Before going to Beijing, it was also called Sijiucheng.
What is the Forty-nine Cities?
In ancient times, Shangjing City was divided into the Outer City, the Inner City, the Imperial City, and the Forbidden City based on the city walls.
The so-called four-nine cities refer to the four gates of the imperial city and the nine gates of the inner city.
The four gates of the Imperial City are Tiananmen, Di'anmen, Dong'anmen, and Xi'anmen.
There are nine gates in the inner city, namely Dongzhimen, Xizhimen, Chaoyangmen, Fuchengmen, Chongwenmen, Xuanwumen, Deshengmen, Andingmen, and Qianmen.
These city gates are very famous. Even those who have never been to Shangjing may have heard of such names from newspapers and television.
When some old Beijingers are bragging, they will tell others with a piece of Beijing film that their ancestors lived in Sijiu City!
That’s because during the Qing Dynasty, the emperor lived in the Forbidden City, and his relatives lived in the Imperial City, but common people and Han people could only live in the outer city.
When he said this, he wanted to express that his ancestors were relatives of the emperor.
As for whether it is true or not, only God knows.
Taizu once said: The temple is small and the wind is strong, but the pond is shallow and there are many bastards.
But that was decades ago, and the current Shangjing pond is not shallow. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger.
Just like a joke goes, if you stand on the street and throw a brick randomly, you might hit several officials...
After all, this is the capital, and it is also a historical city with a history of thousands of years.
The magnificent history has been blown away by wind and rain, and the world has changed, but the heroic city of Shangjing still stands here.
This is where its unique charm comes from.
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It was eight-thirty in the evening, which was neither too early nor too late, and the little one had already taken a nap just now, so Chen Xi sat with her in the yard for a while, and then she shouted that she wanted to go out to see Tiananmen Square.
This is outside the Fourth Ring Road. Taking the subway from the Summer Palace to Tiananmen Square takes more than an hour. Even if there is no traffic jam at night, it will take at least more than 40 minutes to drive.
So Chen Xi very wisely rejected her request.
The little guy quit and kept shouting that he wanted to play, so he just started to roll around.
She had just woken up and had eaten enough, so of course she was extremely energetic.
Seeing this, Chen Xi had no choice but to agree to take her to the Summer Palace to play.
The Summer Palace will be quiet at eight o'clock, and tourists are not allowed to enter.
However, Chen Xi had no intention of entering through the main entrance.
He held the little guy and walked around outside the Summer Palace, then turned to a relatively remote path.
Afterward, Chen Xi looked around and confirmed that there were no cameras around.
He hugged the little guy and stepped on it lightly. He was like a light bird, flying over the wall as lightly as possible.
While Chen Xi was flying up, the little guy opened her eyes wide and stared dumbly at the treetops that were getting closer and closer.
Behind the wall is the lake embankment, where there are towering trees.
Chen Xi hugged the little guy and gently landed on the ground.
At this time, the little guy finally seemed to have come back to his senses.
She waved her hands and immediately opened her mouth and shouted: "Daddy, we are flying! We are flying!"
The child's shout was very sharp, piercing the calm night sky and reaching the gleaming Kunming Lake.
Chen Xi quickly put his index finger on her mouth and said, "Shh! Dad didn't buy a ticket. If someone finds out, we will be kicked out!"
Upon hearing this, the little guy immediately covered his mouth with both hands, revealing a pair of smart eyes that were rolling around.
This was the first time that Chen Xi showed his abilities in front of the little guy, but the little guy's reaction was not as big as he imagined.
Children's imagination is very rich.
So many children fantasize that their father is Superman.
So when Chen Xi showed his hand in a small way,
After showing his inhuman side, the little guy was not surprised, but very excited!
She covered her little mouth with her hands, making a constant 'whimpering' sound in her mouth.
Looking at her like this, she seemed to want to say something, but she was afraid of being kicked out, so she had to cover her mouth tightly and didn't dare to speak out.
When Chen Xi saw her excited look, he immediately felt dumbfounded. After setting up a soundproof ban, he smiled and said, "What do you want to say? You can say it now."
"Daddy is so awesome!"
After saying that, the little guy kissed Chen Xi hard on the face, then pointed at a small island in Kunming Lake and shouted: "Daddy! I want to go there! Take me there!"
"Okay, let's go."
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Yanshan is the most joyful place, and the unparalleled wind and moon belong to Kunming.
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Kunming Lake, formerly known as Wengshan Bo, is a natural lake formed by the convergence of many springs in the northwest suburbs of Shangjing.
During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, Qianlong ordered the construction of Qingyi Garden next to Wengshan Bo, and then the lake was developed and formed into its current scale.
The name Kunming Lake comes from the story that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dug Kunming Pool to practice water warfare in Chang'an.
In 1860, Qingyi Garden was burned down by the British and French forces.
In 1888, Cixi ordered it to be rebuilt and renamed the Summer Palace.
Unfortunately, in 1900, the Summer Palace was destroyed by the Eight-Power Allied Forces.
Ill-fated.
The area of Kunming Lake accounts for about three-quarters of the total area of the Summer Palace. Chen Xi had seen the map before coming, so he knew exactly where he was now.
There are three small islands in the Summer Palace. Chen Xi is now near Zhijing Pavilion Island. The place the little guy wants to go is Zhijing Pavilion.
Most of the scenic spots in the Summer Palace are concentrated on Wanshou Mountain in the north. Looking from a distance, you can see the brightly lit scene there.
Zhijing Pavilion was originally built as a watchtower to prevent villagers from entering. However, during the Guangxu period, due to a lack of financial resources to repair the Zhijing Pavilion, which was destroyed by heavy artillery bombardment by the British and French forces, the remaining materials were dismantled and used for other purposes.
Since then, Zhijing Pavilion has become a desert island in the water and has never been repaired.
The weather conditions in Beijing have been good recently, and it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so the moon has been showing up for several nights in a row.
Chen Xi carried the little guy to the lake, scraped his nose with his hand, and then asked with a smile: "Dad, can you do a trick for you?"
"Okay! I want to see a trick!"
Hearing this, Chen Xi nodded and prepared to do tricks to tease her.
But immediately after, Chen Xi seemed to have remembered something and quickly said to the little guy seriously: "This is a trick. If you want to learn it, Dad can teach you later. But before you learn it, you must not It’s very dangerous for me to do this, you know?”
Upon hearing this, the little guy immediately nodded and agreed like a chicken pecking at rice.
"I know, I don't learn secretly! I will learn after Daddy teaches me!"
"So good."
Chen Xi gently touched the little guy's head.
Then, with the little guy's slightly cute eyes, he slowly stepped on the water.
Can people walk on water?
Everything that happened in front of him was obviously beyond the little guy's understanding.
So, she immediately opened her mouth and made a sound: "Daddy..."
But as soon as she shouted, the little guy reacted, and then quickly covered her mouth with her hands, and just let Chen Xi lead her slowly toward the isolated island.
It wasn't until Chen Xi walked some distance away that the little guy finally seemed to have come to his senses.
She didn't feel scared. Instead, she rested her chin on Chen Xi's shoulder curiously and looked at Chen Xi's heels.
I saw that every time Chen Xi took a step, the lake would gently ripple in a circle.
The evening breeze blew leisurely by the Kunming Lake, and the moonlight shone on the lake, creating sparkling waves.
Chen Xi holds the little guy...
Walking on the water, lotuses grow at every step!
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