Why is there an unfinished building in Yan Xi Palace of the Forbidden City?

If you ask a friend who has been to the Forbidden City: What buildings in the Palace impress you? In addition to the three halls, the unfinished building of Yan Xi Palace must have left a deep impression on everyone. Of course, people who have visited the Forbidden City may not know about Yan Xi Palace. Many people visit the Forbidden City just to go straight to the Three Halls and the Imperial Garden. They just take a symbolic look at the Sixth Palace. But this is in Yan Xi Palace? Unfinished residential building? , but the most distinctive building in the palace.

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The building in the picture is called Lingnv Manxuan, which was named after the Jade Dragon Queen. Can fire kill water? Change the tragic fate of Yan Xi Palace. Actually, it has a better name? Crystal Palace? This is the common name of people. Although it seems that the Crystal Palace is now in ruins, many people doubt whether it was burned or destroyed by shells. Actually, it's not. This is an unfinished building.

Yan Xi Palace, where the Crystal Palace is located, is in the Forbidden City? Sadest reminder? One of the palaces. Since its completion, it has been burned many times, burned and rebuilt, and built and burned. In the 25th year of Daoguang in Yan Xi Palace (1845), the whole Yan Xi Palace was destroyed by fire, leaving only one palace gate. After reconstruction, a few years later, Yan Xi Palace caught fire in Xianfeng for five years. After this burning, the Ministry of Interior did not build Yan Xi Palace. It is said that fortune-teller said that Yan Xi Palace in Yan Xi Palace is located in the northeast of Bagua, which is easy to catch fire and should not be built again.

It was abandoned for decades, and it was not until Xuantongyuan (1909) that Empress Jade Dragon mastered the harem that Yan Xi Palace was rebuilt. It is said that Zhang Lan, the great eunuch at that time, proposed to the Jade Dragon Queen Mother to build a building with water, so that the fire could be put out, and then the reconstruction of Yan Xi Palace appeared.

According to "Qing History" and "Qing Gong Ci", it is built with copper and white marble as arch wall, with three floors above and below. Around and below the ground, there are some pools. The floor and windows are inlaid with glass, and goldfish are raised in the pool, overlooking the crystal world.

The Jade Dragon Queen ordered craftsmen to dig a pit more than ten feet deep in the courtyard of Yan Xi Palace and build a three-story palace in the water, one underwater and two above the water. A pavilion is built in each corner of the palace, which is made of steel and stone, with double glass walls and water in the glass to raise fish. From the design point of view, the idea at that time was novel. The Crystal Palace was rebuilt in the first year of Xuantong (1909) and was built for more than two years. In the third year of Xuantong (19 1 1), the Qing Dynasty collapsed, and the construction of the Crystal Palace stopped, becoming a veritable Forbidden City? Unfinished residential building? .

Although it was not built, the Empress Dowager Toffees of the harem, hoping to feel the splendor of the Crystal Palace in Yan Xi Palace, installed a large vat around the Crystal Palace, filled it with water, and kept fish for masturbation.

Yan Xi Palace is a rotten tail, but Zhang Xiaode, who is in charge of project supervision, has made a fortune. After Yulong's death, Zhang Xiaode left the palace to live in Tianjin, married four wives and built two villas. There are also real estate and pawn shops in Beijing. There are many slaves in the government and life is luxurious. You know, he only succeeded Li as the manager of the big office for three years, and he accumulated so much money. No wonder he urged Queen Jade Dragon to engage in engineering projects. There is another meaning to say!

In the following years, the Crystal Palace of Yan Xi Palace suffered from wind and rain and was in a state of ruin. The first floor of the Crystal Palace was once filled up, but in recent years, the Forbidden City has carried out maintenance on the Crystal Palace, which has also restored the Crystal Palace to its best state.