When the emperors of the Qing Dynasty visited the East to worship their ancestors, they all lived in the Forbidden City in Shenyang, which was called "Residency". However, when visiting the East to worship ancestors, the emperors also had a "residence" palace, which was little known.
"Summer Palace" was once spectacular
Mr. Li Fengmin, a scholar of Qing history, said that this imperial palace was called "Summer Palace" and was located in Xiayuan Village, about 7 miles west of Yongling in Xinbin.
"Summer Palace" is backed by Longgang Mountain and faces Suzi River. * * * There are 81 buildings, which are divided into East, Middle and West roads, and the main buildings are concentrated in the middle road. There are four palaces in the middle road building: the first one is the Fusui Hall, with 5 rooms, 3 accessory halls on both sides, 3 palace gates in front of the palace, a hanging flower gate in the palace gate, and 5 courtrooms on the east and west sides outside the palace gate. Fusui Hall is the hall for the emperor to handle the affairs of state affairs during his "residence"; The second palace, "Xuanshunzhai", ***5 rooms, is the "bedroom" for the emperor; The third palace, "Zhao Dian", also known as "Seven Dian", is the place where empresses live; The fourth palace is the "Royal Garden". The main buildings on the East Road of "Xiayuan Palace" are "Former Elder Brother's House" and "Later Elder Brother's House", which are the places where the accompanying prince lives and studies. There are "Nine Rooms", "Mountain Rooms" and "Tea Rooms" in West Road.
General Shengjing built "Summer Garden"
"Summer Garden Palace" was founded, and there are various records about it. For example, the "Xingjing County Records" said that the "Summer Garden Palace" was built in the early Qing Dynasty; Anecdotes of Places of Interest in Northeast China is said to have been built by Qing Taizu, and later changed to "Residency Palace"; Some scholars believe that it was built in the thirty-seventh year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1698). Mr. Li Fengmin believes that not only did this palace not exist during the reign of Kangxi and Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, but even the "Summer Garden Palace" disappeared when Emperor Qianlong visited the east three times to worship his ancestors. According to historical records, in the eighth year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty (1743), when Emperor Qianlong made his first east tour to worship his ancestors in Yongling, the camp was located in "Wugu Village". In the forty-eighth year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1783), when Emperor Qianlong visited the East for the fourth time to worship his ancestors, he was "stationed" in the "Summer Garden Palace".
Emperor Qianlong wrote the poem "Fusui Hall" with a royal pen, stating the reason for the construction of "Summer Palace". The footnote of the second sentence of the poem states: Yong Wei, general of Shengjing (Shenyang), built the "Summer Garden Palace" near Yongling. Yong Wei was the nephew of Emperor Qianlong. In September of the forty-seventh year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty (1782), he was transferred to Shengjing (Shenyang) as a general. In May of the fourth year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1799), Emperor Jiaqing said in an imperial edict: Assistant Lang Defu of Shengjing was awarded 1, taels of silver for his meritorious service in building the Summer Palace. Telford was awarded the assistant minister of Shengjing (Shenyang) Ministry of Industry in November of the 43rd year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty (1778). It can be seen that Yong Wei, the general of Shengjing, ordered Fu Du, assistant minister of Shengjing Ministry of Industry, to build the "Summer Garden Palace", which should be built between September 47 and September 48 of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty.
natural and man-made disasters destroyed the "Summer Garden"
Mr. Li Fengmin said that in the ninth year of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty (1829), the Daoguang emperor made an east tour to pay homage to his ancestors, and after "staying in the summer garden" and "visiting the palace", there was no emperor who made an east tour to pay homage to his ancestors. At that time, the national strength of the Qing Dynasty was declining, and the emperor's system of "visiting the east to worship the ancestors" was abolished, and the "Summer Garden Palace" stopped being repaired every year.
in the seventh year of Xianfeng in Qing dynasty (1857), some buildings of "Summer Palace" began to fall. The guards of Xingjing (Xinbin) City, Etuhun and Guoleming 'a, offered to General Shengjing (Shenyang) that they would personally donate money to repair the dangerous building of "Xiayuanxinggong". General Shengjing, Qing Qi, immediately played to the court. Emperor Xianfeng was very happy, and the decree said: After the completion of the renovation project, they will be rewarded. However, due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, the "Summer Palace" finally failed to escape the tragic fate of destruction.
In the 14th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1888), the Suzi River flooded, which destroyed all the buildings in the first half of the Summer Garden Palace, such as east and west courtyards, palace gates, hanging flower gates, and so on, resulting in the "Fusui Hall" exposed. In the 26th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (19), the invading Russian army invaded Xingjing, used the "Summer Garden Palace" as a barracks, demolished it and destroyed it, and when retreating, a fire destroyed some buildings. Nowadays, the site of "Summer Palace" has been turned into cultivated land, and there is only a "site description board" to tell the appearance of "Summer Palace" in those days and arouse people's memories of the drifting away history.