The Palace of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Address: Jiangjun Road
It was once the military command post of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Prince Li Shixian in Zhejiang. Constructed in 1861, it is the most complete, largest and most complete of the existing Taiping Heavenly Kingdom buildings in the country, with the largest number of murals and other artworks. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Prince's Mansion is a national key cultural relic protection unit. Prince Shi's Mansion is large in scale, divided into three parts: palace, residence and garden, with a total area of ??about 24,000 square meters and a construction area of ??more than 3,000 square meters. The main buildings are the main hall (meeting hall), the second hall and the back hall (also known as the Hanhan Pavilion) . Prince Shi's Mansion is divided into east and west courtyards. Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Prince's Mansion
The existing buildings in the east courtyard include the screen wall, the main hall, the back hall, the cold-resistant pavilion, etc. The screen wall is about 6 meters high and 17 meters wide. There are many stone or brick dragon and phoenix patterns on it. Zhaobi was built by the Taiping Army, and the rest of the buildings were rebuilt from the buildings of the imperial court. They are all government office-style buildings with hard tops and brick and wood structures. The main hall, also known as the "Meeting Hall", is five rooms wide and was the place where Li Shixian held important military meetings at that time. The west courtyard is the residence of Prince Shi, with four entrances: after entering the foyer, there is a long corridor connected to the front hall, which is the director office of Li Shixian, with gardens on both sides; the middle hall of the second-entry building is the most exquisite among all buildings. , is the office of the Prince; the third building is the residence of the Prince; the fourth building is a building, which is the residence of the Prince's subordinates and guards. The first and second entrance buildings in the west courtyard have a large number of murals, Liang Fang's paintings of the royal palace (12 photos), and wood, stone, brick carvings, etc. The middle hall of the second entrance has "Barracks Pictures", "Fisheries in Four Seasons", "Chopping Murals such as "Chai Tu" express content about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom system, wars, and folk traditional fishing, woodcutting, farming, reading, etc. Shiwangfu was originally the seat of the state government in the Tang and Song Dynasties. It was the Xuanwei Department Office in the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang once stationed here at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, it was the censor's office, and in the Qing Dynasty, it was the imperial court. After the Taiping Army captured Jinhua, they summoned craftsmen to make extensive repairs here, and built several houses at the original Qianhu residence. The entire building is divided into four parts: palace, residence, garden, and logistics. It is adjacent to the broad training ground. It covers a total area of ??more than 63,000 square meters, and the original building area of ??more than 3,000 square meters is now preserved. After the Taiping Army withdrew from Jinhua in 1863, although it was damaged, it basically maintained its original appearance. Now the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's Prince's Mansion is divided into east and west courtyards. The main part of the east courtyard is the main hall. The screen wall in front of the door is about 6 meters high and 17 meters wide. Both the front and back are inlaid with groups of symmetrical and beautifully shaped brick and stone carvings. It is the only screen wall left from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Behind the main hall are the second hall and the Hanhan Pavilion (the third hall). The main hall was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Prince's Mansion, which was the meeting hall of the Taiping Army leaders. It is 27.65 meters wide and 16 meters deep. The diameter of the columns is more than an armful. All the walls and beams are painted with various murals and colorful paintings. The painting is very magnificent. At the critical moment of the Anti-Japanese War in 1939, Premier Zhou Enlai came here (the chamber) to deliver an important Anti-Japanese War speech. The west courtyard is mainly residential buildings, with four entrances. There is a long corridor between the first and second entrances, forming an I-shape. This is the same as the east courtyard and the second hall, which are formed by passing halls. It is a major feature of the Taiping Heavenly Palace architecture. It is said that the second and third entrances are Li Shixian's office address and residence. . According to legend, Sijin is the residence of the royal guards. The walls and dyeing racks in the four entrances are covered with murals and colorful paintings, among which "The Woodcutter Picking Thorns", "Fisheries in Four Seasons" and "Wanglou Barracks" are the most famous ones. The two thousand-year-old cypresses in front of the Hanhan Pavilion are said to have been planted by Qian Miu, King of Wuyue in the fifth generation. After more than 1,100 years, their trunks are leaning but not falling, and their branches and leaves point straight to the sky, so they are known as "living cultural relics". The open space southwest of the foyer of the West Courtyard was the military training ground back then. The mound to the north of the fourth entrance is the ruins of the watchtower. Baidu Map