The Cining Palace is outside the Qianqing Gate. Going out to the right, there is the Longzong Gate. When entering this gate, there is the Yongkang left gate to the west, and then to the west is the Yongkang right gate. In the middle is the Cining Gate. There are two gilded auspic

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2025-05-05

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Cining Palace is outside the Qianqing Gate. Going out to the right (west), there is the Longzong Gate. Entering this gate, there is the Yongkang left gate to the west, and then to the west is the Yongkang right gate. In the middle is the Cining Gate, and facing south is the Cining Gate. There are two gilded auspicious beasts in front of Cining Gate. When you go out with your left hand, you will have a Huiyin left door, and when you go out with your right hand, you will have a Huiyin right door. In the middle, facing south is Cining Palace, behind the palace is the Buddha Hall, and in the east wing of the front hall is the Buddha Hall in the south.

Cining Palace goes east to the Cixiang Gate, and opposite to it is Qixiang Gate.

There is a palace on the left inside the Cixiang Gate. In the middle, opposite the back wall of Cining Palace is the Central Palace, and the left and right are the East Palace and the West Palace, also known as the West Sansu.

Cining Palace Plan

Cining Palace Location

Cining Palace Gate

Cining Gate

Cining Palace Gate There is a long and narrow square facing east-west in front of Cining Palace Gate. Both ends are Yongkang left gate and Yongkang right gate, and the south side is Changxin Gate. Cining Gate is located on the north side of the square, with a high platform corridor connecting with the main hall Cining Palace. There are corridors on the east and west sides of the courtyard, which are turned south to connect to Cining Gate, and north to the east and west ear rooms of the rear bedroom (i.e., the Great Buddha Hall). There is a door in the middle of the east and west veranda of the front yard, with Huiyin left gate in the east and Huiyin right gate in the west.

Cining Gate Square The southern end of Changxin Gate is the main entrance of Cining Palace. The west is Yongkang right gate

The southern end of Changxin Gate is the main gate of Cining Palace, which uses the Changxin Palace , where the Empress Dowager of the Western Han Dynasty lived. Changxin Gate consists of one, two, and three gates. It is opposite the Cining Gate in the north. There is a narrow street in the south. The east is the Interior Office of the Interior Affairs Office, and the west is the Cining Palace Garden. The south end of the street is the South Gate, which is the entrance to the entire Cining Palace District.

Cining Gate: Located on the north side of the square, it is the main entrance of Cining Palace. Cining Gate was first built in Ming Dynasty , and was demolished and built during the reconstruction of the Cining Palace during the Qianlong period. Cining Gate is a palace-style gate with a width of five rooms and a depth of three rooms. It has a yellow glazed tiles on the top of the mountain. It has white marble Sumeru mount , surrounded by stone carved columns and railings. There are three steps in front of Cining Gate, with a dragon and phoenix imperial road stone in the center, and a bronze and gilt auspicious beast on the left and right sides of the steps. There is a high platform corridor inside the Cining Gate leading to the platform of the Cining Palace in the main hall.

The door of Cining Gate is located between the golden pillars of the rear eaves of the Ming and the second rooms, and two red lacquer doors are opened. There are brick walls between the golden columns of the back eaves between the tips, and there are four double-crossing bowls of diamond-shaped linings and sills and windows between the front eaves. There are single-curved single-up and five-step battling beads under the eaves. The beams and rafters are painted with gold-carved ink stone and grinding jade spiral color painting , and the ceiling is made of powdered gold dragon and phoenix pattern. The gate of Cining Gate is "Cining Gate" in three characters: Manchu, Mongolian and Chinese, among which the Chinese language is seal script . There are yellow glazed tile roof glass screen walls on both sides of Cining Gate, and the glass box at the center of the wall and the forks are floral patterns such as chrysanthemum, orchid, and peonies. Behind the screen wall is a corner veranda room connected to the two mountains of Cining Gate.

Huiyin left door is the house-style gate in the middle of the east veranda of Cining Palace

Huiyin right door is the house-style gate in the middle of the west veranda of Cining Palace

The picture shows the auspicious beast in front of the gate of Cining Palace, Kirin

Cining Door Kirin

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Cining Palace plaque

Standing under the west eaves of Longzong Gate, what caught my eye was that a red high wall firmly blocked a complete set of magnificent buildings. Looking northward is the south exit of the West Tube Climbing Road. This high wall is hidden from the West Tube Climbing Road in the northwest (because it has not yet been opened). The main part of the Cining Palace is Cining Palace, including Cining Garden, Shoukang Palace, and the harem living areas of the empress dowager and the concubines, such as Shou'an Palace and Yinghua Palace .

So, in order to resettle the widows of the deceased emperor, this palace was specially built for them to live in. It can be said that this palace area is the "nutritional home" in the palace.

After the death of the late emperor in the Qing Dynasty, his widows had to move out of the " East Six Palaces and West Six Palaces" and live in the "nursing home" prepared by the successor emperor for them, and then call it "Qinglong Zunyang". In fact, except for the empress dowager and a few respected concubines, other "Previous Concubines" with lower status could only accompany the ancient Buddha in the green lamp to achieve this life.

From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager lived here. Therefore, the Cining Palace can be regarded as the veritable widows' courtyard in the Forbidden City.

When the Forbidden City was first built during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the locations of Cining Palace are Renshou Palace and Dashan Hall.

