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A palace is quietly located in Xiaotangshan Town, Changping District. If you don't look for it deliberately, you will turn a blind eye when you pass by: ruins, old wells and old pits are really unsightly.
It was the forbidden garden of the emperor. Because of the hot springs, this is the place where the Ming and Qing emperors bathed in dragons, and ordinary people can't enter. It is no exaggeration to say that this is Huaqing Pool in Beijing. Textual research on old news of Sun records: "Tangshan is three miles southeast of the state capital, and there are hot springs to bathe in." "There are hot springs and palaces under Tangshan." The Chronicle of Changping Mansion in Guangxu recorded the construction time of the palace in more detail: it was built in the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi, that is, 17 15. The palace was very big at that time. To the south is the front palace, which is customarily called the original palace. Emperor Qianlong expanded his palace to the north and built a beautiful garden as a harem. The former palace was the place where the emperor handled government affairs, and the later palace was built with a bathing snow hall, a bathroom, a phoenix pavilion, a Huize pavilion, and a lapel building ... These no longer exist under the iron hoof of Eight-Nation Alliance. The harem that can be seen now is the restored ruins park, which is used as a nursing home.
In the past, the main hall and the east annex hall of the palace have disappeared, and only two white marble slabs in front of the palace have been built into a slender hexagonal pool, one east and one west, which is neat and symmetrical. The pool is huge, nearly two meters deep, with a rectangular pool of white marble below it, and then 1 m is a round well with a diameter exceeding 1 m. A spade was nailed to the well stone. Dong Tang's well is near the north and intact; The well in Xichi is south, and some bricks have collapsed. The bottom of the well has dried up Weeds grow by the well. It has been analyzed that the hexagonal pool presses a corner of the rectangular pool, which was built later. This also confirms that Kangxi built the palace on the basis of the Ming Dynasty. In any case, there are enough springs, and they are always flowing. There is a cave on the hexagonal pool, and the spring water flows from the cave to the affiliated halls on the east and west sides for the emperor to use. There is also an iron pipe in the cave on the east side, which is said to be built by using the flow direction of spring water. Emperor Kangxi loved this place very much, and once wrote a poem "Hot Springs": "Tangquan Springs are boiling and clear, the fairy source is born in Dansha, the moon is bathed in liquid, and the microwave waves flow ... When you are old, you will protect the fairy back and forth and give a pen to the hot springs."
The river blocked the northbound road. Waibi Bridge is like the gate of the harem. Looking north on the bridge, you will see pavilions and stone bridges, lakes and mountains, which vaguely remind people of the grand occasion of that year. Huaibi Bridge is a stone arch bridge, and some of the stone slabs used to build the bridge are still those of that year. 1957,65438+10, Guo Moruo has been to this place, and he is very interested in it. He tried to rhyme with Chairman Mao and wrote a poem "Niannujiao Xiaotangshan": "Gyeonggi left, Xiaotangshan, a pool of hot springs is colorless. Guangsha Wan Jian was newly established, and Yaochi was introduced clearly. Winter is suspicious of spring, the north wind is warm, and turtles swim in the stream. What is Huaqing like? It is hard to say whether it is high or low. Parked at the edge of Huaibi Bridge, the barren pool is waiting to be managed, which can seal the ice and snow. Point to the past and think about the past. Human nature is better than heaven. Nora traveled widely, the bath palace was destroyed, and she died alone. Please look at today, the military and the people are warm together. " This poem describes the scenery of hot springs in detail.
Going forward, there are several stones on the roadside, and the exquisite relief is reminiscent of the buildings of that year.
Level. In front is the lotus pond. The pond is surrounded by rocky banks, just like lotus leaves on the side. There are blocks of stones in the lotus pond, dotted with small bridges, which can cross the pond and enjoy the lotus flowers. The lotus in Phnom Penh is planted in the lotus pond. Lotus is very beautiful, with early flowering, and peony can be met, which led Emperor Qianlong to break a branch and put it in a bottle to watch it, which triggered poetic feeling: "Xia Mao's clothes are just five baht, and the spring scenery is full of fairy pots. The hot spring bath is weak and surrounded by slaves. " Unfortunately, the precious lotus in Phnom Penh is now extinct.
