In a few minutes, I arrived at the first pavilion in the east foot-Zhou Shangting. Zhou Shangting has a round spire with double eaves, with peacock blue glazed tiles covering the roof, and amethyst colored glazed tiles trimmed edges.

The golden sun shone down and dyed the trees and pavilions golden, as if it was late autumn.

From Zhou Shangting Pavilion up there are stone steps. The stone steps are not steep and it is not difficult to walk. We quickly arrived at the second pavilion.

Guanmiao Pavilion has double eaves and octagonal peaks, emerald green glazed tiles cover the roof, and yellow glazed tiles cut edges.

On Jingshan, the trees are verdant and dense, and ancient and famous trees are within reach.

Through the trees, the corner tower of the Forbidden City can be vaguely seen.

The Forbidden City gradually revealed its true appearance.

As we approached Wanchun Pavilion, the stone tablet "Beijing Range Rover No. 1" inscribed by Mr. Luo Zhewen, a Chinese ancient architect, was in front of us.

Wanchun Pavilion is the main pavilion, located at the highest point of Jingshan and the base point of the central axis of Beijing's north-south buildings. The plane is square in shape, with triple eaves and four corners with sharp peaks. Yellow glazed tiles cover the roof with green trimmed edges, and there is a glazed roof on the eaves. The color painting of Wanchun Pavilion is called: a spiral with a big dot of gold dragon and brocade with a square heart, which is also the highest-level color painting form of the Chinese royal family.

There are signs of "Beijing City North and South Central Axis" and "Beijing City Center Point" respectively in front and rear of Wanchun Pavilion. I always thought that the center of Beijing should be Tiananmen Square or the Palace Museum of Supreme Harmony, but now it seems wrong.

In front of the Wanchun Pavilion, from north to south, west to east, from all directions, Beijing is in full swing.

South:

The Forbidden City is grand and shocking.

The National Museum and the Great Hall of the People are solemn and elegant.

The Beijing Hotel and the National Theater are spacious.

Along the long street, the corner towers of the Forbidden City are classical and modern, complementing each other.

North:

Shouhuang Hall, Bell and Drum Tower, Olympic Sightseeing Tower, Pangu Hotel, central axis of the ancient capital, new landmark in the northern city.

West:

White Pagoda, Yangta Pagoda, Zhonghai, Xidan, Wulongting and Xizhimen all have ancient meanings and new chapters.

East:

The East Third Ring Road, the East Fourth Ring Road, CCTV, Guomao, and China Respect bring a modern atmosphere to your face.

In front of the Wanchun Pavilion, I can enjoy a full view of Beijing, a modern city filled with profound cultural atmosphere and youthful vitality everywhere. I can't help but love her deeply. Maybe she is not perfect and may even have some shortcomings, but this does not affect my love for her at all, because this is my home. My home is atmospheric, inclusive, honest and full of vitality. I love my home.

I once heard people say that "Beijing is like a big rural village" and "Beijing is very rural." I don't want to refute it, because people's aesthetics are different, their perceptions are very different, and their understanding of "soil" is also different.

I want to say: Go around more when you have time and learn more about Beijing. Beijing is multi-faceted and rich in content. It cannot be described with simple "local" or "foreign". The "soil" I understand is a symbol of China's history, culture, art, architecture, etc., a characteristic of the Chinese people, and a symbol of China. Beijing should be "soil", Beijing must be "soil", Beijing's "soil" has backbone, and I am proud of Beijing's "soil". I hope that Beijing will become more and more "local" and will remain "local" forever, so that Beijing will be China and China will be China.

Just sigh and go down the mountain.

The soft sunshine shines on the city, making it quiet and warm. The buildings on the west and east sides of Jingshan are corresponding, and the pavilions have exactly the same style and appearance.

Jifang Pavilion.

Fu Lan Pavilion.

Go down the mountain through the Fulan Pavilion and head towards the south gate.

The south gate is the Long Live Gate.

The Yiwang Tower at the foot of Jingshan, the Wanchun Pavilion on the top of the mountain and the Forbidden City are all on the north-south axis.

Wanchun Pavilion hidden among the trees.

Walking to the east side of Jingshan, I saw two stone tablets standing on the hillside, and an old locust tree growing above the stone tablets. On one stone tablet is written "Where Sizong of the Ming Dynasty died for the country", and on the other is written "Monument to the Three Hundred Years of the Ming Dynasty died for the country." This is the place where Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, after Chongzhen, the last emperor, ascended the throne, he faced a situation of internal and external troubles. On the one hand, farmers rose up one after another. On the other hand, the Manchu Qing Dynasty outside the Pass was eyeing its eyes and constantly invading the Ming Dynasty. Chongzhen ignored one thing and lost the other, was headstrong, and suffered a serious financial crisis. Finally, in 1644, when Li Zicheng was at the foot of Beijing, he had no choice but to hang himself on the coal mountain.

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered Beijing, in order to win over the Han people, Chongzhen was buried in the Ming Dynasty's Siling and surrounded the locust tree where Chongzhen hung with iron chains. The purpose was to let the royal ministers remember the lessons of the Ming Dynasty's death.

After the Republic of China, the Palace Museum erected a stone tablet in front of the tree engraved with "The Place where Emperor Sizong of the Ming Dynasty died for the country". All walks of life in Beijing erected a "Monument to the Three Hundred Years of the Sacrifice of Emperor Sizong in the Ming Dynasty" in front of the tree to express their praise for Chongzhen and their determination to fight the war to the death.