日本日本 2 fourth year (1525), Renshou Palace was in trouble. In the 15th year of Jiajing (1536), the Dashan Palace was abolished and the Cining Palace was built in its place. In the 17th year of Jiajing (1538), the Cining Palace was completed. Cining Palace was a bedroom built by Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty for his mother, Empress Dowager Jiang. After the completion of the Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Jiang passed away shortly after living here, and then became the residence of the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Concubine.

2nd year of Longqing (1567) and 2nd year of Wanli (1574), the Cining Palace was repaired.

In the 11th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1583), the main hall of Cining Palace was fired and rebuilt in the 13th year of Wanli (1585), and was completed in the same year.

The Cining Palace in the Ming Dynasty consists of the main palace area and two independent courtyards behind the palace, as well as the east and west auxiliary palaces within the outer palace walls. The main and auxiliary palace areas have palace walls built.

The old system of the Ming Dynasty was continued in the early Qing Dynasty. In the tenth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1653), it was rebuilt. After rebuilding Cining Palace, he served as the bedroom of Empress Dowager Zhaosheng. Since then, the Cining Palace has become a palace exclusively for the residence of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager was staying with the concubine.

In the 26th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1687), after Empress Dowager Zhaosheng died of illness, the Cining Palace became a place for ceremonies until the Qing Dynasty was destroyed.

Cining Palace was repaired in the 28th year of Kangxi (1689), the ninth year of Qianlong (1744), and the sixteenth year of Qianlong (1751).

In the first year of Qianlong (1736), the outer palace wall on the west side was demolished and the Shoukang Palace was built; the inner palace wall of the main palace area of the Cining Palace was transformed into the outer palace wall of the Cining Palace, and the corridors of the inner palace wall were converted into surround houses; the rear building of the western sub- palace area was moved to the back of the Cining Palace (north), and the original "palace back house" was unified with the original "palace back house" and converted into the Shouzhong Palace, Shoudong Palace, and Shouxi Palace (i.e., the central palace, the east palace, and the west palace), and a Cixiang door was added to the outer palace wall on the east side of the original Cining Palace as the entry and exit passage of the rear three palaces;

The rear building of the original eastern sub- palace area was compressed and the two buildings in the front (south) were unified into the "Three Halls" (i.e., the Tousuo Hall, the Second Palace, and the Three Halls).

Cining Palace Architectural Picture

In the 34th year of Qianlong (1769), Xinggong changed the main hall of Cining Palace from a single eave to a double eave, and moved the rear bedroom backward to determine the current shape.

In the 17th year of the Guangxu period (1891), the Cining Palace was rebuilt.

Cining Palace

Ming Dynasty Cining Palace was the residence of the imperial concubines of the previous generation. During the Wanli period, Empress Dowager Cisheng Li, Emperor Zheng Concubine Zheng, Concubine Zhao, and others lived here in the first year of Taichang (1620). In the seventh year of Tianqi (1627), Emperor Xizong of Ming died, and his imperial concubine and others moved here.

In the tenth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1653), Empress Wen first lived in Cining Palace, and since then became the residence of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and the concubines and others lived with each other. The early and mid-term periods of the Qing Dynasty were the prosperous period of the Cining Palace. Empress Xiaozhuang Wen and Empress Xiaoshengxian of the then lived here one after another. The three emperors Shunzhi, Kangxi and Qianlong were famous for their filial piety, and the Cining Palace often held ceremony to celebrate the birthday of the empress dowager.

A sundial is set up on the east side of the moon platform of Cining Palace, and an exquisite bronze-cast moondial is placed at the corresponding location in the west.

Moondian on the moon platform of Cining Palace (Note)

However, after the Daoguang, as the Qing Dynasty declined, the treasury was empty, and the then Empress Gongci ( Empress Xiaohe Rui ) had to reduce the expenses in the palace, and Cining Palace gradually lost its former glory.

Whenever there is a major festival, the empress dowager's rituals outside Changxin Gate, and all the ministers of the second-rank and above who participated in the ceremony of the court stood with their ranks outside Changxin Gate to salute.

2005 Changxinmen

Cining Palace is mainly a hall where major ceremonies are held for the Empress Dowager. Celebration ceremony is held here whenever the Empress Dowager's birthday, the emblem name, the treasure of the book, and the princess's marriage is brought to the end. Especially on the birthday of the empress dowager, the emperor personally led the people to salute and danced with the royal family in the near branch. The etiquette was very grand.

Cining Palace Building Plan

Cining Palace Hall is centered with Cining Palace, with front and back of Cining Palace, and the yellow glazed tiles are double-eaved hip-top. There are 7 rooms wide, and 5 rooms each have 4 double-joint four-plated diamond-shaped inner doors. There are brick walls between the two tips, and 4 double-intersection and four diamond-shaped inner windows are opened. There is a platform in front of the hall, three steps out on the front, one step out on each side, and four gold-plated bronze incense burners on the platform.

There are card walls on both sides of the east and west, each with hanging flower doors, which can access the backyard.

There are walls on the east and west mountains, each with hanging flower doors, which can be accessed to the backyard

The main hall of the Cining Palace in the Qing Dynasty hung two horizontal plaques of Emperor Qianlong's imperial pen "Baolu Pianxi" and "Qinglong Zunyang". The couplets are "Love the sun is long, the spring sun in the orchid palace is condensed in color; the clouds are surrounded by the shade, and the courtyard is beautiful and connected to Pengshan."

