Fu Bi Pavilion is located in the northeast of the Imperial Garden, with the algae hall built against the north wall of the garden in the north and Wanchun Pavilion in the south. The exhibition hall is square in plane and has three bays, with a total width of about 8 meters. There is Baoxia in front of it, and there is a rectangular pool below, which is long from east to west. The pool spans a single-hole stone bridge, and the pavilion is located on the bridge.
The tops of the pavilion and Baoxia are decorated with green glazed tiles, and the top of the pyramid-shaped roof is covered with glazed treasures. Two liters of leaves in a bucket, safety board under eaves, square column. The east and west sides of the pavilion are stone railings, which are also the railings of the bridge. There are two steps in the middle of the stone railings on the north and south sides, which serve as the entrance and exit of the pavilion.
There is an octagonal algae well in the middle of the ceiling in the square pavilion, with double dragons playing with pearls, surrounded by a hundred flowers ceiling, Soviet-style colored paintings under the eaves and Baoxia on three sides.
The water in the pool is drawn from the moat, and the wall of the pool is carved with a stone pan head outlet. The hibiscus in the pool comes out of the water and swims with fish, adding fresh and lively interest to the scenery of the imperial garden.
Wanchun Pavilion was built on the east side of 1536 Royal Garden. The pavilion is a double-eaved pavilion with a round top and a round bottom, which conforms to the saying that "the sky is round and the place is round". The east corresponds to spring, hence the name Wanchun, which means Changchun in heaven and earth.
Yan Hui Pavilion is located in the northwest of the Imperial Garden, next to the palace wall in the north. When it was first built in the Ming Dynasty, it was called Qingwangge. When the Qing Dynasty was rebuilt, it was supposed to stay in the glory of the sunset.
The pavilion is located in the south of the north and has three bays. The appearance is two floors, and there is a dark building between the two floors. Yellow glazed tiles are located on the top of the mountain. The front eaves open the door, the lamp frame has 6 doors, and the second light frame sill window. Surrounded by cloisters on the upper floor of the pavilion, it is exquisite and light.
In the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court also held an activity to select women from the Eight Banners to enter the palace.
Yan Hui Pavilion is located within the palace wall, and forms a balanced pattern with the Xiushan in the east of the garden. It is said that on sunny days in winter, you can also see the snow in the western hills. In the Qing Dynasty, emperors Qianlong, Daoguang and Xianfeng all left poems chanting this pavilion.
Yan Hui Gexi, Wei Yuzhai was renamed Yufangxuan during Jiajing period, and the name of Wei Yuzhai was restored in Qing Dynasty.
Wei Yuzhai sits facing south, with five rooms wide, hard mountain roof and yellow glazed tiles. Open the door in the morning and pick the window as a branch between times. There is a fish pond and a mid-span arch bridge in front of Weiyuzhai, and a pavilion named Cheng Rui is built on the bridge, which was used as a Buddhist temple in Yongzheng of Qing Dynasty.
Cheng Ruiting is located in the northwest of the Imperial Garden, with Wei Yuzhai on the north wall of the Imperial Garden and Qian Qiu Pavilion on the south. The exhibition hall is square in plane and has three bays, with a total width of about 8 meters. There is Baoxia in front and a rectangular pool under it, which is long from east to west. The pool spans the single-hole stone bridge, and the pavilion is located on the bridge.
The pavilion and Baoxia roof are decorated with green glazed tiles, and the pyramid roof is equipped with glazed tile roof, two-liter bucket and Anhua board cornice. The stone railings on the east and west sides of the pavilion are also the railings of the bridge, and the banana leaves see the stigma. There are steps on the north and south sides of the exhibition hall as entrances and exits. There is a dragon-patterned wellhead ceiling in the square pavilion, an octagonal algae well with dragon play beads in the middle, dragon color paintings under the eaves and Baoxia on three sides.
South of the Cheng Rui Pavilion is the Qianqiu Pavilion, which was built at 1536. The plane of the pavilion is a shape, which consists of a square pavilion outside the building on all sides. There are white jade steps in front of the building, surrounded by Bai Yushi railings. The green glass sill wall is decorated with brocade on the back of a yellow turtle. The sill window and the door center are three-handed and six-handed, and dragons are painted on the beams. Double-eaves pyramid roof, the lower eaves should be single-step and three-step, and the lower eaves should be round, and the single-step and five-step should be used.
Round pyramid-shaped roof, Ming called "an umbrella" type, yellow glazed tile and bamboo tile. Baoding is composed of a colored glass vase supported by a gold-plated canopy. The roof below the upper circle imitates the shape of the ancient hall in the round place.
The top of the pavilion is painted with double phoenixes, and the algae well is built with golden eagles and pearls in its mouth. The two pavilions are colorful and beautifully shaped, making them the most pavilions in the palace. Qian Qiu Pavilion, Yangxin Zhai, Shen Si Temple, Jingting and Lutai.
There are two well pavilions in the imperial garden, which are located in the south of Wanchun Pavilion and Qianqiu Pavilion respectively, corresponding to the east and west.
