At first, Gong was not called Gong. What was the earliest name of Gongwangfu? What about the first one? That is, the mansion of the famous corrupt official Xiao Shenyang was built by the first corrupt official who once owned the wealth equivalent to the fiscal revenue of the Qing government 15 years, which is enough to make people imagine how luxurious this mansion will be.
The whole Wang Fu Pavilion Building has everything. At that time, countless treasures were hidden. It is said that the windows of the hidden treasure are all designed in different shapes. Most people may think that this is just to highlight luxury, but in fact, it is said that every window must be designed differently just because there are too many treasures here, so that it is convenient to remember what kind of treasures are behind the window.
It is explained in the history books that Gong's position is just above it, because people think that there are two in Beijing, the Forbidden City and Gong's position in Mizunokami, so Gong can see water everywhere. Although I don't know if this statement is correct, according to the data, the highest density of long-lived elderly people in Beijing is near Gongwangfu, and I don't know if this is metaphysics or true.
The whole palace consists of a mansion and a garden, which is said to have been copied directly from Ningshou Palace in the Forbidden City. Moreover, after careful study by experts, the architectural style and decoration of Gongwangfu are comparable to those of the royal palace, so people often treat it directly as a royal palace, and even some court film and television dramas even choose to shoot here directly, which is enough to see how much it looks like a royal palace.
It was not until modern times that this palace really came into the hands of Prince Gong and was renamed Prince Gong's Palace. Today's Gongwangfu has been overhauled, because in modern times, this palace-like Wang Fu has experienced all kinds of damage, large and small, resulting in too serious damage. Although the pattern was not destroyed, it still touched the heart of the prime minister at that time, so Gong Wangfu ushered in the restoration.
And this repair took 28 years. At that time, Prince Gong's mansion changed from a mansion to a complex of eight units and hundreds of families. So, it took nearly 30 years to relocate the former middle school attached to China Conservatory of Music and the former Beijing Air-cooled Factory, and finally presented the Prince Gong's Mansion to people now.
Today, the Palace has become the only Qing Dynasty in China that was open to the outside world. Its magnificence makes people regard it as the best landscape in the city. If you travel to Beijing, don't miss Gongwangfu.