Cining Palace Interior

Cining Palace Exhibition Hall Sculpture

Cining Palace Interior

Cining Palace Interior Decoration Picture

According to feudal etiquette, the emperor cannot live with the concubines of the previous dynasty in the East and West Palaces. In order to resettle the concubines of the old emperor who had already returned to heaven, Cining Palace was specially built for them to live in.

Cining Palace Empress and Concubine Residential Area

Renovated Cining Palace

Cining Palace Buddha Hall

Big Buddha Hall: It is the back hall of Cining Palace, which was the place where the Empress Dowager and Concubine worshipped the Buddha in the Qing Dynasty. It may be because it is the largest among the Buddhist temples in the Forbidden City, so it is commonly known as the "Big Buddha Hall". The Buddha Hall is seven rooms wide and three rooms deep, with yellow glazed tiles on the top of the mountain. There are incense burners and incense tubes and on the platform in front of the Buddha Hall.

Buddha Hall Baoxiang Tower

Buddha Hall The decoration of the Buddha Hall outside the wall of Baoxiang Tower is very particular, and there are many decorations such as offerings, Buddha niches , Buddha statues, pagodas, Buddhist scriptures, Dharma objects, offerings, etc. Among them, it is said that the statues of the Yuan Dynasty's dry lacquer and the three Buddhas and the eighteen Arhats are all treasures among the statues passed down from generation to generation. The Buddha hall originally hung the imperial plaque of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, "Long Lives Without Borders" and the imperial couplet of Emperor Qianlong's imperial plaque:

"Hundreds and Eight Munis appear solemn and precious figures, and three thousand chants hear the pure and wonderful sounds",

"My merits of man and heaven, and the power of dragons and elephants and gods, two-foot masters."

The east wing of the Buddha Hall is also a Buddhist hall, and it turns out that the imperial book of Emperor Kangxi’s “Four Stars Kehua” was hung. In the Qing Dynasty, a total of 39 eunuchs, deputy eunuchs, and eunuchs were set up in the Buddha Hall (more than half of them were filled with Lamas), who were responsible for daily cleaning, chanting scriptures, burning incense and other matters in the Buddha Hall. The building of the Buddha Hall is now well preserved. The Buddha statues, niches and other interiors were furnished in the Great Hall of the White Horse Temple in Luoyang during the Cultural Revolution, so the interior is empty.

The three west places of Cining Palace;

The three west places of Cining Palace

Inside the end gate of the Great Buddha Hall and the three west places of the west places

The three west places (Tousuo Hall, Second Hall, Three Hall): Located in the east of Cining Palace. In the 26th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, five newly built palaces in the eastern part of Cining Palace were demolished to the vicinity of Xiaoling Mausoleum. This was because the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng liked this group of palaces very much during her lifetime. After this group of palaces was demolished, the first hall, the second hall and the third hall were built on the original site. The three halls each form a courtyard, arranged from south to north.

The first hall is located in the east of Cining Palace; the second hall is located in the east of the Buddha Hall; and the third hall is located in the east of the East Palace. The buildings in the courtyard are covered with gray tube tiles . To the south of Tousuo Hall, there is a row house, long from north to south and narrow from east to east, located in the palace wall on the east side. It was later demolished and rebuilt into the staff bathroom of the Palace Museum .

In 2014, in order to eliminate safety hazards, the "Safe Forbidden City" was built, the Palace Museum demolished the brick-concrete structure of the staff bathroom; there is another row house on the south side of the house, located in the southeast corner of the outer palace wall of the Cining Palace, long from east to south and narrow from north to south, covered with yellow glazed tiles. The south side of the palace wall on the south side of the Cining Palace is an outer palace wall on the south side of the Cining Palace, and there is an east-west courtyard wall on the north side, separated from the above-mentioned north side of the house.

Cining Palace Shou San Palace;

Cining Palace Shou San Palace

Shou San Palace (West Palace, Central Palace, East Palace): Located north of the Buddha Hall. It is three courtyards with exactly the same regulations, located in the west, middle and east respectively. Among them, the central palace is located on the central axis of the Cining Palace.

Cining Palace Shou San Palace

Cining Palace Cixiang Gate;

Cining Palace Cixiang Gate: Located at the eastern end of the passage in front of the West Palace, the Central Palace, the East Palace, and the Three Halls, it is open between the Three Halls and the Two Halls. The Kind Gate sat west and face east.

To the south of Changxinmen in the center of the southern end of the Cining Palace complex is a north-south corridor. The corridor is located between the Cining Palace Garden and the Office. There are five doors on the corridor. In addition to the Changxin Gate at the north end of the corridor, the other four doors are:

, Yong'an Gate: located south of Changxin Gate and no longer exists.

. Changqing Gate (Southern Heaven Gate): Changqing Gate, also known as Nantian Gate, is located at the southernmost end of the corridor. The gate is flush with the south wall of the Cining Palace Garden.

. Range Rover Gate: Located on the west side of the middle of the corridor, on the east wall of Cining Palace Garden, it is a simple wall-to-wall door. The gate faces west and east, and the entrance is Cining Palace Garden.

. Yingxi Gate: Located on the east side of the middle of the corridor, on the west wall of the building office, it is a simple wall-to-wall door. This door sits east and west, and the entrance is the building office.

Cining Palace witnessed the glory and decline of the Forbidden City. Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was the first owner of Cining Palace in the Qing Dynasty. Why did no one dare to live in Cining Palace after Xiaozhuang died?

