Shenyang Palace Museum English Introduction

Shenyang Palace Museum English Introduction

The Imperial Palace of Shenyang
First built in 1625 for Nurhachi,and inherited by his son Abahai Huang Taiji),the Former Imperial Palace of Shenyang is one of two royal complexes extant in China today.The splendid and distinctly ethnic architectural style of the palace,which includes Dazheng (Grand Politics) Hall,the Ten Princes' Pavilion,Chongzhen (Golden Chimes), Phoenix Chamber,and Qingning (Pure Tranquility) Pavilion,are still in perfect shape.

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Introduction
Shenyang Palace Museum
The Imperial Palace in the early Qing Dynasty, formerly known as Shengjing palace Que and later called Fengtian palace, is located in the old city center of Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. It covers an area of 60000 square meters and has more than 90 buildings and more than 300 rooms. It is the most complete imperial palace building in China, second only to the Forbidden City in Beijing. It inherits the tradition of ancient Chinese architecture and integrates the architectural art of Han, Manchu and Mongolian, In 1961, the State Council of the people's Republic of China announced it as a national key cultural relics protection unit. Shenyang Palace Museum was first built in the 10th year of Tianming (1625), the first year of Chongde (1637), and the first year of Shunzhi (1644). After the Qing regime moved its capital to Beijing, it became "the palace of the auxiliary capital". From the 10th year of Kangxi (1671) to the 9th year of Daoguang (1829), the palace of Shenyang became the palace of the auxiliary capital, The emperor of Qing Dynasty visited the mausoleum of ancestor worship for 11 times, and stayed here and expanded it
Shenyang Palace Museum takes Chongzheng Hall as the core, and takes daqingmen to Qingning palace as the central axis, which is divided into East Road, East Road and West Road
Shenyang Palace Museum (6 pieces) consists of three parts: the middle road and the west road. Dazheng hall is the main building of the East Road and the place where the ceremony is held. There are 10 pavilions on both sides of the front, which are the left and right King's pavilion and the eight flag's Pavilion, collectively known as the ten King's pavilion. Dazheng hall was named dugong hall in the first year of Chongde (1636), The hall is of octagonal double eaves and wooden structure with a pointed roof. On the base of xumizuo, it is surrounded by bluestone railings. All eight sides of the hall are composed of wooden doors. The main gate is decorated with golden dragon columns, and the top of the hall is decorated with yellow glazed tiles and green trimming. Sanskrit ceiling and tuanlong caisson are painted in the hall. The middle road is the center of the whole building group, There are three courtyards in front and back. The south end is Zhaobi, dongxichaofang and zouoting; the front yard is daqingmen, Chongzheng Hall, Feilongge and xiangfengge; the middle yard is shishanzhai, xiezhongzhai and fenghuanglou; the back yard is a five palace building with Qingning palace as the main part. There is a cross yard on both sides of the middle yard and the back yard, There are Yihe palace, JIEZHI palace and Jingdian Pavilion in the East Palace, Diguang palace, Baoji palace, jisizhai palace and chongmo Pavilion in the West Palace. Daqingmen is the main entrance of Shenyang Palace Museum, where civil and military officials wait for the imperial court. It is built in five hard mountain style buildings. The main ridge, the vertical ridge and the "long head" of the two mountains are all inlaid with colorful glass, It is the meeting place of the early Qing Dynasty. It has five rooms and nine purlin hard mountain style, with separate doors. There are corridors in the front and back, surrounded by stone railings. The top cover is yellow glazed tile with green trimming. The inside of the hall is made in Ming Dynasty. All the beams are painted with Hexi. In front of the hall is a sundial in the East and Jialiang in the West. Behind the hall is the Phoenix Tower, which is built on a nearly 4-meter high platform with Qingning palace, guansui palace, Yanqing palace, Yongfu palace and Linzhi palace, surrounded by high walls, In 1787, there were three storeys of banquets, namely, the palace of emperor Xi Xi Xi and the palace of emperor Guangxi Xi, The front is the school horse farm. Wenzhuge is one of the seven pavilions in the collection of Sikuquanshu in the Qing Dynasty. It is a corridor style building in front of and behind the hard mountain, with black glazed tiles and green trimming. The pattern of "white horse presenting book" is painted between the beams and fangs. There is a stele Pavilion in the East, The inscriptions record in detail the process of building the Imperial Palace and the collection of Sikuquanshu. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Shenyang Palace Museum was opened as a museum. It is one of the earliest museums in China, and has been successively called Shenyang antiquities Exhibition Center, Fengtian Palace Museum, national Shenyang Palace Museum, In 1955, it was named Shenyang Palace Museum. In 1986, it was changed into Shenyang Palace Museum
On July 1, 2004, the 28th World Heritage Committee of UNESCO approved the National Palace Museum of Shenyang as an extension of the cultural heritage of Ming and Qing Dynasties to be listed in the world heritage list. The National Palace Museum of Shenyang, located in the old city center of Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, is famous for its Manchu characteristics. It is the only well preserved ancient imperial palace complex in China except the National Palace Museum of Beijing

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