The plane of the pavilion is square, with four pillars carved with lotus flowers, which are 1.9 meters wide, surrounded by stone railings and stone drainage tanks, and the well is in the center of the pavilion, all made of white marble. A beam in the east draws flowers and plants, and a sea bamboo in the west.
The characteristic of the well pavilion is that the top of the well is "capped" and an opening is opened in the middle. Its shape is along the plane of the well, facing the wellhead below. In order to get light to see the water surface in the well, it is also convenient to dig the well and facilitate the long pole to go up and down.
Another feature of the Royal Garden Pavilion is that the roof of the square building is octagonal. The shape of the roof is changed by using a cantilever beam at the top of four pillars and hanging another cantilever beam at both ends of the cantilever beam, so the square becomes eight directions. The roof of the octagonal pyramid is flat in the middle, with an octagonal hole, covered with yellow glazed tiles, eight diagonal kisses and eight ridges, with immortals and animals at both ends of the ridge.
There are two cross bars in the pavilion in the west, with pulleys in the middle, which are the remains of drawing water in those days. There are many well pavilions in the palace, but they are unique with their exquisite structure and petite and exquisite shape.
Xiushan was also established in the Ming Dynasty. Later, it was demolished at the command of God Zhu Yijun. In the same year, Dui Xiushan was built on its foundation, made of Taihu stone, with a height of14m. A pavilion named "Yujingge" was built on the top of the mountain.
The square corner of the pavilion is crowded with gold treasures. From the pavilion, you can overlook the Palace Museum, Jingshan and Xiyuan. The mountain is in the north of the palace wall and is about 10 meter high.
There is a coupon cave door in the middle of the front at the foot of Shidie Mountain. There is a plaque named "Duixiu" on the forehead of the cave gate, written in Manchu and Chinese. There is a cave in the door, and a brick dome-shaped stone dragon caisson.
The names "Yujingge" and "Duixiu" were given by the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the old names of the Ming Dynasty were retained by the Qing Dynasty. At the foot of the east mountain, the stone wall is also engraved with the word "cloud root" inscribed by Emperor Qianlong to appreciate the beauty of the clouds on the stone mountain.
Although Duixiushan Mountain is a rockery, Taihu stones of different sizes and shapes have been carefully designed and skillfully used by craftsmen, and have risen from the ground in a relatively narrow area and accumulated into rugged and steep mountains.
Some stones on the mountain resemble the shapes of chickens, dogs, pigs, monkeys, horses, rabbits and other animals. They lie or stand in different postures, attracting people to try and guess, thus increasing the appreciation.
Towering high on the mound of Xiushan, Yujingge is an excellent place to overlook the scenery in the palace. It used to be the former site of the flower viewing hall in the Ming Dynasty, and it was converted into a rockery in the Wanli period. There is a road between the east and west rocks of the mountain, and you can reach the royal pavilion at the top of the mountain by climbing the stairs.
The pavilion is square in plane, with four pillars, a bucket and two leaves, and a pyramid-shaped roof. Covered with green glazed tile, inlaid with yellow glazed tile, gilded, surrounded by partition doors. There are white marble railings around. There is a ceiling algae well in the pavilion and a throne in the south.
Yujingge is the place where emperors and empresses climb on the ninth Double Ninth Festival of the ninth lunar month.
Jiang Xuexuan is located in the southeast corner of the Imperial Garden. The doors and windows of Yixuexuan are all carved with nanmu, and the pattern of "Long life without borders" is carved on the window lattice. Emperor Qianlong often went to Jiang Xuexuan to recite poems as a tribute.
At that time, there were five begonia trees in front of Jiang Xuexuan. Whenever the petals fall, they fall like red snowflakes one after another, so they are named Yixuexuan. Emperor Qianlong once wrote a poem, "A hundred years of snow, five forbidden gardens". There is a cluster of extremely rare Taiping flowers in the glass flower bed in front of the porch, which was moved from Henan by order of the Western Empress Dowager in the late Qing Dynasty and planted here.
Yangxingzhai is a pavilion-style library. After the last emperor Puyi abdicated, he hired a teacher to teach him English and mathematics.
Jiang Xuexuan's doors and windows are all nanmu, without any oil ornaments. Columns, frames, beams and squares are decorated with mottled bamboo colored paintings, which are simple and elegant. The glass flower bed system in front of the porch is quite exquisite. There are mountains of stones in the altar, and precious flowers and trees such as peony are planted. It turns out that there are five begonia trees in front of the porch. Whenever the petals fall, they are like colorful flowers in falling snowflakes, hence the name Jiang Xuexuan.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Cixi ordered the Taiping flower to be moved from Henan to replace the ancient begonia. In front of the flower bed stands an ancient wooden stone pillar engraved with a poem by Emperor Qianlong, which is also very rare.
Yangxingzhai is located in the southwest corner of the Imperial Garden, behind the palace wall. Zhai is a two-story pavilion, facing east from west, surrounded by piles of stones in front of Zhai. 1754, three rooms are connected forward at both ends of the building and converted into a turret. The building plane is concave, corresponding to the positive concave shape of Jiang Xuexuan in the east of the garden.
Qing Jiaqing and Emperor Daoguang often came here, and Emperor Puyi of Xun Qing arranged for his English teacher, Johnston, to live here.