[Beijing traveling] Beijing Gongwangfu

Gongwangfu before Xicheng District Heisey street. Is in the present extant palace the scale is biggest, protects best one.

Gongwangfu is the clear Emperor Daoguang sixth sub-gong loyal crown prince the mansion. The predecessor is when Qianlong bachelor and 珅 mansion. The Jiaqing four years (in 1799) and 珅 was punished for an offense, the mansion became an official, Jiaqing emperor will bestow its part his/her younger brother to celebrate Crown Prince Xi forever the phosphorus, was to celebrate the palace. The later Xianfeng will celebrate the palace reclamation, the extension bestows his/her younger brother Luan the river bank, is Gongwangfu. Xianfeng, Tongzhinianjian once renovated, and after the government office add construct the garden.

Gongwangfu construction, may divide into the mansion and the garden two parts. The mansion occupies a land area of 46.5 Chinese acres, divides into west Middle East three groups, by enters the central courtyard to be composed respectively, behind surrounds the long 160 meters to pass the keel two rear cowl buildings. After the building, is the garden, occupied a land area of 38.6 Chinese acres, in the garden constructs also rough forms west the Middle East three groups, in the garden sprinkles has folded the stone rockery, Qu Langting the pavilion, the pond flowers and trees.

The middle of the mill front part is the surface extravagant 3 front doors kneads dough extravagant 5 two, in the gate the original main hall silver peaceful palace, has destroyed, extant rear palace, namely fine happy hall; The east road by three enters the central courtyard to be composed, is the daily life life which gong Crown Prince Luan folds uses the room; The west road main room for the tin Jin room, the large residence is great, a porch peripheral connection, the style is extraordinary. After three groups courtyards, after surrounding the thing length 160 meter 40 two buildings, east side gazes the fog building, a west side treasure approximately the building. Lou Houji garden--The Ping brocade garden, is named the Gongwangfu garden, occupies a land area of 28,000 square meters. In the garden constructs divides the Middle East tenth Earthly Branch three groups, also has the rough spool thread, sprinkles folds the stone rockery, Qu Langting the pavilion, the basin flowers and trees. The main construction has the scorpion palace, to invite the platform, the big stage, the seeping fall pavilion and so on.

Because the Gongwang mansion and the garden design splendid, the room room porch courtyard fluctuates windingly, scenery profound beautiful, performed in former days to have the blue water to swirl and to flow through in the garden, therefore, is always passed on is called "Hong Lou Meng" the glory national government and Prospect Garden.