The Imperial Palace of the Southern Song Dynasty is located at the foot of Fengshui Mountain in the south of Lin'an. Fang Ling said that she heard people say that Fengshui Mountain is the most feng shui place in Lin'an.
As I walked, I began to appreciate it carefully. It had been almost a year, and this was the first time that I had deliberately savored every scene and thing in the palace.
There are many pavilions in the palace, with five steps to the first floor and ten steps to the pavilion. The corridors are winding and the eaves are high. They are dotted with small bridges and running water, rockeries and rocks, and flowers blooming everywhere. The main road is straight and the paths are quiet. , Duan is a beautiful scenery. Looking from a distance, Phoenix Mountain is mostly blocked by tall houses. Naturally, I can’t see what’s so good about the feng shui of the palace. I just feel that the palace is like a huge garden. The size of the palace far exceeds that of the Forbidden City in Beijing in later generations, and its beauty is unparalleled.
With my knowledge, I cannot tell one or two of them. Perhaps Afang Palace back then was just like this. If Du Mu were to be reborn, he would probably write another "Song Palace Fu".
To the left of Funing Hall is the Golden Pool, and next to the Golden Pool is the Xianwen Pavilion. When you get closer, you can see that the Xianwen Pavilion has been repainted, and the Xianwen Hall on the door plaque has also been renamed Xianwen Pavilion, giving people a sense of It feels like a brand new one. The Xianwen Pavilion is not big, with only a quarter of the area of Funing Palace. It is considered a smaller pavilion in the palace. As for the other five similar pavilions (similar pavilions in the Northern Song Dynasty were built in Bianjing ) I have never been there either, and even Zhao Fu’s memory is completely blank about it.
After entering the room, I took a quick glance and found that the number of books in the Xianwen Pavilion was larger than that in the Imperial Study Room, but it seemed a bit too messy.
"Xiao Qi, the imperial meal at noon was delivered here today. I want to have a good look at the imperial pens and collection of books left here by the late emperor."
"Yes, official family,"
Fang Lingzhi's words last night reminded me that I should better integrate into this era and regard myself as a member of the Song Dynasty, so that I can truly lead the Song Dynasty to the resurgence.
According to my previous habitual thinking, whenever I visited a new place, I would buy a local map and study the city's layout first. After searching for a while, I found several maps and introductions about Lin'an City and the Imperial Palace.
"Xiaoqi,"
"The official family, the youngest one is here,"
"Go and tell Concubine Quan that she is here,"
"Yes, the official family, the little one will go right away,"
After Xiaoqi left, I first opened the records about the Imperial Palace of the Southern Song Dynasty.
The palace stretches from Fengshan Gate in the east to the western foot of Fenghuang Mountain in the west, from Tiaobiwan to Wansongling in the north-south direction, with a radius of about 9 miles (approximately 1.5 million square meters). As soon as I took a look at the beginning, I exclaimed, it is indeed the same as mine. It feels the same. It exceeds the area of the Forbidden City (about 720,000 square meters). There are nearly 200 palaces, pavilions and other types of buildings in the entire palace. The largest palace is the main hall of the palace, Daqing Hall, and the tallest is Ning Hall. The most peculiar thing about Qian Palace (now renamed Funing Palace) is that the imperial garden in the palace can directly lead to the top of Fenghuang Mountain, but I haven't even been there yet.
After Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty crossed south, he built the imperial palace at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain. After several generations of emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty built and expanded it, it became what it is today. During the Lizong period, due to successive wars with Mongolia, the treasury was becoming increasingly empty. It was slightly expanded. The Southern Song Dynasty inherited the commercial atmosphere of the Northern Song Dynasty and had a developed economy. Naturally, there was money to spend on the construction of the palace. According to the statistics of the late emperor, the entire palace has thirty halls, thirty-three halls, four rooms, seven floors, and pavilions. Twenty, Xuan Yi, Tai Liu, Guan Yi, Pavilion Ninety, this does not include the Prince's East Palace. The late emperor Lizong once described the luxury of the palace in his later years. Our Song Dynasty Palace is magnificent and magnificent, and its workmanship is outstanding. It is exquisite, golden and green, with pavilions and pavilions that complement each other like a palace in the sky.
I didn't know whether I was happy or worried, but I thought to myself: "It turns out that my home is so luxurious."
