Yan Xi Palace is an unfinished building? What did the director of the Forbidden City say?

"The Story of Yan Xi Palace" made the Forbidden City fire again, and the palace where the heroine Wei lived also became a scenic spot among online celebrities. Then I want to popularize science. Yanxiguan, one of the six imperial palaces in the Forbidden City, is located in the southeast corner of the six palaces. Built in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420), it was originally named Changshou Palace. In the 14th year of Jiajing (1535), it was renamed Yanqi Palace. It was renamed Yan Xi Palace in the Qing Dynasty and rebuilt in the 25th year of Kangxi (1686). Concubines lived in Ming and Qing dynasties, and Yi Tian and Cheng Guiren, Guangwu Emperor of Qing Dynasty, once lived here. Chun, the filial queen of Emperor Qianlong, once lived here.

But careful people will find that there is an unfinished unfinished building in this Yan Xi Palace, and it is Western-style. What's going on here? This Yan Xi Palace has existed since the Forbidden City was built in the Ming Dynasty. When it was first built, it had the same pattern as the other five palaces in the East Sixth Palace, with two courtyards in front and five halls in the front yard. A fire in A.D. 1845 revealed the disastrous history of Yan Xi Palace. After the fire, only the palace gate was left in Yan Xi Palace. It was not until 1909 that western-style buildings were built on the original site, and it was unrecognizable from then on. 19 17 In zhang xun restoration, the northern part of Yan Xi Palace was bombed by planes directly under the army.

Dan Jixiang, director of the Palace Museum, revealed in a lecture: "It kept on fire, but it caught fire again after it was repaired. The last emperor was bored, so he built a fish pond here and didn't catch fire. " Later, Jin Fei, the concubine of Emperor Guangxu, thought of making a most peculiar "underwater world" to raise fish here. This Jin Fei was started, and it was designed and built immediately. Soon, the frame of this three-story house was set up. According to the original design, imported double-layer waterproof glass was installed on the marble exterior wall and windows, and a large fish pond was built at the bottom of the building, which contained various rare fish and aquatic plants.

Then the concubines can go down to the ground floor and enjoy this "underwater world" through waterproof glass. Needless to say, this concept, not to mention the Great Qing Dynasty, is still "fashionable" enough. But the idea is good, but the reality is cruel. In the middle of this project, the Qing dynasty died, and the funds needed for construction disappeared at once, and the construction team stopped working. So this beautiful underwater world project had to give up halfway, and it is still in a state of neglect until today. I'm sorry.

Today, the Palace Museum erected a signboard in front of Yan Xi Palace, and posted the QR code of virtual reality experience of Ma Xuan, the spiritual daughter of the main building of Yan Xi Palace. Visitors can watch the restored spirit girl Ma Xuan through the panoramic view of the mobile phone. Modern science and technology make history and us really meet.