A night of lingering sorrow.

When I woke up the next day, it was morning.

Ye Qian and I walked on Qianhai West Street, which is quiet and long, and is shaded by green willows.

In the middle of this street and alley, there is a royal mansion, which is the most well-preserved palace of Prince Gong.

"What do you most want to see in Prince Gong's Mansion?" Ye Qian asked me at the door.

"I want to see blessings the most," I said seriously, "Beijing people often say: when you go to the Forbidden City, you must be exposed to the king's spirit, when you go to the Great Wall, you must be domineering, and when you go to Prince Gong's mansion, you must be lucky!" ”

"The blessing of Prince Gong's Mansion," Ye Qian said with a smile, "It comes from the inscription of the Kangxi Imperial Pen, stamped with the seal of the 'Treasure of the Kangxi Imperial Pen', and the Fu Monument known as the 'First Blessing in the World'." ”

"Then let's go and find Fu!" I can't wait to say to Ye Qian.

"Why are you in a hurry?" Ye Qian said angrily, "You are in the blessing now, don't you know yet?" ”

"Of course I know," I smiled and stretched out my hand to take Ye Qian's slender and slender hand, "Newly painted nail polish?" ”

"You've found out!" Ye Qian smiled coquettishly.

We laughed and entered Prince Gong's mansion.

The predecessor of Prince Gong's Mansion was originally the first residence of the Qianlong Dynasty minister and Shen of the Qing Dynasty and the residence of Yongxuan, the younger brother of Emperor Jiaqing. As the residence of the prince of the Qing Dynasty, Prince Gong's Mansion has a regular architectural layout, excellent craftsmanship and staggered pavilions, which fully embodies the glorious and wealthy style of the royal family and the charm of the people's pure and elegant style.

Prince Gong's Mansion consists of two parts: the mansion and the garden.

The mansion building is divided into three roads: east, middle and west, and each road is composed of multi-entry quadrangle courtyards running through a strict central axis from south to north. The most important buildings in the middle road are the Yin'an Hall and the Jiale Hall, and the roof of the hall is made of green glazed tiles, which shows the majesty of the middle road and is also the embodiment of the prince's identity; The front yard of the East Road is called Duofuxuan, there is a vine that has grown for more than 200 years in front of the hall, it is still growing very well, it is extremely rare in the capital, the main house of the rear courtyard of the East Road is called "Le Dao Hall", it is the living place of Prince Gong Yixin; The courtyard on the West Road is relatively small and exquisite, and the main buildings are Baoguang Room and Xijin Zhai. The masterpiece is the high-style Xi Jin Zhai, there are beautifully carved Nanmu partitions in the hall, and it is the style of Ningshou Palace in the Forbidden City.

Ye Qian and I walked and watched, watching and chatting.

Soon, we visited Langrun Garden.

Walking in the garden is like walking through the mountains and rivers. Echoing the mansion, the garden is also divided into three roads, east, middle and west, with a white marble arched stone gate in Western architectural style as the entrance.

Ye Qian and I passed through the Western Gate and soon came to the manta pond.

"Look at this lake," I said to Ye Qian with a smile, "it's shaped like a huge bat with outstretched wings. ”

"Yes," Ye Qian smiled, "so it was named Manta Pond, and it was very clever to hide the blessing in the scenery." ”

"You see," I said to Ye Qian, "there are also many precious tree species around the bat pond that symbolize wealth and blessing, such as elm and locust trees. The elm tree is also called the cash cow, every spring, the golden elm money will fall in the bat pond with the wind, it can really be said that the pool is full of money, so some people call the bat pond a cornucopia. ”

"Let's go further," Ye Qian said as she walked, "The secret cloud cave at the foot of the Taihu Stone Rockery is the Fuzi Monument!" ”

"Let's go," I said happily, "the first blessing in the world is coming!" ”

Ye Qian smiled.

Ye Qian and I laughed and entered the Secret Cloud Cave at the foot of the Taihu Stone Rockery. On the stone wall in the center of the cave, there is a blessing tablet with Kangxi handwriting.

"Blessing has arrived," Ye Qian smiled, "Sticky blessing!" ”

"Love is the most cherished fate," I said to Ye Qian affectionately, "cherishing fate is cherishing blessings." ”

"Happiness is a blessing, health is a blessing," Ye Qian said with a smile, "Blessed and long-lived, live a long life!" ”

"It's a blessing to be able to eat!" I laughed.