Just as he was thinking about it, Xiao Qi came to report: "The official family, Concubine Quan has arrived,"
"Xuan,"
Quan Jiu entered and saluted, "Jiu'er has seen the official family."
"Jiu'er, come and help me organize the books in Xianwen Pavilion,"
"Well," Quan Jiu looked at it and said without knowing why, "Guanjia, the books here are stacked very neatly."
"Jiu'er, what I mean is to reclassify the books and materials according to their categories, and then organize them. For example, these books and brochures are all about the palace, so they are put together."
"Yes, Guanjia, Jiu'er understands,"
I smiled and praised: "Jiu'er is smart and can make sense with just a few clicks, but you can't handle so much information and books alone. After I go to court these mornings, you can call Yu Xiurong and the others to help. "
"Well, officials, this is good, it saves the sisters from being bored,"
Quan Jiu and I finished lunch at Xianwen Pavilion. Quan Jiu said: "Guan family, Jiu'er is going to Ningkun Palace to play cards with the Queen Mother in the afternoon."
"Well, let's go, so that the old lady won't be bored alone,"
After Quan Jiu said goodbye, I opened the map of the palace and started looking at it. The more I looked at it, the more I realized how vast and majestic the palace of the Southern Song Dynasty was. No wonder Kublai Khan of Mongolia was so concerned about this colorful world. I have not been to most places in the palace. However, the same was true when Zhao Yu was the prince. Except when he was summoned by Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty, he would go in and out of Ningqian Palace and Daqing Palace. The rest of the time, he basically stayed in the East Palace and was unwilling to move around the palace.
I compared the map and carefully studied the distribution of the palace.
The Lin'an Imperial Palace is divided into five parts: the Outer Court, the Inner Court, the East Palace, the Academy, and the Palace Garden. The Outer Court is the largest, located in the south and west, the Inner Court is in the northeast, the East Palace is in the southeast, the Academy is the smallest, near the north gate, and the Palace Garden. The garden is also in the north, with a general layout of front and back bedrooms. The palace city is surrounded by the imperial city. The south gate of the imperial city is Li Zhengmen, the north gate is Hening Gate, there is Donghua Gate in the east, and Xihua Gate in the west. The city does not have four gates, only the north and south palace gates are opposite to the north and south gates of the imperial city. The outer dynasty buildings mainly consist of four palace groups: Daqing Hall, Chuigong Hall, Back Hall (also known as Yanhe Hall) and Duancheng Hall. Daqing Hall is located Inside the Nangong Gate is the main place for court meetings. The Chui Gong Hall is to the west and north of the Daqing Hall, the apse is to the north of the Chui Gong Hall, and the Duancheng Hall is to the east of the apse. Among them, the Chui Gong Hall is the permanent palace and is handled by the emperor. The place where ministers are summoned for daily government affairs. If it often rains in the morning or there is an accident, the back hall is changed. During the holiday before the taboo and the day of worship in the temple, the back hall is used. The back hall is where the emperor can sit and watch things. It is also called the side hall. The regulations are simple and unsophisticated, with one level of hierarchy, as small as an ordinary person's residence. Duancheng Hall is a multi-functional palace. It was called "Duancheng" when it was used as a suburb of Mingtang. Jiying Hall is one of the Duancheng Halls. , there are many palaces in the inner court. The emperor's sleeping quarters include Ningqian Palace (Funing Palace), Qinzheng Palace, Xianwen Palace, etc. Funing Palace is the most important, and Jiaming Palace is where the emperor eats, and the empress and concubine's bedrooms. There are Weihua Hall, Ningkun Palace, Ciyuan Hall, Renming Hall, Shouli Hall, etc. The palace also has the Xuande Hall where the emperor and ministers held discussions, the Chongzheng Hall where lectures were held, and the Library Pavilion. The East Palace has both The palaces used by the prince for studying include Xinyi Hall, Yi Zhai Hall, as well as garden buildings such as Boya Building and Xiuchun Hall. The palace behind the palace is located to the north of the inner court. The main palaces include Cuihan Hall, Guan Hall, Lingxu Building, Qingrui Hall, etc. The palace and several pavilions, the Academy of Sciences are located in the Hening Gate between the palace city and the imperial city.
