Let me tell you about the Feng Shui story of Heshen and Prince Gong’s Mansion!

Introduction: When it comes to the name Heshen, it is truly a household name, and his resounding reputation as "the world's number one corrupt official" is also known to everyone. His Prince Gong Mansion is also famous far and wide. There is a legend that Heshen also understood Feng Shui, and the Prince Gong Mansion was permeated with many of Heshen's Feng Shui concepts. So, what Feng Shui stories are there about Prince Gong’s Mansion? Now, let’s follow the editor to take a look. It is difficult to tell the true from the false in folk Feng Shui stories. Let’s take a look at the following Feng Shui story.

"A Prince Gong Mansion is like a textbook on Feng Shui." Especially the courtyard type of the large mansion with a narrow front and a wide back. In Feng Shui, there is a saying that "narrow in front and wide in the back means continuous wealth and prosperity." Prince Gong's Mansion is a standard "narrow in front and wide in the back" type. When Heshen chose this house, its geomantic energy was flourishing. Heshen was also an extremely intelligent man who understood Feng Shui, so he carefully planned and constructed both the macro environment and the micro environment within the house. He turned the house into a Feng Shui masterpiece and also pushed himself to the highest point of popularity and wealth. People have three kinds of luck: rising, prosperous and declining. But Heshen rose to power quickly and reached the peak of his power, so his decline also came quickly.

Geographical location of Prince Gong's Mansion

It is said that there are two dragon veins in Beijing. One is the earth dragon, which is the dragon vein of the Forbidden City; the other is the water dragon, which is the line between Houhai and Beihai. The Prince Gong Mansion is right on the connecting line between Houhai and Beihai, that is, on the dragon vein, so the feng shui is very good. my country's ten marshals, Guo Moruo and others all lived in the annex of Prince Gong's Mansion, and they all lived very long lives. It is said that the place with the most centenarians in Beijing is near Prince Gong's Mansion, which is a Feng Shui treasure land. Mao was well versed in feng shui, and he praised this place highly back then.

The ancients regarded water as wealth. Water can be found everywhere in Prince Gong's Mansion. The water for the largest pavilion in the center of the lake is brought in from Yuquan Lake (only the emperor can drink the water there), and it does not flow out but only in, so it is more in line with the Feng Shui theory of making money.

Feng Shui in other landscapes

1. Stones in the Courtyard There are many strange stones in the courtyard of Prince Gong’s Mansion, and two of them are worth mentioning. One is a stone standing at the entrance, which is tall and slender, about two meters high, and its shape is a bit like a child. Heshen liked it very much and put it at the door of the house. On the one hand, it served as a screen to block the invasion of evil spirits and stop the outflow of wealth.

It is also said that Heshen only had one son in his life, and all the rest were daughters, so he hoped for a son very much. This stone was shaped very much like a boy, so it was called the Son-Sending Stone, in the hope that it would bring him a son, many children and grandchildren, and prosperity to the family.

Most of the other stones were transported from the south and have rather peculiar shapes. Workers would push the goods along the canal on the ice in the winter. If they couldn't finish pushing the goods in the first year, they would put them by the river and wait for the ice to freeze over the next year before continuing to push them. It took seven years to complete the construction of the palace.

The ancients considered wealth to lie in having lots of stones. At that time, Prince Gong's Mansion had the most stones, even more than the Imperial Palace. What I admire most is the craftsmanship of the ancients. There was no cement at that time, so the ancients mixed glutinous rice and alum as an adhesive, and then piled the stones into various shapes.

2. Ten Thousand Bats Various kinds of bats can be seen everywhere in Prince Gong’s Mansion. The ancients were very superstitious and believed that "bat" (bat) and "blessing" (fu) have the same pronunciation and can bring good luck. Therefore, bonsai, flowers, stones, etc. in the courtyard were often stacked in the shape of bats. Heshen was very greedy for money and very superstitious. In Prince Gong's Mansion, various stone piles are shaped like bats, and there are bats everywhere on the doors, eaves, etc., some visible bats and some hidden bats, for a total of 9,999 bats. Add the character "Fu" (blessing) written by Emperor Kangxi, and there will be blessings throughout the courtyard!

This shows how superstitious Heshen was.

3. Figures in Wutong Courtyard Inside the palace, there is a separate small courtyard, which is planted with tall Wutong trees. The shadows of the trees are swaying and very beautiful. When the wind blows, the leaves rustle, like the delicate cries of women and children, so it is called Wutong Courtyard.
Summary: Through the above Feng Shui stories about Prince Gong’s Mansion, we can see that the reason why Heshen became a household name, in addition to his greed, must have been that the Feng Shui pattern also created his luck, allowing him to possess supreme power and be greedy openly. But in the end, this also ended his future. Of course, these are just Feng Shui legends. I hope they can give everyone a clearer understanding and appreciation of Feng Shui issues!