　　After the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, the Cining Palace continued the Ming Dynasty's palace system, and the Cining Palace was still the residence of the empress dowager and the concubine. But due to the war, the Cining Palace has been abandoned for a long time and is extremely devastated. In order to solve the residence problem of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang , Emperor Shunzhi issued an order to rebuild the Cining Palace. After the construction was completed, Xiaozhuang moved into the Cining Palace. Therefore, Xiaozhuang lived in Cining Palace until his death.

In the tenth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1653), the Cining Palace was rebuilt and it was the Empress Dowager (Empress Xiaozhuang Wen). In the 26th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1687), after Xiaozhuang, 72, died of illness, the Cining Palace became a place for ceremonies until the end of the Qing Dynasty. During this period, only in the 36th year of Qianlong (1771), the 80th year of Empress Dowager Chongqing (Qianlong's biological mother) once entered the Cining Palace (dead in the forty-two years).

Speaking of Xiaozhuang, I believe many netizens have a lot of feelings. In the eyes of many people, she is a weak woman, but she has forcibly carried a huge dynasty. At the beginning, the Qing court was not stable, Huang Taiji suddenly died, and the 6-year-old Fulin ascended the throne. Whether it is strength or political talent, it is far inferior to Dorgon. Fortunately, with Xiaozhuang's support, he stabilized the situation and stabilized Dorgon, and taught him how to be a good emperor, so that Fulin could grow up safely on the throne and wait until the day he took power.

　　After working hard for more than ten years, Fulin finally grew up, thinking that he could take a breath, but who knew that Fulin loved Concubine Dong E and no longer had nostalgia for Concubine Dong E's death. Whether it was the country or the relatives, Fulin didn't care about it anymore. There was no greater sorrow than death. In the case of his wholehearted pursuit of death, he was infected with smallpox and soon died. Before his death, he left a will to let the 8-year-old third prince Xuanye inherit the throne and leave a huge dynasty.

　Xiaozhuang has no choice. Although she was very sad about her son's death, what is more important now is how to stabilize a dynasty that was once again turbulent due to the death of the emperor and the ascension of the young emperor, and what followed, it has to spend more than ten years and effort to cultivate an emperor's problem. These are enough to make many people exhausted, but Xiaozhuang understands that anyone can fall down, but she can't. In front of the young Xuanye, she is the biggest pillar.

　　Under the devoted cultivation of Xiaozhuang, Xuanye was excellent in both civil and military affairs, and became Emperor Kangxi who was later praised by everyone.Because of this special experience, the difficulties that my grandmother has been through, and Kangxi respects his grandmother more than ordinary people. It can be said that Xiaozhuang's significance to Kangxi was far more profound than his father and mother. However, even though Kangxi was the emperor and had supreme power, he always had something beyond his reach, such as life and death.

In the 26th year of Kangxi, Xiaozhuang, who had worked hard all his life, fell ill. Even though Kangxi waited by Xiaozhuang day and night to serve him, he even prayed to God for his life to exchange for Xiaozhuang's recovery. After all, she failed to save Xiaozhuang's life. Xiaozhuang passed away safely with her 75-year-old high life and completed her life journey.

　In fact, in terms of lifespan in ancient times, Xiaozhuang's life to 75 years old can be considered a long life. However, for Kangxi, Xiaozhuang's death still made him unacceptable. He was heartbroken and even ignored the opposition of his ministers, he insisted on parking the coffin of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang in Cining Palace. It was not until a few days later that Kangxi agreed to move the coffin of Xiaozhuang to the Xiang Temple outside.

It is said that there have been strange phenomena since then. Some of the empress dowagers and concubines who moved in said that they could hear music every night, some said that the shadows of palace maids and eunuchs queuing through on the wall, and some said that there was a well. During the day, there were stones and weeds at the bottom of the well, but at night, there would be water at the bottom of the well, but the water reflected on the water was not their faces... These legends became more and more mysterious in the palace, so that the later empress dowagers and concubines were unwilling to live in the Cining dowager. They all advised the emperor, saying that their identities could not suppress this awesome empress dowagers and requested to live in another place.

Perhaps for these reasons, no one of the Empress Dowagers and Concubines of the Qing Dynasty dared to live in Cining Palace since then.

　　And when Yongzheng Dynasty was in the throne, not long after Yongzheng ascended the throne, his biological mother Concubine De also passed away, so the Cining Palace was still vacant. Later, when Qianlong ascended the throne, he wanted to let his biological mother live in Cining Palace, but Empress Dowager Xiaoshengxian felt that she did not have the same contribution to the country as Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and did not live in. Until later, in order to demonstrate his legitimacy, Qianlong issued an order to carry out a large-scale reconstruction and expansion of the Cining Palace. After the repair was completed, he issued an order to let his 80-year-old biological mother, Empress Dowager Xiaosheng, move to Cining Palace to live. Qianlong also explained that Empress Dowager Xiaosheng was over 80 years old, which was older than the age of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang when she died, so she should have moved into Cining Palace.

　　Empress Dowager Xiaoshengxian was born in a low-class family and was not favored when he was in the Yongzheng Palace. Later, he gave birth to his son Hongli . The mother was promoted to the rise with her son. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, she was successively named Concubine Xi/Concubine Xi. After Qianlong ascended the throne, she became the empress dowager and became the most noble woman in the entire Qing Dynasty.

