Huwangfu Relic Site

Before the Taiping Army conquered Changzhou, the Huwangfu was the former Qingyanghu County Government Office. After Chen Kunshu, the protector of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was stationed in Changzhou in 1862, he deliberately repaired and expanded it, and its scale and style were much larger than before. The main building in the mansion is a turn-shaped building (commonly known as Zhuanma Building), which faces north in the south, with a width of 24.5 meters from north to south and a length of 24 meters from east to west. The building is divided into upper and lower floors. In the middle is a patio with a width of 5 meters and a length of 13.5 meters; the eaves tiles are dripping with exquisite patterns such as dragon and phoenix, carp jumping over the dragon gate, etc., which have the artistic characteristics of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; on the wooden and stone components such as turning beams, piers, and floor-to-ceiling windows, there are carved The phoenix, bat, fish, rabbit, squirrel, dragonfly, grasshopper, lentil, gourd, grape, ganoderma, peony and other animals and plants, as well as other beautiful ornaments, are full of strong local life flavor; their carvings are extensive and powerful, with smooth lines and three-dimensional There are 16 murals in Yingtian Temple, of which Ludang Lonely Duck, Hushan Shuangge and Qiuyan Landscape are the only murals related to geese, ducks and geese in the existing Taiping Heavenly Kingdom murals, which are extremely precious. The animal images on the murals are lifelike. Although they have gone through 150 years of war, they still do not lose their style. The palace is now turned into the "Exhibition Hall of the Brief History of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom". With a large number of historical materials, pictures and real objects, it is divided into a brief history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Taiping Army in Changzhou, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Art and other topics, to show people a brief history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the tragic history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Changzhou.