After liberation, major changes took place where Chongzhen hanged himself, and the monument was removed. During the Cultural Revolution, the locust tree was also destroyed and finally withered to death. The locust tree we see now was transplanted in 1996, and the two stone tablets were later restored. I remember that the sign here originally said "Where Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself", which was later changed to "Where Ming Sizong died for the country".

There are three gates in Jingshan. The east gate is called Shanzuolimen, which corresponds to Ximen Mountain Youlimen. A pair of stone lions in front of the door are majestic and majestic.

On the east side of the Peony Garden, there are two ancient cypresses with strong, straight, tall and powerful trees. They are the famous "Second General Cypress" in Jingshan. In the northeast corner of Peony Garden is the Guandi Temple.

To the west of Guandi Temple is Guande Hall, which was the place where emperors watched his courtiers shoot arrows during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

To the north, east of Shouhuang Hall, there is a very strange tree. There is a small locust tree growing among the old locust trees, called "locust among locust trees". It is said that the old locust tree is thousands of years old.

The northern end of the north-south central axis of Jingshan is the Shouhuang Hall.

In front of the Shouhuang Temple, there is an archway with four pillars and nine floors on each side in the east, west and south. The famous Baofang was originally a wooden archway with golden nanmu beams and beams. The roof of the hall is decorated with yellow glaze tiles and a bucket arch. The ink line is large and the gold dragon is decorated with a color painting. It was originally built in the 14th year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. The plaques on the archway are all written by Qianlong's imperial calligraphy.

The wood carvings and color paintings on the archway are exquisite and exquisite.

A pair of hugging beasts (unicorn and lion) are carved on the top of each hugging stone, which looks cute.

A divine beast is carved at the bottom of each perm.

The mountain gate is composed of three archway archway gates, with the middle for the emperor to pass through, and the sides for empresses and concubines and civil and military ministers to pass through. There is a pair of stone lions in front of the gate. Looking closely at this pair of stone lions, it seems that they are slightly different from other places. They have a large head and a small body and a little flat waist. They obviously have the characteristics of stone lions in the Yuan Dynasty. It is judged that this pair of stone lions should be relics of the Yuan Dynasty.

The gate is painted with red lacquer, gold nails, and copper rings. The level of the house can be judged by the nails and door rings on the gate. Generally, the main doors of the four cities of the Prince's Mansion are painted with red lacquer, gold nails, and copper rings, which shows that the level here is quite high.

Shouhuang Gate, also known as the Halberd Gate, is the main entrance of the inner courtyard of Shouhuang Hall. It is surrounded by yellow glazed tiles on the top of the mountain and has a width of five rooms. Colorful dougong, painted with seals, and a total of 120 gold halberds are displayed on the east and west sides. On the evening of April 10, 1981, a fire was caused by inadvertent electricity use, and all Shouhuangmen were burned down. What we see now is rebuilt later.

The Manchu Chinese "Shouhuangmen" Panlong plaque hangs in the Ming Dynasty under the eaves.

The stone lion in front of the door is different. This pair seems to be a little bent.

There are white marble railings all around, the royal road is in the middle of the front and rear steps, and the Dan Bi is carved with two dragons playing with beads.

There is a well pavilion on the left and right sides of Shouhuangmen, with a roof of yellow glaze tiles and a stone fence under it.

There are east and west auxiliary halls on both sides, and west auxiliary halls-Shenchu, where sacrificial supplies are made during sacrifice.

East Side Hall-Shenku, a place to store sacrificial supplies.

The Shouhuang Hall has double eaves and yellow glazed tiles on the roof, with colorful glazed arches. There is a platform in front of it surrounded by white marble stone, and under the eaves is a golden dragon plaque of the Manchu and Chinese "Shouhuang Hall".

On the platform, copper deer, copper crane, and copper cauldron furnaces are arranged correspondingly.

The Danbi stone dragon carving on the Imperial Road is magnificent, huge in area, and exquisite in carving, which is perfect.

The arches and beams of the hall are all painted in red lacquer and painted with gold and silver, showing the royal style.

There are nine beasts hanging from the ridge. In front of them are immortals riding chickens, marking the highest level of royal architecture.

Shouhuang Hall was originally dedicated to Kangxi's "Divine Imperial" and later served as a place to worship portraits of emperors of various dynasties in the Qing Dynasty. During the Qing Dynasty, there was a compartment at the back inside, where portraits of emperors from Emperor Kangxi were hung and worshipped all year round.

The compartments in the hall start from the east, including Guangxu, Xianfeng, Jiaqing, Yongzheng, Kangxi, Qianlong, Daoguang and Tongzhi.

There are red sandalwood and dragon cabinets on the east and west sides of the hall, which are dedicated to collecting portraits of emperors, empresses and concubines of the Qing Dynasty.

There are ear halls built on the east and west sides of the main hall, which can also be called the Mountain Hall. West Ear Hall-Jinxi Hall, East Ear Hall-Yanqing Hall.

The drainage faucets on the ear hall and the platform corners of the main hall are well-carved, which is both practical and ornamental.

There is a stele pavilion on the east and west sides of the platform, and the inscription is written by the Emperor Qianlong.

There are also two auxiliary halls on the east and west of the Shouhuang Hall compound, which are used to store the items displayed in the main hall and the ceremonial vessels and musical instruments used during sacrifice.

There is a burning stove in the southeast and southwest corners of the Shouhuang Hall compound. It has a glazed wooden structure and is used to burn sacrificial tablets and fragrant brocade.

Say goodbye to the Shouhuang Hall building complex and leave the west gate, the visit to Jingshan is over.

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