Hami Hui Wang Fu

In the eighth year of Guangxu (1882), after Shamu husuote took over the throne, he expanded and renovated the palace. After the expansion of the palace area accounts for one fourth of the city, there are more than 880 rooms, the size of nine gatehouses. The main gate building is a combination of Chinese and western structure, with cornices and ridges, painted pillars and carved beams, and green glazed tile roof. The whole building is divided into inner and outer palaces. The ground of the inner palace is the same height as the city wall, and the shape is a castle like palace. There are several hospitals, which are used for official office, guard accommodation, ordnance storage and guest reception. Because the Hui kings of all dynasties were devout Islamists, they attached great importance to the construction of the mosque. In huiwangfu, there are three mosques of different sizes and styles.

Hami Hui Wang Fu

Huiwang mansion in Hami is located in Huicheng Township, Hami City, the northeast corner of the original Huicheng. It was rebuilt on the basis of the original Mongolian mansion in the 45th year of Emperor Kangxi (1706). In June 1930, shamuhusute died. The next year, the peasants revolted, and the army stationed in Hami province occupied Huicheng. In order to find treasure, the 200 year old Huiwang mansion was "burned to the ground", and even the hundreds year old "classic storage library" was burned to ashes. Swedish Explorer Sven heding recorded the scene after he was burned in the palace in his book Ma Zhongying's escape.

Construction history

In the 35th year of Kangxi (1696), after the Uygur leader of Hami, ebedulla, got rid of the Junggar tribe and returned to the Qing Dynasty, he went to Beijing in the autumn of the 37th year of Kangxi (1698). When he returned the next year, he invited Han craftsmen from the capital to design and build the palace and return to the city, which took seven years to complete. The reconstructed palace has a large scale. The architectural structure not only reflects the artistic style of Islamic classical architecture, but also integrates the characteristics of Han architectural art. Wangfu is the largest and most characteristic palace building in contemporary Xinjiang, with high earth walls, glazed tile roof, cornices, brackets and crisscross gardens. After several generations of restoration, processing and expansion of Huiwang. By the time of the seventh King's return to Bethel, it had become a magnificent garden complex connecting houses and gardens. Xiao Xiong, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, once sighed that "the old prosperity of the Royal Palace stands on the terrace", and in his Miscellaneous Poems of Xijiang, he has a more detailed description of huiwangfu: "the Royal Palace is in the east corner of the city, with a platform attached to the wall, higher than the city wall, inside the mountain gate, and three floors of the main house, which are all on the flat ground, on the right side of the house, i.e. climbing up the terrace, the houses on the platform are looped, and the inner courtyard is also seen from the hanging windows. On the left side of the house, you can walk along the long corridor and further into the gate. There are several pavilions, a variety of fruit trees, famous flowers and grasses, and pots in rows, just like the inland scenery. The old Wang boxier was raised in Beijing for six years, and he repeatedly searched for those who returned from afar at a high price. In the fifth year of tongzhi (1864), the peasant uprising army invaded the palace, executed Bethel and burned the palace. Later, mohamot became the heir of the Qing army. But in the autumn of the 12th year of Tongzhi, Bai Yanhu, a rebel army of Hui people in Shaanxi Province, attacked Huicheng and plundered the palace.

Expansion history

In the eighth year of Guangxu (1882), after Shamu husuote took over the throne, he expanded and renovated the palace. After the expansion of the palace area accounts for one fourth of Huicheng, there are more than 88 rooms, the size of nine gatehouses. The main gate building is a combination of Chinese and western structure, with cornices and ridges, painted pillars and carved beams, and green glazed tile roof. The whole building is divided into inner and outer palaces. The ground of the inner palace is the same height as the city wall, and the shape is a castle like palace. There are several hospitals, which are used for official office, guard accommodation, ordnance storage and guest reception. Because the Hui kings of all dynasties were devout Islamists, they attached great importance to the construction of the mosque. In huiwangfu, there are three mosques of different sizes and styles. From the west gate of the palace to the living room, there is the palace garden behind the living room. The small garden is for the king and his family to rest. Exquisite design, with flowers Pavilion Pavilion, with the style of Jiangnan garden. Chen Yunhe, who had been to Hami, and many other scholars have written about Wangfu garden many times. Fei Jingfu recorded in the record of Kunlun River and sea: "it covers an area of more than 100 mu, and the earth is covered with bricks. There are three or four areas of pavilions and pavilions. The structure is elegant and clean, while the ancient trees are even shady, a hundred flowers are blooming, and the red and white are dazzling and rotten, which is unprecedented in China.". Xie bin also wrote in his travels to Xinjiang: "Huiwang garden, with several pavilions and pavilions, is suitable for layout. Walnut, poplar, elm trees, and peony, peach, apricot, red lotus. As the Hui king of Hami was a feudal lord who relied on the Qing government to maintain his rule, and also the longest feudal prince in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region since the Qing Dynasty, he had a great influence in the history of Xinjiang and Hami, and maintained a special relationship with the Qing government. In order to show his loyalty to the Qing government, the Huiwang also built a Longevity Palace in the northeast corner of the small garden, with three flour walls facing north and south, and wooden inlaid doors and windows on the front. The palace displays colorful portraits of emperors from emperor Shizu of the Qing Dynasty to Emperor Dezong. In front of the portraits, there are tables with red tablets, on which the emperor's name, year of birth and month of death are written. Every spring and autumn, the Hui king and Hami officials come here to offer sacrifices.

traffic

Convenient transportation, bus direct. Accommodation: you can live in Hami City.

delicious food

There are many kinds of local snacks in Hami, such as cold beef, hot sheep's hoof, hunting sheep's bone, spicy chicken, powder soup, lamb, liangpizi, youtazi, yellow noodles and so on. Well made, long history, rich in unique Hui style.

specialty

Local specialties include grape, Hami jujube, Hami folk embroidery and Hami melon.

Address: Huicheng Township, Hami City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Longitude: 93.483288338623

Latitude: 42.808135048539

Ticket information: 35 RMB

Opening hours: 10:00-19:00

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