On November 25, the 16th year of Qianlong, Emperor Qianlong visited the Cining Palace to celebrate the birthday of his mother, Empress Dowager Xiaosheng. On the day of birthday celebration, Emperor Qianlong led all the princes and ministers to the Empress Dowager to bow to the Empress Dowager six times, three times, and two times. The most rich in etiquette was that Emperor Qianlong was wearing colorful clothes, holding wine cups in his hand, dancing to the Empress Dowager. The prince, grandson and princess also followed him in turn and danced with joy.

Empress Dowager Xiaosheng She is indeed very blessed and enjoys all her life. She did not die until she was 86 years old and became the longest-lived empress dowager in the Qing Dynasty.

Later, from the death of Empress Dowager Xiaoshengxian to the demise of the Qing Dynasty, no empress dowager and concubine moved into the Cining Palace. Even Empress Dowager Cixi, who later held great power, had always lived in Chuxiu Palace and did not move into Cining Palace.

Go down to browse the Cining Palace Garden.

Aerial view of Cining Palace Garden

Cining Palace Garden

Cining Palace Garden is located in the southwest of Cining Palace on the Wai West Road in Neiting. It was built in the Ming Dynasty. It was a place where the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager and Concubines of the Ming and Qing Dynasties recreate and worship Buddha.There were originally buildings such as Linxi Temple and Xianruo Pavilion in the garden. In the 11th year of Wanli (1583), they were renamed as Linxi Pavilion and Xianruo Pavilion . In the 34th year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1769), a large-scale reconstruction was carried out. Although there have been "constant changes", the overall scale and layout of the garden have never changed significantly.

There are only 11 buildings in the Cining Palace Garden, covering less than one-fifth of the total area. They are concentrated in the north of the garden, and the south is flat and open. Planting flowers and trees, and stacking stones and pools, in order to enable the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother to gain the fun of the mountains and forests without trekking.

Garden entrance Range Rover Door is located on the east wall, which is a simple wall door. When you enter the door and look north, the main hall is Xianruo Pavilion, with a width of 5 rooms. In front of you, you will be able to hold the and hold the , with a yellow glazed tiled roof. There is a flower bed in front of the museum, with Baoxiang Tower and Jiyun Tower on the east and west sides. The north of the back of the museum is Ciyin Tower and . The three buildings have similar shapes, all of which are two floors covered with green glazed tiles, yellow cut-edged rolled sheds, forming a "shou" shape surrounding Xianru Pavilion.

Ciyin Building

A small door is opened between the east end of the ground floor of Ciyin Building, which is connected to the square in front of Cining Palace. There is a small courtyard in the south of Baoxiang Tower and Jiyun Tower, called Hanqingzhai and Yanshou Hall. It was the place where Emperor Qianlong served the Empress Dowager's decoction and medicine, and it was also a place where Emperor Qianlong served the Empress Dowager. The main building in the courtyard is a three-rolled gray tiles and a rolled roof, which is simple and novel.

Hangqingzhai

Jiyunlou

There is a narrow rectangular pool from east to west in the south of the garden, spanning the white marble bridge in the middle. A pavilion is built on the bridge, called Linxi Pavilion, and opposite to Xianruo Pavilion in the north.

Linxi Pavilion

2004 Xianruo Pavilion

Xianruo Pavilion

Xianruo Pavilion The decoration of the Ming columns in Xianruo Pavilion has the meaning of a Tibetan Buddhist temple; the connected gold-painted and lacquered Buddha niche that runs through the three walls on the east, north and west gives people a solemn and mysterious feeling, and the endless Buddhist teachings. The plaque "Shouguo Xiangtai" written by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty and "The most powerful thing is because of the solemn and joyful place of the golden world, praising the infinite life treasure wheel to support the auspicious clouds."

There were Cuifang Pavilion and Luyun Pavilion on the east and west sides of Linxi Pavilion, and now there are 1 veranda room with a width of 5 rooms. There is a well pavilion in the southeast and southwest corners of the garden. The water from the water flowing cup canal in the Luyun Pavilion is led out of the southeast well. The flower bed in the south of Linxi Pavilion is 1m high and 6.5m square, with a Sumeru seat style, which is symmetrical to the north flower bed. Then head south around Taihu Shidie Mountain, which is the southern entrance to the garden.

Cining Palace Garden is restricted by various factors such as etiquette, patriarchal law, and feng shui. The building is arranged in a pattern of complementary primary and secondary and symmetrical left and right. The layout is regular and rigorous but slightly monotonous. It mainly relies on the exquisite interior decoration and the pools, rocks and a wide variety of flowers and trees in the courtyard to create a strong garden atmosphere. The trees in the garden are mainly pine and cypress, with sycamore , ginkgo, magnolia, and lilac , which are concentrated in front of Xianruo Pavilion and around Linxi Pavilion, and peony and peony are densely planted in the flower beds. The spring flowers and autumn fruits are all in the four seasons, each with different interests. In the Forbidden City with strict etiquette, the Cining Palace Garden is the only relaxation that can make the concubines of the previous generation find spiritual comfort.

Cining Palace Garden

Baoxiang Building Plaque

Baoxiang Building

Baoxiang Building is located in the north of Cining Palace Garden. sits east to west, with 7 rooms wide on the upper and lower levels. In the 30th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1765), it was rebuilt into a building-style building. In the Qing Dynasty, it was the place where the empress dowagers and concubines worshiped Buddha.