After reading the introduction of the palace, I had a general understanding. If this Southern Song Dynasty palace can be passed down to later generations, it will be the best palace in the world. Then I dug out the information introducing Lin'an City. After last night's shopping experience, I
After reading the information and confirming each other, it is indeed quite clear.
The streets in Lin'an are arranged in a pattern of five horizontal lines and four vertical lines. The Tian Street mentioned by Fang Ling was officially called Yu Street in the Song Dynasty. It is the main street of Lin'an City, with a total length of about 9 miles. Lin'an shops are all over the city, including Zihe Ningmen.
From outside Zhuzi to under Guanqiao, there are no houses that are not buying and selling. This is also the scene of Yujie. Yujie belongs to the central comprehensive business district. There are markets for special commodities, such as gold and silver trading, as well as markets for general commodities.
There are many "tiles" in it, including teahouses, hotels, places for acrobatics, storytelling, sumo wrestling, etc. In addition, there are four north-south roads similar to the imperial street, and there are also four east-west trunk roads.
They are all passages between the east and west city gates, and there are several sub-level streets, all leading to the central imperial street. The whole city forms a grid of different sizes according to local conditions. The directions of the roads are mostly diagonal, and they are divided into "squares".
The naming, formation and prosperity of the streets are evidence of the collapse of the inner kiln system in the Tang Dynasty. Lin'an's official handicraft workshops were mostly concentrated in the Wulinfang and Zhaoxianfang areas in the north of the city. The official kilns for porcelain were at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain in the south of the city, and were called inner kilns. Private handicrafts
are all over the city. The silk spinning industry is mostly workshops that are both industrial and commercial, concentrated in the Guanxiang area in the middle of Yujie. Pengqiao in the middle of Yujie is the largest book market in Lin'an. The engraving workshop is near Pengqiao, with the Imperial College,
The cultural area consisting of Taixue and Martial Arts is located in Qiantang Gate near the northwest corner of West Lake.
The residential areas in Lin'an City are mainly in the central part of the city, and many of the residences of dignitaries and nobles are located behind the commercial markets beside the Imperial Street.
Most places south of the Yangtze River are intertwined with water and land, and Lin'an is certainly no exception. There are four rivers in the city, of which the Yanqiao River is the main transportation river. There are mostly bustling cities along both sides of the river. There are many rivers outside the city connected to the Grand Canal. These
The intersecting rivers and lakes form a water transportation network.
I couldn't help but secretly praise that the capital city of the Southern Song Dynasty was worthy of being the largest city in the world. I looked at it for a while, then got up and walked slowly around the bookshelf. From time to time, I took out a few books from the collection and flipped through them at will.
The collection of books in Xianwen Pavilion is rich. Although the importance and confidentiality of its collection are not as good as those in the imperial study room, it is superior in its extensive content, large number, and everything it contains. It is almost equivalent to the comprehensive library of later generations.
No wonder the emperors of all dynasties have to arrange special personnel to organize it. There is indeed too much content. Now, I have to arrange work for my concubines. With so many books or imperial pens, it is impossible for me to read them all. I
I can only pick out the ones that are useful to me, and this selection task is left to Quanjiu and the others. I will ask them to make an excerpt for each book. I can just ask them for any information I need.
, However, the title of Xianwen Pavilion's bachelor is not their turn.
I walked to the innermost bookshelf. None of the classics here were books. Most of them were written by Lizong of the Song Dynasty. I picked up the top volume and opened it. I saw that it was the preface written by Lizong of the Song Dynasty for "Chunyou Lin'an Chronicles". I looked at it.
As I looked at it, I suddenly felt that the word "京城" had never appeared in the entire article. Not only in this article, but also in the imperial writings of Song Lizong that I had seen in the past, everything about Lin'an was called "Xingzai", and
Don't call it the capital directly.
Xingzai is the name of the places visited by ancient emperors.
I continued to read the late emperor's imperial documents about Lin'an, and in one of them I finally saw Song Lizong's own handwriting, "Lin'an, the place where I traveled during the Song Dynasty. I traveled south from Emperor Gaozong to Lin'an, and the late emperor did not care about it.
This is the principle of our dynasty. There are four capitals in our dynasty: east, west, south, north, and only Bianliang is the foundation. Most people are content with the status quo and are accustomed to Lin'an as the capital. However, if I make this the capital again,
Doesn’t it really mean that the Northern and Central Plains are other people’s territory?”