Sai Jinhua's former residence

Saijinhua's former residence Guiyuan scenic spot is located between Xidi and Hongcun, two world cultural heritages. It was restored and repaired by Huangshan Dingtai Tourism Development Co., Ltd. in 2003 and officially opened to tourists in May 2004.

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Sai Jinhua's former residence

Huipai garden "Guiyuan", which was restored and repaired on the site of saijinhua's hometown in 2003, is also called Guiyuan scenic spot. Located between Xidi and Hongcun, the two world cultural heritages, Huizhou traditional gardening techniques were used in the process of renovation. Compared with Suzhou, Yangzhou and other Jiangnan gardens, there are many differences in mountain folding, water management, architecture and plants.. It was officially opened to tourists in May 2004. There are saishi's old residence, saijinhua study, used well, Begonia flower and pear flower with the moon, Shuangqiao Spring Festival, jingjinong fish, Yuanfeng Shuoyi, huanbi Xiuse, etc. in the scenic area, it is a valuable treasure from the perspective of characters, history, culture and tourism.. The exhibition hall of Sai Jinhua's former residence displays a large number of historical materials purchased from home and abroad, photos of Sai Jinhua in different periods, as well as the comments of celebrities such as Liu Bannong, Lu Xun, Xia Yan on Sai Jinhua, which fully shows the complicated life of Sai Jinhua.

Architectural features

Through the parapet and the leaky window, you can enjoy the beauty of the mountains and the countryside outside the garden. You can enjoy the perfect combination of the artificial landscape garden and the natural beauty like a paradise. The pavilions and pavilions, rockery pool bridges, winding paths and leaky windows, bamboo and ancient camphor trees, as well as the straight corridor, curved corridor and climbing corridor built near the water, together outline an intoxicating Jiangnan landscape painting. In the garden, there is a rockery with stones stacked on it, which is called "Guyi peak", with its peaks, hills, caves, ravines, streams and springs. The technique of stacking is ingenious and the structure is unique. Climb to the top of the mountain, return to the garden and have a panoramic view. Taking a broad view, it can be seen that the green hills in the distance, the fields nearby, and the surrounding ancient villages are integrated with the whole scenic area, which is naturally coordinated.

Sai Jinhua

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Saijinhua, formerly known as Zheng Caiyun. Born in October 1872 in Shangzhou village, Yi county. When she was 10 years old, she moved to Huizhou with her father. Because of the decline of her family, Sai Jinhua, a young man, became a "Puritan", that is, a Geisha who did not sell herself. Later, she married Hong Jun, the number one scholar in the Qing Dynasty, and became his wife. As the wife of the minister, she went to Russia, Germany, Holland and Austria with her husband. Because of her foreign affairs, Sai Jinhua frequently went to the social places of the upper class in Europe at that time. Her beauty, temperament and demeanor won the general favor of Europeans. The queen of Germany is known as "the first beauty in the East". During this period, Sai Jinhua got to know wadesi, who later became the commander-in-chief of the eight countries' allied forces, laying the foundation for her later legend and controversy.

The minister's wife

In 1886, Sai Jinhua, who made a living in Suzhou, was forced to become a prostitute because her father died of illness and had no food or clothing. At that time, Hong Jun, who was born in Shexian County, Anhui Province, was sent to Germany, Russia, the Netherlands and Austria. Because his wife, he, was unwilling to accompany him, Hong Jun, 50, bought Sai Jinhua, who was in his twenties, as his concubine and wife

And invited teachers to teach English, German and French. Saijinhua, with its natural beauty and extraordinary language ability, is active in the political arena of various countries. They were among the kings and nobles. During Hong Jun's diplomatic mission to Germany, Sai Jinhua was favored by the German queen Philippe, and thus met the famous man of Bismarck prime minister and the young German officer vadesy. The young German officers fell in love with Sai Jinhua, the Oriental beauty, at the first sight, which foreshadowed the subsequent invasion of Beijing by the Eight Power Allied forces, and the reunion of Sai Jinhua and wadesi. Hong Jun went to four European countries for five years. After returning home, he arranged for Sai Jinhua to live in the Humble Administrator's garden in Suzhou.

A generation of famous prostitutes

After the death of Hong Jun, the old and the young of the Zhuangyuan mansion could not let the concubine who had been a prostitute disgrace the family. Sai Jinhua was swept out, penniless, penniless, had to commit to brothel again. As a senior prostitute in the capital, Sai Jinhua came and went among the dignitaries with the signboard of "Sai Jinhua's residence". Yi county annals, there is no record of her. It's probably Yixian, who worships Confucianism and education, and is known as the land of rites and righteousness. They don't want to admit that there was once a woman in this land of spiritual spirit, who was a woman of humble status. Of course, if Sai Jinhua is Liang Hongyu who beat drums to fight against gold, it's another matter, even though they both came from brothels.

