Yuqin Palace

Yuqin Palace

Yuwangfu is located at the east entrance of Shuaifuyuan in Dongcheng District, which is the location of today's Union Medical College Hospital. The first Prince of Henan was dodo, the 15th son of Nurhachi, the emperor of Qing Dynasty. DoRdOr was resolute and capable of fighting. After that, 13 kings inherited the title of Prince of Henan.

Development history

It was built in the Shunzhi Dynasty. When dodo died, his second son, Doni, succeeded the queen and changed his name to Xin, and his mansion to Xin Qin. After duoergun died, although Duoduo died one year earlier than duoergun, he was also implicated. In 1652, he was chased down to be the prince. At the same time, Doni, who had inherited the title of Prince, was also reduced to the prince because of his father's crime. Therefore, in the complete picture of Qianlong capital, there is only Xinjun palace, but not Yuqin palace.

In 1778, when Emperor Gaozong recalled Duoduo's contribution to the founding of the country, he ordered him to resume the title of Prince Yuqin. After he attacked Wang Xiuling, he changed his name from Prince Xinjun to Prince Yuqin. Prince Xinjun's mansion was also called Prince Yuqin's mansion.

It was formerly known as the site of the Ming Dynasty kings. According to the complete picture of Qianlong capital, the main buildings of the mansion are: the main gate with 5 rooms wide, the main hall with 5 rooms wide (3 rooms deep), Danlong, the East and West Wing buildings with 5 rooms wide, the back hall with 3 rooms wide, the back bedroom with 7 rooms wide and the back row room with 13 rooms wide. On both sides of the hall, there are three courtyards crossing the East and West. The main hall and back bedroom on the central axis are similar to the outer court and inner court of the Forbidden City.

It is said that the fourth generation of King Yu liked to play chess, and Qianlong also liked to play chess. Both of them had good chess skills. Emperor Qianlong often went to yuwangfu to play chess with xiaoyuwangfu. One day, the king and his officials will play chess, and they plan to compete with each other. It turned out to be a 5-to-5 match. How to reward and punish? Qianlong had an idea and said, "I won't reward you or pick your doornail. Well, I'll allow the walls of your house to be three feet higher! " The height of the government wall is also the expression of the level, and the quasi heightening of the government wall is actually an honor. The king of Yu was very happy to join the order. In fact, it was only later that the king of Yu realized that adding walls was actually a way to imprison himself more tightly. The wall of the mansion is similar to the wall of the big prison, which means to imprison the king of Yu for life. Therefore, the proverb "the house of Prince Li and the wall of Prince Yu" is left in Beijing.

With the downfall of the Qing Dynasty, the iron hat title of the prince of Yu came to an end. In order to maintain the huge expenses of the family, the nearly 300 year old Yu palace had to be sold to Rockefeller, the American oil king, at the end of 1916. The United States demolished all the buildings of the palace and invited experts from China and the United States to design and build the Union Medical College and its affiliated hospital.

According to the picture of Shengjing palace, there was also a Yuqin palace in Shenyang in the early Qing Dynasty

. Taking Tongtian street as the boundary, there is "Erke CIN Wang Ni boo" in the west, which is translated as Yuqin palace, that is, the palace of Duoduo, the 15th son of Nuerhachi, commonly known as "ten Palace"

. It is located in the north of Zhongjie street. It will be east of the Lanting Pavilion bathing pool, the Shenyang Fire Research Institute guest house, that is, the former Shenyang Town God's Temple (now the north of Shenyang shopping mall).

. Duoduo palace is a rectangular courtyard with two entrances, and its main entrance faces south. Today, a stone wall is still preserved. The stone is red, showing that it is the "red bean stone" produced in Benxi area, which is the same material as some of the railings in front of the Chongzheng Hall of the National Palace Museum in Shenyang. Shizhaobi is a double-sided openwork with rough and rigorous carving. The widest part is 410 cm and the height is 200 cm. The whole stone screen wall is arranged in a well arranged and harmonious way. And with insects, animals, trees, immortals, birds, rocks and other homophonic meaning auspicious. Such as "Feng (bee) Hou (monkey) hang Yin", "Fu (BAT) Lu (deer) shou (immortal) Xi (magpie)" and so on, in order to praise and wish the master all the best and be the king forever. On the top of the wall is the stone ridge top, which is composed of ridge tiles, animal shaped tiles and Begonia leaf shaped dripping water. Under the wall is the stone wall seat with peony pattern. The screen wall is now in Shenyang Palace Museum

.

Extant remains

It is said that when the yuwangfu was demolished, a large number of gold and silver treasures hidden underground by yuwangs of all dynasties were excavated for emergency use. Xiehe Hospital also used these treasures and purchased the most advanced medical equipment, making it the best large-scale general hospital in China at that time.

Apart from the two lying lions at the gate of Prince Yu's mansion and the furnishings outside the gate of the old prince Yu's mansion, there are no other relics to be found. However, it is worth mentioning that the existing pair of lying lions are the only pair of lying lions in front of all the palaces in Beijing in the Qing Dynasty.

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