One of the Six Western Palaces of the Forbidden City in Beijing
Palace of Earthly Honour (翊坤宫,pinyin: yikungong) is one of the Six Western Palaces in the Forbidden City, which used to be a residence of imperial concubines. The palace is northern to Palace of Eternal Longevity, southern to Palace of Gathering Elegance, eastern to Palace of Eternal Spring, north-western to Hall of the Supreme Principle and south-western to Palace of Universal Happiness.[1]
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PalaceofEarthlyHonour (翊坤宫,pinyin: yikungong) is one of the Six Western Palaces in the Forbidden City, which used to be a residence of imperial concubines...
Gathering Elegance and southeast of the Palace of EarthlyHonour. The palace was built in 1420 as "Palaceof Peaceful Longevity" (寿安宫; Shòuān Gōng) and received...
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Hall of the Supreme Principle (太极殿; Tàijí Diàn) Palaceof Eternal Spring (长春宫; Chǎngchūn Gōng) PalaceofEarthlyHonour (翊坤宫; Yìkūn Gōng) Palaceof Gathering...
of the three halls of the Inner Court (the other two being the Hall of Union and the PalaceofEarthly Tranquility), located at the northern end of the...
The Palaceof Prolonging Happiness (simplified Chinese: 延禧宫; traditional Chinese: 延禧宮; pinyin: Yánxǐ Gōng), also known as Yanxi Palace, is one of the...
2008-12-01. Retrieved 2007-07-12. Zhou Suqin. "坤宁宫 (Palace ofEarthly Tranquility)" (in Chinese). The Palace Museum. Archived from the original on September 29...
the Palaceof Heavenly Purity and the PalaceofEarthly Tranquility. These three halls together constitute the centre of the Inner Court of the palace complex...
Palaceof Eternal Longevity (simplified Chinese: 永寿宫; traditional Chinese: 永壽宮; pinyin: Yŏngshòu Gōng) is one of the Six Western Palaces in the inner court...
"peaceful"). Her residence in the Forbidden City was PalaceofEarthly Honor (翊坤宫). "Draft History of Qing" mentions that First Class Female Attendant An...
an especially prestigious honour for high-ranking mandarins. From 2008 to 2017, the hall served as the location of the Palace Museum's ceramics gallery...
throne, the use of the Chinese character Xuan (玄) became a form of naming taboo. The gate is the back gate of the palace, and was used by palace workers. Women...
court of the Forbidden City. The palace is west of the Palaceof Eternal Longevity, north of the Palaceof Eternal Spring, and south of the Hall of Mental...
The Palace Museum. "Yin, Yang and the Five Elements in the Forbidden City" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2007-07-05. p 67, Yu, Zhuoyun (1984). Palacesof the...
The Palaceof Tranquil Longevity (Chinese: 寧壽宮), literally, "peaceful old age palace", also called the Qianlong Garden, Qianlong Palace, Qianlong District...
ancient que towers traditionally used to decorate the main entrances ofpalaces, temples and tombs. The gate has five arches. The three central arches...
(諴贵妃). Her residence in the Forbidden City was Palace ofEarthlyHonour. After the enthronement of Daoguang Emperor in 1820, Noble Consort Xian was promoted...
were transferred to Southwest China, and in the end moved to the National Palace Museum in Taipei when the Kuomintang lost the Chinese Civil War. The historian...
anticipation of the hall's closure due to restoration in 2018, in 2017 the Palace Museum launched a digital exhibition about the Hall of Mental Cultivation...
Emperor to prepare and rest before and during ceremonies. The Palace Museum. "中和殿 (Hall of Central Harmony)" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on...
to a slightly smaller scale than that in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The Palace Museum. "保和殿 (Hall of Preserving Harmony)" (in Chinese). Archived from...
Wenhua Palace, in the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. Completed in 1776, it was a kind of library and stored numerous works, including a copy of the Complete...
The Gate of Manifest Virtue (simplified Chinese: 昭德门; traditional Chinese: 昭德門) is a gate in the Forbidden City. It is located on the eastern side next...
It is located just southwest of the Gate of Heavenly Purity. "Gate of Thriving Imperial Clan (Longzong men)-The Palace Museum". En.dpm.org.cn. Retrieved...
City's residential quarters. It is connected to the Palaceof Heavenly Purity, and near the Gate of Thriving Imperial Clan. Two gilded Chinese lion sculptures...