History of Ganqingmen Scenic Spot

Gan Qing Gate is the living area of Empress Dowager Cixi, concubines and princes, and also the main entrance of three palaces of Empress Dowager Cixi (Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace). In the Qing Dynasty, this was the place where the emperor "listened to politics". There is a high platform passage with a white stone railing inside the door, which leads directly to Gan Qing Palace. On the day of hearing, there is a throne in the door. At 7-9 in the morning, the emperor commanded, and the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Ritual, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Government took turns to play things (send a memorial or speak), and then the emperor made a decision. When Emperor Kangxi was in the Qing Dynasty, he listened to politics most here. After Xianfeng, he stopped listening to politics here.

The royal hearing is held at normal time. At that time, gongs and drums will be played at the meridian gate, and ministers of civil and military affairs will enter from the left and right doors of the meridian gate in line, ranking both sides of the Taihe gate according to their grades. When the emperor ascended the throne at Yumen, he blew the whip. After the ministers knelt down and knocked three times, the six ministers of Jiuqing completed their work in turn. The empire corrected the etiquette and blew the whip. The emperor returned to the palace by bus and the officials left. The courtier system is very strict, and all officials are not allowed to make noise, whisper and spit everywhere, otherwise they will be treated as disrespectful.

Huang Ming Daozhou's Biography of Yuan Huan, Our Time Envoy, "One day, please wait for the powerful to clear the door, and there will be no law, and many (Yuan Keli) will draw near to the righteousness."

1644 After the Manchu occupation of Beijing, Shunzhi, the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty at that time, issued an Amnesty order.