In the courtyard in front of Le Shou Tang, on a stone pedestal carved with waves, there is a sea blue stone engraved with the calligraphy of Emperor Qianlong: Qing Zhi Xiu. This rock is eight meters long, two meters wide and four meters high, just like a screen standing in the yard.
How did such a big stone get to the Summer Palace?
According to legend, this kind of rock first appeared in the deep mountains of fangshan county. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a great official named Mi Wanzhong, who was addicted to stones. In his Haidian Spoon Garden, he collected and displayed many strange peaks and rocks. After he found this big bluestone, he liked it very much and decided to transport it back to the spoon garden. But this stone is too big and heavy for a man to lift or a horse to move. At this time, someone suggested to him that when Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall of Wan Li in ancient times, he used ice roads to transport stones. Why can't he have a try now? Mi Wanzhong thought this method was feasible, so he hired many migrant workers to build roads first, and then drilled a small well every three miles and a big well every five miles by the roadside. In the winter of September, he carried water and poured it on the road, freezing into an icy road. At that time, someone made up a ballad for this ice channel, saying, "Zhang Yimen, build high, big well, small well, Lugou Bridge;" Lugou Bridge, leisurely, is a good hometown after Changxindian; The Liangxiang Tower over the hillside is Liuli behind the Doudian ... "The avenue was built to Fangshan Dashiwo. Until now, there are many villages called Dajing and Xiaojing in Fangshan and Fengtai. I don't know how much it cost to transport this big bluestone in China! When the stone was transported to Liangxiang, his family ran out of money and had to abandon it on the roadside. At that time, people called this big bluestone prodigal stone.
In the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong came back from Xiling to worship his ancestors. When he came to Liangxiang and saw this strange big bluestone, he asked Minister Liu Yong, "Why was this big bluestone abandoned by the roadside?" Liu is good at guessing the emperor's mind. Seeing that he took a fancy to this stone, he said, "This is a lingshi discovered by Mi Wanzhong in Fangshan in the Ming Dynasty. He wanted to ship it back to Haidian, but it was useless to go to Mijia, so he stayed in his good hometown. " Qianlong heard that the rocks have spirits, and only the royal family deserves to enjoy them, so he issued an imperial edict, telling the civil servants to get off the sedan chair, the military attache to dismount, light incense and pay homage to the stone. He also ordered the defeated stones to be transported to Qingyi Garden within a time limit.
At that time, the courtyard wall of Leshoutang had been repaired, and the stone of the defeated family was too big, so we had to tear down the door and transport it into the yard. When Empress Dowager Cixi heard about it, she thought that stone destruction was an ominous thing, and it would be even more unlucky to "break in" again, so she stepped forward to discourage it. The queen mother spoke, and Qianlong didn't dare to disobey, but he didn't want to see this lingshi thrown outside the door. Later, Liu gave him an idea, saying that this big bluestone looks like Ganoderma lucidum, which will add prestige to the royal family, symbolizing people's longevity and the emperor's inheritance will last forever! Only put it in front of the Happy Life Hall is the most suitable; It is unlucky to abandon the wilderness. Qianlong told this truth to Empress Dowager Cixi, and Empress Dowager Cixi turned grief into joy, asking her to quickly transport the big bluestone into the Leshou Hall. Satisfied with Qianlong, he gave the name "Qing Zhi Xiu", wrote four characters "Shen Ying" and "Yu Xiu", and ordered the minister to write poems, all of which were engraved on the big bluestone. Since then, this cave of green has become famous all over the world.