Baoxiang Building is a sixth-grade Buddhist building. The sixth-grade Buddhist building is composed of two floors and seven-bedrooms. The first floor of the Ming Dynasty is the statue of Sakyamuni, and the second floor is the statue of Tsongkhapa, the second floor is the sixth grade. The lower-grade roots are the tantrics of the affairs (mechanical and behavioral items), the middle-grade roots are the tantrics of the practice (virtue items), the upper-grade roots are the tantrics of the Yoga (yoga items), and the highest-grade roots are the supreme yoga (yoga items), and the supreme yoga (the foundation of the supreme yang body), and the mother (the foundation of the supreme yin body). The Gelug sect emphasizes the combination of exoteric and treasury, and the exoteric sect is the Mahayana Buddhist Prajna.

Sixth-grade Buddhist Building Description

Sixth-grade Buddhist Building is an important group of Buddhist temple buildings in the Qing Palace. "Sixth-grade Buddhist Building" is the name in the Qing Palace archives. Its official name is "Miaojixiang Dabao Building".

"Sixth grades" are the fundamental elements of merit, the fundamental elements of virtue, the fundamental elements of yoga, the fundamental elements of supreme yang body, the fundamental elements of supreme yin body, and the six elements of Prajna.

Tibetan Buddhism Gelug Sect divides the content of Tantric practice into four levels according to the degree and the size of achievements, namely, those with the lower level of roots practice the tantric practice (the fundamental product of merit), those with the middle level of roots practice the tantric practice (the fundamental product of virtue), those with the upper level of roots practice the tantric practice the tantric practice (the fundamental product of yoga), those with the highest level of roots practice the tantric practice the tantric practice (the fundamental product of yoga), and those with the highest level of roots practice the tantric practice the tantric practice the tantric practice the tantric practice the tantric practice, among which the supreme yoga is divided into two parts: the father's sermon (the fundamental product of the yang body) and the mother's sermon (the fundamental product of the yin body), plus the exoteric school (the fundamental product of the Prajna).

The sixth-grade Buddhist building is a building that worships the corresponding Buddha statues, Buddhist scriptures, Dharma instruments and pagodas according to the contents of these sixth-grade Buddhist buildings. It reflects Emperor Qianlong's recognition of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism and is a treasure trove of rich and huge Tibetan Buddhist teachings and divine research.

From the 22nd to the 47th year of Qianlong, the Qing Palace successively built and renovated a total of eight sixth-grade Buddhist buildings of the same shape, including four in the Forbidden City, namely Huiyao Tower, Danyuan Tower, Baoxiang Tower, and Fanhua Tower ; four outside the Forbidden City, namely Fanxiang Tower in the Old Summer Palace, Zhongxiang Tower in Zhuyuan Temple in Chengde Summer Resort, Sixth-grade Buddhist Building in Chengde Putuo Zongcheng Temple, and Sixth-grade Buddhist Building in Chengde Sumi Fushou Temple. A large number of collections in the sixth-grade Buddhist building have been lost, and only most of the Buddha statues, Thangkas, pagodas and magical instruments in the Fanhua Building have been preserved to this day.

And the twenty-four murals of Baoxianglou Thangka (including six main lords in the six rooms above the Ming room and eighteen guardians in the six rooms downstairs except the Ming room below), these twenty-four tohangkas systematically express the images and combinations of 108 main lords and guardians of the sixth grade Buddha of Baoxianglou. It is a representative work of the Qing palace Thangka art during the Qianlong period.

Front-style Thangka is a type of special-shaped Thangka hanging in the palace temple of the Qing Dynasty. It is a big Tangka drawn according to the requirements of various gods and Buddhas in the Buddhist temple and according to the size of the entire wall. The decoration is simple, with only one inch wide brocade edges sewn on all four sides, there is day pole no ground axis. There is no gap left behind the wall, covering the entire wall above the altar, and the size and visual effects of the painting are similar to those of the mural. This type of Thangka can still be seen in Tibetan Buddhist temples in Qinghai area.

Below you can enjoy the Thangka works of the Thangka paintings of Baoxiang Tower.

The second floor is from west to east, from one room, the first room Prajna, the second room supreme yang body, the third room supreme yin body, the fourth room yoga fundamental, the fifth room virtue fundamental, and the sixth room merit fundamental. The six guardian statues of six guardian gods are enshrined on the six rooms on the first floor. Each room has three walls, north and south hang three walls, Datang cards, each painting is painted with three guardian gods, nine gods in one room, including one main god and eight companion gods, a total of fifty-four guardian gods.

is introduced according to the combination of the six masters and guardians;

The second floor is a room dedicated to the main master mural of the Prajna Sutra. Thangka

Shakyamuni Buddha has the right hand touching the ground seal, the left hand has the meditation seal, and sits in the lotus position on the lotus Leo. The eight great bodhisattvas are listed on both sides, namely Manjushri Bodhisattva , Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva , Vajra Hand Bodhisattva , Samantabhadra Bodhisattva , Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Maitreya Bodhisattva, Anti-blocking Bodhisattva , Void Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva , and there is a divine woman in the sky.

First floor, one room, the north wall, hangs the Prajna Sutra Protector

in the middle is Western broad-minded Heavenly King , wearing a crown on the head, wearing armor, holding a tower in one hand, and holding a snake in the other; on the left, the Dragon King of Nanda, with a white body on one side and two arms, holding a Mani treasure in his hand, rushing out of the sea; on the right, the Heavenly King of Eastern Jin, wearing armor, holding Pipa .