Not far ahead, there is a small stone mountain called Zhugan Mountain, also called Jiuhua Mountain. There is a stone tablet beside the mountain, which reads "Qing Palace Bathroom Ruins". There is a clump of bamboo planted at the foot of the mountain, and there are two adjacent rectangular pools of white marble next to it. Spring water gushed out from the gap at the foot of the mountain and flowed into the pool. There is a cave above the pool, and the filtered spring water flows from the cave to another pool. The emperor bathed in this pool. The depth of the pool is 1 meter, and there are no steps in it. It is said that you should wear wooden utensils when taking a bath. There is a cornerstone beside the pool. Some people say there are buildings around the pool. Some people say that there is only one cornerstone and it is placed in the middle. There are no traces of the cornerstone in the four places of the pool, so a piece is placed behind it.
The emperor used it, and Cixi was no exception. It is said that the ladies-in-waiting were asked to pull up the curtains around. It is no exaggeration for the queen to bathe in the forbidden park in the open air. Besides, the spring water is not only high in temperature, but also smelly. Emperor Qianlong once wrote in "Eight Fu of Tangquan Palace": "Xuanbo of inflammatory fluid can cure diseases, and it was once heard that the spring pulse flowed yellow. Chemical industry is incredible, and merits should teach water kings. " This reminds me of the 1970s, when my colleagues went to Xiaotangshan to wash hot springs every week because of skin diseases. I remember he said that the temperature of the spring water is very high, and the spring water just flowing from the ground is very hot, so you can boil eggs. The spring water still has a strong smell of sulfur. What else can be cured?
Gross! There is a heavy rust color on the walls of the forecourt and harem, indicating that the spring water contains high minerals. Accordingly, it is unhealthy to smell such a smell indoors. The queen naturally prefers it.
Climb more than ten steps to the top of the mountain. Some people say that this mountain is artificially piled up. Because some rocks are marked with patterns. But judging from the trend of most rocks, it seems to be naturally formed. Such Koishiyama is rare. How can there be a hot spring without stones! There are many stones on the top of the mountain. On one of the huge stones, there are four Chinese characters: Jiuhua Xixiu. The font is round and powerful. There is no inscription under the word. It is said that Ganlong went out to play and came back in a happy mood. He couldn't help saying these four words, so he waved his pen. There are still many controversies about the word "Xi". Some people say it's "fen", others say it's "containing", and the legend belongs to the legend, whether it's a dry dragon or not. In short, this wanton brushwork has brought a lot of "trouble" and imagination to future generations.
Emperor Qianlong once lived here, leaving imperial poems for six, seven, thirteen, eighteen and twenty-eight years, which shows the charm of Tangshan Hot Spring Palace. "Records of Changping Prefecture of Guangxu" records: Kangxi was "one general manager with eight products, two general managers with no products, and two people with pen paste effect." Emperor Qianlong constantly increased the establishment: "four years, deputy general manager of Qianlong plus, six years, general manager plus, as a pen post." The palace needs special protection, with "nine guards and one soldier". The number of "garden households" in the palace was originally 70, but in the twelfth year of Qianlong, 30 households were cut down. Give each person one or two taels of silver and one or two taels of rice every month. Thirty acres of land are given to each craftsman, and one or two pieces of silver and one meter are given every month. "It seems that eating the imperial grain here is still very rich.
At this point, I can't help wondering: Why is this mountain called Zhugan Mountain? Where is Tangshan?
It turns out that a few hundred meters away from the current "Palace", there is a village called Xiaotangshan Village, and there is a Koishiyama named Xiaotangshan in the village, which is shorter than Zhugan Mountain. The locals say that a few miles away, there is a mountain dozens of meters high, three or four miles long and one mile wide, named Datang. According to the records of Changping Prefecture in Guangxu period, Tangshan is divided into two parts. Xiaotangshan is "Datang Shanxi Erli". It seems that the Big Xiaotangshan is not far away. No matter which Tangshan is the Tangquan mentioned in the history books, the stratigraphic structure of the two mountains should be the same, and the spring here is the most pleasant. The emperor has a good eye.