National Guard

In 1900, the eight powers invaded Beijing, and Empress Dowager Cixi fled West with Emperor Guangxu. The German army sought revenge for the killing of its minister klinder, and slaughtered the civilians in Beijing, causing chaos in Beijing. One day, several German soldiers broke into saijinhua's residence. Sai Jinhua didn't know their nationality, so she talked in English first. When they find that they don't understand, they talk in German instead. When she learned that the commander-in-chief of the United forces was a young officer in the past, she immediately went to Nanhai Yiluan hall, where Wade Xi lived, to visit Wade Xi, and began to make close contact with him. Sai Jinhua put forward two requests to wadeshi: one is to protect the good, not to kill innocent people indiscriminately; the other is to protect cultural relics, not to repeat the tragedy of burning Yuanmingyuan. After that, Sai Jinhua begged for a yellow card from wadeshi and hung it in Beijing's Dashilan business district to prohibit the German army from harassing the local people. With her efforts, wadesi issued two orders to the coalition forces: one is to prohibit soldiers from killing people at will, so as to prevent Beijing from being slaughtered. Later, the success of xinchou's peace negotiation also benefited from her, so the people in the capital were very grateful to her. They called her "lady pingkang", "empress protector" and "second Lord Sai, the Minister of peace negotiation". At that time, the Qing government hoped to put an end to the fugitive life as soon as possible and sign a peace treaty with the Eight Allied forces as soon as possible. After they learned about the relationship between Sai Jinhua and wadesi, Sheng Xuanhuai got in touch with him. Li Hongzhang, Minister of military aircraft, ordered his son Li Jingcai to contact Sai Jinhua. Please contact him

Through mediation, the "peace treaty" was finally signed.

Distribution of origin

After Empress Dowager Cixi returned to Beijing, there was a public opinion of "prostitutes rescue" among the people, and a good person wrote a satirical poem: "where ten million soldiers go, it's all up to a girl to rescue her; don't laugh that the golden flower is too thick, and the soldiers can beat her." Cixi was furious. In 1902, wadsey was ordered to return to China. Feeling that her situation in the capital would become dangerous, Sai Jinhua moved to the British concession in Shanghai. In spite of this, the Qing government still fabricated a charge of "maltreating maidservants" and took advantage of Sai Jinhua's visit to Dangui theater in Nanshi city to arrest her and send her back to Yi county.

The evening was bleak

After leaving Yi county and returning to Shanghai, Sai Jinhua married a businessman surnamed Cao as his concubine, and spent two thousand taels of silver to donate an official title of "Tongzhi". Soon Cao Yiwu died, and Sai Jinhua was alone again. Later, he met Wei Siling, a veteran of the Kuomintang, and lived with him for several years. Soon after marriage, weisiling ordered to go to the yellow spring, so saijinhua was denounced as "Kefu star". After weisiling's death, Sai Jinhua's mind was greatly affected. In his later years, he almost became a beggar. In 1936, Sai Jinhua died of poverty and disease in Beijing at the age of 67.

Comments of posterity

Sai Jinhua married his wife three times in her life, and then fell into the fireworks Lane three times. In modern Chinese history, few women have such a legendary experience, and few women have such ups and downs. She is a special woman who is sad, lamentable, pitiful and respectable. It is also the representative of the symbolic tragic life of that era. Zeng Pu, a novelist in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, wrote the novel "Nie Hai Hua" based on the legendary experience of Sai Jinhua, which was one of the four condemnation novels in the late Qing Dynasty. Liu Bannong, a famous professor of Peking University, and Shang Hongkui, a student, wrote a biography of Sai Jinhua according to her own oral account, which was called "the story of Sai Jinhua".

As a famous prostitute of a generation, she is sometimes a prostitute who has been insulted, sometimes a minister's wife who haunts the nobles of various countries, sometimes a shrewd and capable mediator who promotes the peace talks between the two countries, and sometimes a beggar who suffers from poverty and illness. Her life of ups and downs is both legendary and tragic. It can be said that Sai Jinhua's life experience is by no means inferior to the "Camellia girl" described by Dumas. Why did the lady of Camellia, based on the life of prostitutes in Paris, France, have such a great influence, while Sai Jinhua's experience has not yet formed a thrilling legend? There is also the French writer Maupassant's work about the prostitute named lanzhiqiu, who was forced to commit herself to the Prussian soldiers in order to save his compatriots. After reading this novel, people despise those "first perfect guardians" who were saved by prostitutes, and at the same time, they show some sympathy and respect for lanzhiqiu. However, for saijinhua, should people also give some understanding? Moral judgment cannot replace historical judgment.

After the death of Sai Jinhua, Qi Baishi inscribed a tombstone for her, and Zhang Daqian, a master of traditional Chinese painting, painted a portrait of her - the painting of colored clouds; Lu Xun, a great literary master, Hu Shi, Lin Yutang, Xia Yan, and Mei Lanfang, Ma Lianliang, masters of Peking Opera, all connected with Sai Jinhua in different ways. Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong's wife, went to Yan'an when she failed to play the role of Sai Jinhua. During the "Cultural Revolution", she filed a lawsuit for human life. All these are an annotation of the great social influence of Sai Jinhua at that time. Nowadays, people are still very concerned about the people and things of saijinhua. Xin'an evening news was published on January 5 and 6, 2003

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