First floor one room, south wall hangs the Prajna Sutra Protector

in the middle is Northern King of the Heavenly King of the North, holding a treasure banner and a treasure trout; on the left is the King of the South, with a blue body, holding a sword; on the right Uponanta Dragon King of the Dragon , with a white body, one side and two arms, seven snakes on the head, and a human body and dragon tail, rising from the sea.

First floor 2 room hangs the supreme yang body in the east wall of the first floor, the fundamental guardian

The main god is the six-arm brave protection method, the blue body, also known as the six-armed big black sky; the guardian guru on the left side, the blue body, one side, two arms, riding a black bear; the guardian on the right side, the guardian guru on the one side, the red body on the one side, the corpse stands on the lotus seat.

First floor, second room, north wall, supreme yang body, fundamental guardian

The soft and good Dharma Emperor protects the Dharma, white body, with a ox head, standing on the back of the white cow; the left side of the True Defa Emperor protects the Dharma, red body, with a ox head, standing on the back of the red cow; the right side of the Yidi protects the Dharma, with a blue body, dancing and standing on the lotus platform.

Second floor, third room worships the supreme Yin Body and the fundamental master mural Thangka (painted in the 30th year of Qianlong)

First floor, third room hangs the supreme Yin Body and the fundamental master Dharma protector

in the middle is the supreme Yin Body and the courage protection method of the main god palace room, blue and black body, holding the axe knife and the Gabala bowl, holding the treasure tent with both arms, and stepping on the human corpse standing on the lotus seat; the left side, the four-sided brave protection method, blue and black body, four-sided four arms; the right side, Wu Mo Tiannv, holding the axe knife in his right hand, holding the Gabala bowl in his left hand, and standing on the dance stand on the lotus throne .

Four Rooms The Essence of Yoga

Four Rooms The Essence of the Second Floor worships the main mural of Yoga taka (painted in the 30th year of Qianlong)

The center of Puhui Vairo Buddha, four heads, two arms, white body, and two hands, holding the Dharma wheel, sitting cross-legged on the lotus seat. The left and right are the Vajra Realm Buddha, the Buddha of Saving Life, the Buddha of Achievement, the Buddha of Achievement, the Buddha of Achievement, the Buddha of Achievement, the Buddha of Achievement, the Buddha of Achievement, the Buddha of Mide Manjushri Buddha, the Buddha of Dharma Realm, and the Buddha of Nine-Pinnings.

First Floor Four Rooms East Wall Hanging Yoga Basics Protectors

In the middle is the main god, auspicious Tianmu, with a blue and black body, riding a yellow mule; on the left side, the sky mother protects the Tianmu, holding a golden bowl and a drum, riding a white mule; on the right side, the sky mother protects the Tianmu, holding a vase and a treasure bowl, riding a yellow mule.

First Floor Four Rooms, North Wall Hanging Yoga Basics Protectors of the Dharma God

The middle is the Spring Mother, with a blue and black body, one with three eyes and two arms, wearing human skin, holding a saber and a gabala bowl, riding a blue mule; the left side is the Autumn Mother, with a yellow body, holding a hoe and a gabala bowl, riding a sika deer; the right side is Quande Tian Mother, with a red body, one with two arms, holding a saber and a vajra rope, riding a red mule.

First floor, fourth room, south wall hanging Yoga fundamental guardian

is the middle of the guardian sacred mother, one side has two arms, two arms, and a red body, holding a sword and a gabala bowl, riding a red cow; the left side of the guardian sacred mother, with two arms, and a blue body, wearing human skin, riding a blue mule; the right side of the guardian sacred mother, with blue body, riding a gray camel.

The fifth room on the second floor, worshiping the fundamentals of virtue, the main mural of the Lord Thangka (painted in the 30th year of Qianlong)

The middle of the picture shows the Bodhi Buddha with a yellow body, sitting cross-legged on the lotus throne. The left and right are the Vajra Buddha holding the Vajra Buddha holding the Vajra Buddha doing good deeds, the Vajra Buddha destroy the Vajra Buddha, the White Horse Head Vajra Buddha, the Buddha Eye Buddha Mother, the Mamaji Buddha Mother, the White Clothes Buddha Mother, and the Blue Save Buddha Mother. (Four Wrathful Vajras, Four Buddha Mothers)

Room 5, 2nd floor, east wall, hang the fundamental guardian of virtue

The center main god Red Bold Protection Method, also known as the sister guardian, red body, wearing armor, raising a sword in the right hand, holding a human heart in the left hand, and erecting a spear in the left arm; the left side is the protection method of holding a stick, with one side, two arms, and two arms, and a tiger riding a tiger.

First floor, fifth room, north wall, hang the fundamental guardian of virtue

is in the center of the White Wealth King, with two arms white body, holding a Vajra hook and a treasure bottle, sitting on a red-maned white lion; on the left side, yellow Bulu guardian, holding a treasure-spitting weasel in the left hand, Manibao in the right hand, and sitting on a lotus seat on a white conch; on the right side, the Great Black Majesty Guardian, with two arms blue and black body, wearing a robe, holding a trident with a head hanging in the right hand, holding a human heart in the left hand, and standing on the back of a green-maned white lion.

