Fu Wang Fu of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

Fu Wang Fu

synonym

The Fuwang mansion of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom generally refers to the Fuwang mansion

Located in tongzhenguan Road, Yicheng, the palace of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was built in the Qing Dynasty. It was originally the residence of Shi family name. In 1860, after Taiping army conquered Yixing, it became the residence of Yang Fuqing, the auxiliary king. Later, it was the Xingyuan of Li Xiucheng, the general King of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It was a provincial cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province. In 1985, the palace was renovated and opened to the public as an exhibition hall of Yixing historical relics.

Brief introduction of cultural relics

Fuwangfu is located in tongzhenguan lane of Yicheng. It used to be Jinshi Di, a Shi surname, in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. At the beginning of April in the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), Yang Fuqing, the king of the Taiping army, led 10000 soldiers from the north to Yixing County, demolished the Confucius Temple in the city and built the palace, which was destroyed by lightning. It was rebuilt into the palace of the king by taking advantage of Shi's old house, which is now the palace of the auxiliary king. The palace was once the residence of Yang Fuqing, the assistant king, and the Xingyuan of Li Xiucheng, the loyal king. It took three years and ten months for the Taiping army to leave Yixing. It was not until the first month of the third year of tongzhi (1864). The palace is the only well preserved Qing Dynasty building in Yixing City. In March 1982, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level in Jiangsu Province. The provincial and municipal people's governments have repeatedly allocated funds for repair.

Taiping Heavenly Kingdom palace, the original building before and after the four into 27. The first entrance is the gate nest house, which is 21 meters in seven rooms and 6.4 meters in depth. In the middle gate nest, there are three gates. In the East, there are two lanes, inside and outside, leading directly to the back garden, with a depth of 52 meters. There are Shikumen and Gaoyuan wall between the first and second entrances, and brick gate tower. One door to the south is the patio, and the other is the second entrance. There are five rooms, 19.2 meters in width and 12.4 meters in depth. The gables on both sides are fire walls sealed by horse heads. There are three main rooms in the middle, one in the East and one in the West. There are full-length couplets on the dragon pillars. On the south side of the hall are 18 screen doors. Six in the middle are painted with "bathing day in the sea and sky", six on the left are painted with green lions, and six on the right are painted with white elephants. There are eight murals on both sides of the hall, each of which is 2.21 meters long and 0.73 meters wide, decorated with dark green frames. The East Group is landscape trees, pond lotus, mountain farmhouse and Chimonanthus praecox; the West Group is spring willow, red plum and green willow, landscape pavilion and old trees. The mural seems to depict the scenery of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Inside the hall is a patio. There are more than 100 years old trees in the patio. To the East is a Osmanthus fragrans and to the west is a Podocarpus. In front of the patio is the third entrance, which is 19.2 meters wide and 7.02 meters deep. It is on the top of a hard mountain. In the middle of the patio, there are two landscape murals on the East and west walls. Each picture is 0.97 meters high and 1.65 meters wide. There is a five turntable building on the south side of the third entrance, which is the fourth entrance, with a patio in the middle. In the third year of the Republic of China, the turntable building was destroyed by fire. There are two or three study rooms, three or four kitchens and bathrooms in the south of the building. There is a garden to the West and the back door is Tonghuo lane. The palace now has three entrances and six rooms, with a total area of more than 1100 square meters. In October 1986, the government renovated and opened the display of historical relics to the public for people to visit.

Brief introduction to murals

There are twelve murals. Among them, there are four on the East and west walls of the main building, with dark green borders, 2.21 meters high and 0.73 meters wide. The picture is pink with lime. A group of contents are spring willows, red plum and green willows, pavilions and landscapes, old trees and sparse branches, which are clearly depictions of spring, summer, autumn and winter. The other group is landscape trees, pond lotus, mountain farmhouse, Chimonanthus praecox, which seems to be flowers and plants of all seasons, with a strong flavor of life. There are also four murals in the middle of the third entrance, 0.97 meters high and 1.65 meters wide. One is the landscape, which has been eroded. One is a cottage in a mountain village, with stone bridges and bearers. In the third picture, there are two women picking mulberry in the left corner, a local official dressed as a scholar riding around, a young boy carrying a basket running to the mulberry field, and a burden taker in a hurry on the road; in the lower right corner, there is a peasant in short clothes, barefoot, wearing bamboo hat and carrying two baskets on his shoulders, followed by a woman with an umbrella, with her hair in a bun, pointed shoes and short clothes and trousers Go home. The whole picture is full of peace, joy and labor. The fourth is snow landscape, but it is blurred.

These paintings and murals are typical works of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and are very precious. In addition, there are two ancient and famous trees in the back well of the mansion. In the East is Osmanthus fragrans with a history of more than 100 years, and in the west is Podocarpus arvensis. They were planted when the house was first built. When the Taiping Army entered, they were well protected. Seeing trees and thinking about people is also very deep in it.

Introduction to Fuwang

Yang Fuqing? (1874) the younger brother of Yang Xiuqing, the eastern king, was a general in the later period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He is from Guiping, Guangxi. He took part in the Jintian uprising and became the emperor of the state. He conquered Nanjing and was ordered to use troops in Jiangxi. After the internal strife in Tianjing, he sent his troops to Fujian and occupied many prefectures and counties. In 1859, he joined forces with Huang Wenjin to attack the rebellious Wei Zhijun, recaptured Chizhou, and became the auxiliary king for his meritorious service. In 1860, when Tianjing was in an emergency, he led his division back to Beijing to break the Jiangnan camp of the Qing army and solve the siege of Tianjing. Then he and Li Shixian went through southern Anhui. After the fall of Tianjing, he went to Shanghai and hid in Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Anhui and other provinces. In 1874, Japan invaded Taiwan and took the opportunity to revive the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Fujian. He was arrested in Jinjiang by Ma Ronghe and escorted to Fuzhou for murder.

Address: No.9, tongzhenguan lane, Heping Street, Yicheng Town, Yixing City, Wuxi City

Longitude: 119.81770254672

Latitude: 31.361449047954

Ticket information: market price: 5.0 yuan

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