"Do you know how many blessings there are in Prince Gong's Mansion?" Ye Qian asked me.

"What else is there?" I asked, puzzled.

"Prince Gong's Mansion is also known as Wanfu Garden," Ye Qian smiled, "It is said that there are a total of 9,999 bats on the building in the garden of Prince Gong's Mansion, plus the 'Fu' word tablet of Kangxi's imperial pen, there are exactly 10,000 'Fu' characters, so it is also called Wanfu Garden." ”

"Bats are blessings, I know," I said seriously, "in traditional Chinese culture, because bats and blessings are homophonic, bats have always been a symbol of blessing, longevity, auspiciousness and happiness." In real life, although the appearance of bats is very ugly and their actions are also very secretive, the auspicious ornaments related to bats have become cute and charming, and have become the symbol of receiving Fu Naji, which has been loved by people for thousands of years and occupies a very important position in Chinese auspicious ornaments. ”

"Yes," Ye Qian said affirmatively, "Among the ten thousand blessings in Prince Gong's Mansion, only the only word 'Fu' is hidden on the Kangxi Imperial Pen Fu Character Tablet in the Dicuiyan Secret Cloud Cave, and the rest of the nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine blessings are all hidden in the bat shape." Therefore, the Fu culture of Prince Gong's Mansion can also be called 'Tibetan Fu Culture'. ”

"Then let's hurry up and find the traces of those blessings!" I can't wait to say that.

"Let's go!" Ye Qian said as she walked, "The building of Prince Gong's Mansion makes full use of the symbolic meaning of bats, and the shape of bats runs through the entire architectural mode. The bats in Prince Gong's mansion are divided into two types: bright bats, that is, the patterns are specific bats, such as bats in paintings, bats on the ceiling, bats carved on the window edges, etc.; The dark bat is to abstract and graphically shape the bat. The light and dark bats, echoing each other, are everywhere, tightly surrounding the people in it. ”

"I remember," I said to Ye Qian as I thought, "When we came, I saw a bat-shaped window on the back floor of Prince Gong's Mansion. ”

"You're right," Ye Qian said affirmatively, "The window is made in the shape of an upside-down bat, which means 'blessing', and under the bat are two catfish, which means 'more than every year', which very clearly highlights the psychology of the lord of the mansion seeking blessings." ”

I smiled and nodded.

We walked for a while and then we arrived at the Bat Hall.

The bat hall is the last building on the middle road of the garden, with five main halls, three rooms in front and back, and ear rooms on both sides. Because the aureth is slightly ahead of the main hall, it forms a bat-shaped plane that is tortuous and symmetrical like a bat flying with wings, so it is called "bat hall", which is full of blessings.

"Are you still looking for blessings?" I asked Ye Qian.

"Look for it again," Ye Qian said with a smile, "There is also a courtyard called Duofuxuan on Fudi East Road, which is named because there are many 'Fushou' plaques hanging inside. ”

"Let's go!" I smiled, "Let's take a look at Duofuxuan!" ”

Ye Qian smiled.

We took a leisurely walk and finally came to Duofuxuan.

"What about this place," Ye Qian explained with a deep face, "It used to be the residence of Princess Hexiao and the living room of Prince Gong. In 1860, the British and French forces invaded Beijing, and it was here that Prince Gong negotiated with the British and French representatives. Duofuxuan witnessed the signing of the "Beijing Treaty" and has special historical value. ”

"I think," I said seriously, "that the most fundamental cultural connotation of Prince Gong's Mansion is blessing." ”

"Yes," Ye Qian smiled slightly, "Fu culture is not just a civilian culture. Fu is the history of China, Fu is the culture of China, Fu contains the soul of the history and culture of the Chinese nation, and is the highest pursuit of the Chinese nation. ”

"Blessing is everywhere," I said with emotion, "it's all around us, and it's hard to find it without looking at it!" ”

"Yes," Ye Qian said emotionally, "we are all in happiness!" ”

"We're going to be happy together," I said affectionately, "and we're going to be happy!" ”

"Is it schadenfreude, or is it the nature of inaction?" Ye Qian asked with a smile.

"Both," I said with a smile, "is happiness when there is sexual bliss!" ”