1868 and took office as General Suiyuan City for the second time. At this time, the defense in Guisui was extremely tense. He died in office in July and was buried in Heishatu Village, Saihan District.
Suiyuan City General has overwhelming power and heavy responsibilities. He can not only impeach and abolish the personnel appointments and removals of Guisui Road and its affiliated departments in Shanxi Province, but also have certain control over the border trade of Guisui and Sui cities in the northern border.
In the long river of history, as an important node city for the thousands of miles of tea ceremony and a hub city on the Grassland Silk Road, local business travelers regard Hohhot as their base camp, going east and west, and traveling south and north, not only developing the economy, but also greatly promoting the prosperity of regional culture.
The inner hall of the General's Office is tall and majestic, with ancient trees standing in the sky, and several stories of lilac have been blooming and falling here for nearly 200 years.
According to legend, the wife of a general of Suiyuan City has not recovered from illness here for a long time and is depressed. During her visit to the doctor, a rural doctor told me that there were few flowers and trees in the hospital and lilacs could be planted. After obtaining the approval, the general sent someone to transplant lilacs from Summer Palace and . The wife's illness was indeed recovered, and from then on, the people in Guisui began to plant lilacs everywhere. Because of its long flowering period, beautiful flower posture, pleasant fragrance, easy to breed and vigorous vitality, lilac was later selected as the Hohhot city flower, and Qingcheng outside the Frontier also had a Lilac Festival.
In the historical process, with the development of the region and the increase of population, Guihua City and Suiyuan City, which were the political, economic, cultural and military centers of Hohhot in the Qing Dynasty, were eventually merged into one. In 1928, it became the capital of the newly established Suiyuan Province, named Guisui City; in 1954, Guisui City was renamed Hohhot City, officially becoming the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and today's beautiful Qingcheng .
Liuying tests horses in spring, and talks about war at night in the tiger tent.
A general's mansion, half of the Qingcheng history.
From the first general Wang Chang in the second year of Qianlong to the last general in 1913, 79 generals worked and lived here in 174. Among them, the 71st General, Kymone, had the longest term, and he wrote the four words "Pingfan Shuomo" on the screen wall in front of the mansion. This stone tablet is one of the three precious stone carvings remains in Suiyuan City. The other two stone plaques of the city gate were written by Emperor Qianlong, one is called "Chengxun Gate" and the other is called "Zhenning Gate".
Suiyuan City General Office was also the office space for important modern historical figures such as Shang Zhen , Li Peiji , Dong Qiwu, Xu Yongchang , Fu Zuoyi, Ulanfu, etc. It is known as the first palace in the south of the desert.
The long memories continue the real emotions. The General Office not only witnessed the development and evolution of Hohhot after 1739, but now it continues to pursue the cultural mission of the past and the present with a new identity.