At both ends of the "Emperor's Throne", there are also a pair of large blue and white fruit bowls filled with fruits. Four or five hundred fruits of various colors can be piled on each plate. This is for the smell. In the four corners of the living room, there are four gold-plated nine-peach copper stoves, which are specially used to light sandalwood to adjust the indoor air. There are also two "Eight Immortals Fish Tables" in the middle, which are quite exquisite: the table top is of double glass structure, and the interlayer is inlaid with "(Xi bird) (Le bird) wood"-the name of waterfowl and the exquisite "pavilions" carved with ivory. Below it, there is a square fish tank, which can keep "goldfish". Beautiful goldfish swim around in the pavilions and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Le Shoutang is also the place where Cixi lives, and the foyer is called Shui Mu's own relative. The gold horizontal plaque on the black background of Le Shou Tang was written by Emperor Guangxu, and there was a dock for Cixi to take a boat in front of the hall. The west inner room of the main hall is the bedroom of Cixi, and the east inner room is the dressing room. The main hall is equipped with a throne, a royal pavilion, palm fans and screens. In front of the throne stood a precious blue and white porcelain bowl and four gold-plated nine-peach steel stoves, all of which were the original objects of Cixi before her death. Bronze-cast sika deer, cranes and big bottles are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the steps of the main hall to take the meaning of homophonic Liuhe Taiping. The courtyard is planted with rare flowers and trees such as magnolia, Xifu begonia and peony, which symbolizes the wealth of Yutang.
It is said that Leshou Hall was the earliest place to install electric lights in China, and Empress Dowager Cixi was the first person to use electric lights. 1900 After Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, a German businessman wanted to make a fortune in 1903 and tried his best to bring western electrical goods into China market, but Cixi objected. As all foreign businessmen know, in order to open the China market, Cixi should be the first to use electric lights. So he secretly bribed Li, the personal eunuch of Cixi, with money. They secretly installed electric lights while Cixi was away. In the evening, as soon as Cixi came back from the outside and entered Leshou Hall, she asked, Why did you hang so many kinds of eggplant in my temple when I left? But Li Dui just kowtowed and asked with a smile, and then respectfully asked, Lafayette, is it time to turn on the light? Cixi said: Go up. Li quickly turned on the light switch behind the door, and the colorful lights suddenly flashed. Curious and surprised, Cixi asked: Why are these eggplants all lit up at once? What are they? ! Li respectfully greeted him: this is the electric light, which shows that it is convenient, clean, bright and safe to use. Lafayette can increase happiness and longevity! Since then, Cixi has used electric lights, and major cities in China have gradually started to use electricity.
2. Does the history of Eight Bottles of Jiang Yi really exist?
Jiang Yi burned eight bottles in his life, namely Mo Qilin, catfish with green scales, leopard, blue-striped bat, blue peacock, purple partridge, white crane and Quillfire bird. Mo Qilin has sunk to the bottom of the sea with her young master Zhao Gui, the giant leopard with green scales was destroyed in the Liao and Jin Wars, the blue-striped bat peacock disappeared with Wen Jian in Ming Taizu, the white-feathered crane and the purple partridge existed in the British Museum, and only the Quillfire bird disappeared. The eight bottles launched by Jiang Yi are birds with flaming feathers. Agate and pearl should be ground into fine powder and then fired with white porcelain mud. The Hong Niao on his bottle is made by adding red porcelain clay in each firing process. However, his firing method was already untestable, so Jiang Yi later became a masterpiece.
3. The historical story of the bottle. Why didn't the fox and monkey eat for several days? On the way, they found a cave with an idol and two bottles in it.
The fox prayed to the idol, "We haven't eaten for several days. If we go on like this, we will starve to death ..."
The idol said, "Here are two bottles. One is full of food, the other is empty. You can only choose one by observing. "
The fox said, "One of the two bottles is full of food, and the other is empty. I think both bottles must be empty. "
Hearing this, a bottle said, "I'm not empty ..."
Hearing this, the fox reached out and took another bottle. Open the bottle, and sure enough it is full of food.
The monkey was puzzled and asked, "How do you know there is food in this bottle?"
The fox said with a smile, "People with empty stomachs are most afraid of being told that they have empty bottles, and people with ink in their stomachs don't care what you say."
Truth:
People who brag are often brainless, and those who brag without brains will be laughed at. Why be self-righteous, always living in the spit and ridicule of others.