Ticket price: Free
Opening hours: 6:00--18:00
Address: Sanhaizi, Luquan Township, Daxing District
< p>Beijing Elk Garden Museum is also known as Beijing Elk Ecological Experiment Center and Beijing Biodiversity Conservation Research Center. Located in Elk Garden, Nanhaizi, Daxing District. The main exhibition contents of the museum include the "Vicissitudes of Elk" exhibition (including Elk and Nature, Deer and Culture, Elk Garden), the world's extinct animal cemetery, Oriental life-saving murals, etc.Nanyuan Hunting, the Struggle for Imperial Power
Nanyuan was once the royal hunting garden of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. It is located in the southern suburbs of Beijing, covering an area of ??210 square kilometers, an area equivalent to old Beijing. 3 times that of the urban area. By
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Manchuria is a nation of horsemen and shooters, so the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties went to Nanyuan to hunt every spring. Therefore, there are many stories about the royal struggle for power circulated here. The Xianfeng brothers' struggle for the throne is one of them.
The early Qing Dynasty, more than 100 years from Taizu Nurhaci to Emperor Kangxi, was a critical period for establishing political power, quelling rebellions, and restoring the economy. The struggle for imperial power became extremely fierce. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he drew lessons from his personal experience in fighting for the throne and created the "secret crown prince" system. That is to say, the edict to establish the crown prince was secretly hidden in a box and placed behind the "Upright and Bright" plaque in the Qianqing Palace. It was not until the emperor died that the imperial ministers opened the seal together and publicly announced who would succeed the throne.
This method is very clever and makes all princes who aspire to the throne have hope. They will work hard to shape their own image according to the emperor's standards, hoping to win the favor of their father. This eased the struggle for the throne. After Yongzheng, through Qianlong and Jiaqing, the throne was passed to Daoguang. Emperor Daoguang had nine sons. When he was 64 years old, three of the nine sons died young, one was adopted by the prince, and three were less than 6 years old. Only the 14-year-old fourth prince Yi was left who had the ability to compete for the throne. He and the 13-year-old sixth prince Yi Xin are two brothers.
Among the princes, only these two brothers have the closest relationship. They studied and practiced martial arts together since childhood. The brothers not only grew up to be young talents who were familiar with classics and history,
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and were proficient in poetry and prose, and were good at riding and archery, they also * ** Colleagues created twenty-eight styles of spear techniques and eighteen styles of sword techniques, which made Emperor Daoguang very pleased. When the fourth prince was 10 years old, his biological mother, Empress Xiao Quancheng, died suddenly, and he was raised by the sixth prince's biological mother, Concubine Xiaojing. The relationship between the two brothers is deeper, like siblings from the same mother. The two brothers have a good relationship, but it is also unfortunate because there is only one throne. Who can be the heir to the throne? There are many folk sayings about the story of Daoguang's establishment of a prince, among which "hunting in Nanyuan, hiding the humble and showing benevolence" is one of them. According to legend, in his later years, Daoguang ordered his princes to go hunting in Nanyuan to test their riding and shooting skills. The Sixth Prince was superb in martial arts and got the most prey during the hunt. But the fourth prince stood aside without firing an arrow. It turned out that the fourth prince knew that he was not as good as the sixth prince in riding and shooting, so he asked his teacher Du Shoutian for a clever trick beforehand. Du Shoutian, who was good at understanding Daoguang's psychology, said: My brother must not fire a single shot or arrow, and he must restrain his men not to capture animals. If the emperor asks why, just say that now is the spring time when birds and animals are gestating, and you can't bear to hurt them, and you don't want to compete with your brothers in this way. The fourth prince followed the plan. As expected, Daoguang was very happy and exclaimed: This is really what a man with an emperor's mind says!
The result can be imagined. Xianfeng successfully inherited the throne and became the Nine-Five Supreme Being.
Autumn Wind in Nanqi
August 24, 2005 is the 20th anniversary of the return of my country’s rare deer elk from Ubang Temple in the UK. To this end, the Nanhaizi Elk Garden in Beijing built an "Elk Return Memorial Garden" in the Milu Garden. The recently completed "Nanqi Autumn Wind" monument, one of the ten scenic spots in Yanjing, kicked off the commemorative activities for the return of the Elk.
"Nanqiu Qiufeng" refers to Nanhaizi during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is located in the southern suburbs of Beijing and covers an area of ??210 square kilometers. The area is equivalent to three times that of old Beijing. It was the largest and longest-lasting city in ancient Beijing. A long-lasting royal hunting ground. In ancient times, springs, lakes and swamps were dotted in Nanhaizi, and rivers ran vertically and horizontally. Rivers, springs and lakes such as Xiaolong River, Feng River, Liangshui River, Yimuquan, Dapaozi, Shuangpaozi, Houpaozi and Sanhaizi have been preserved to this day. Rich underground water resources, moderate water and heat conditions, and a good ecological environment made the ancient Nanhaizi area a tourist and hunting place with fertile water and grass and beautiful scenery on the outskirts of the capital. Why is it called Nanhaizi? In northern my country, people often call large lakes and swamps with accumulated water Haizi, such as Sanhai in Beijing and Beihaizi (Jishuitan) in the north of the Forbidden City. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, when the Royal Garden was expanded and built in the Yuan Dynasty, the area was called Nanhaizi in order to distinguish it from Beihaizi in the north of the city.
After Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty moved his capital to Beijing, he conducted large-scale hunting and military training activities in Nanhaizi every year. Over the next more than 100 years, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty carried out extensive construction projects in Nanhaizi, and successively built the old Yamen Admiral's Office, the new Yamen Admiral's Office, Guandi Temple, Lingtong Temple, Zhenguo Guanyin Temple and other buildings. The "Twenty-Four Gardens" were built according to the twenty-four solar terms, and more than 1,000 sea residents were assigned to herd and protect elk, gazelle and other animals.
After many constructions and renovations in the Ming Dynasty, Nanhaizi has become a famous royal garden in the southern suburbs of Beijing. In Haizi, the grass is green and the flowers are blooming; the deers are singing, the willows are singing, the tigers are roaring and the eagles are roaring. Every autumn, with clear clouds and green trees, red fruits and yellow leaves, it is unique. It is known as one of the "Ten Scenes of Yanjing", and its name is "Southern Autumn Wind". Li Dongyang, a great scholar of the Ming Dynasty, has a poem in his poem "Autumn Wind in Nanhaizi" that says, "The falling geese startle the clouds outside the lake, and the flying eagle wants to descend to the waterside platform", which vividly depicts the beautiful scenery of Nanhaizi.