First Floor 5, South Wall Hanging the Virtue of the Basic Protector of the Dharma

The White Bulu Guardian is in the center, with a white body on one side and two arms, a trident in the right hand, a treasure-spitting weasel in the left hand, and a dragon rising in the water; on the left, the Miaowu treasure heavenly king, with a yellow body, three heads and sixteen arms, standing on the lotus seat; on the right, the Black Bulu Guardian is blue and black, holding a treasure-gathering weasel in the right hand, and standing on the lotus platform.

The second floor six room worships the main master of merit and practice (painted in the 30th year of Qianlong)

The middle is Amitabha Buddha, with red body and hands in meditation seal, holding a vase, and sitting cross-legged on a lotus seat. The surroundings are eleven-sided Guanyin, four-armed Guanyin, the Buddha Mother of the Conquest, the White Umbrella, the Buddha Mother of the White Saving Buddha Mother, the Green Saving Buddha Mother of the Accumulated Light, and the Buddha Mother of the Seeking Buddha Mother.

010011th floor six rooms, the south wall of the first floor, the fundamental guardian of the Dharma

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(the above Baoxianglou Thangka information pictures are from Beijing Fanlin Culture Network).

Cining Garden

Low let's browse the Cining Palace Sculpture Museum.

Cining Palace Sculpture Exhibition Hall

After the renovation is completed, the Cining Palace area is now a sculpture exhibition hall, including five exhibition rooms: the main hall of the Cining Palace, the east wing of the Cining Palace, the west wing of the Cining Palace, the Buddha Hall, and the west wing of the Buddha Hall. According to the type of collection and architectural layout, the Sculpture Gallery, the Han and Tang Pottery Fiction Hall, the Xiude Bai Stone Hall, the Buddhist Statue Museum and the Brick and Stone Painting Museum are set up, and about 400 sculptures and cultural relics are exhibited, which are permanent exhibitions of the Palace Museum for tourists to visit.

The main hall of Cining Palace is a fine exhibition room, exhibiting more than 40 rare treasures including stone sheep in the fifth year of Yonghe in the Eastern Han Dynasty, stone Buddha statues and Bodhisattva statues in the Northern Qi Dynasty, pottery figurines in the second year of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty, wood carvings and gold-plated statues of Guanyin in the Northern Song Dynasty, silver-golded Sixth Panchen Lama statues in the Qing Dynasty.

Next, let’s enjoy some exhibits.

Cining Palace Sculpture Exhibition Hall

Sculpture Exhibition Hall Song Dynasty Wood Carving Painting Free Guanyin Figures

Sculpture Exhibition Hall Northern Wei Statue Stele

Cining Palace Sculpture Museum Exhibits

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Cining Palace Sculpture Pavilion exhibits

Cining Palace western wing is an ancient pottery figurine exhibition room. The exhibits started from the Western Han Dynasty and ended in the Ming Dynasty, mainly terracotta figurines in the Han Dynasty, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties. The west wing of the Buddha Hall is a display room for portrait stones and portrait bricks, and the exhibits include stone statues, portrait stones, portrait bricks, brick carvings, etc.

Portrait stone and portrait brick are important parts of ancient Chinese sculptures. Their subjects include farming, hunting, war, carriages and horses, kitchens, banquets, emperors, generals, sages and hermits, women and filial sons, immortals and gods, strange beasts, buildings, celestial bodies, natural scenery, decorative patterns, etc. The eastern wing of Cining Palace is the exhibition room of Quyang Buddhist statues. Quyang statues have become representatives of Buddha statues in Hebei region with their white texture, exquisite carvings, and many vows. They can be regarded as one of the archaeological discoveries of important Buddhist temples in China.

Cining Palace Sculpture Pavilion exhibits Portrait Stone

The Ming Room of the Great Buddha Hall and the Dongnuan Pavilion are ancient Buddhist statue display rooms, displaying ancient Buddhist statues of different textures, including copper, clay, porcelain, stone, wood, and sandwich. The exhibits began in the Sixteen Kingdoms period and ended in the Qing Dynasty.

After visiting Cining Palace, you can take a look at the Cining Palace Garden opposite Cining Palace. This place was originally a place where the empress dowagers and concubines of the Ming and Qing dynasties visited, worshiped Buddhas, and worshiped the ancestors. There are nine buildings including Xianruo Pavilion and Baoxiang Tower. Xianruo Pavilion is currently open to the public.

were presented for the first time in the "naked exhibition". They invited them to the Cining Palace, which took a lot of trouble and took a full week.

The western wing of Cining Palace is an ancient pottery figurine exhibition room. The exhibits started from the Western Han Dynasty and ended in the Ming Dynasty. They mainly feature pottery figurines in the Han Dynasty, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties. The west wing of the Buddha Hall is a display room for portrait stones and portrait bricks, and the exhibits include stone statues, portrait stones, portrait bricks, brick carvings, etc.

Portrait stone and portrait brick are important parts of ancient Chinese sculptures. The subjects include farming, hunting, war, carriages and horses, kitchens, banquets, emperors, generals, sages and hermits, women and filial sons, immortals and gods, strange beasts, buildings, celestial bodies, natural scenery, decorative patterns, etc. The eastern wing of Cining Palace is the exhibition room of Quyang Buddhist statues. Quyang statues have become representatives of Buddha statues in Hebei region with their white texture, exquisite carvings, and many vows. They can be regarded as one of the archaeological discoveries of important Buddhist temples in China.

The Ming Room of the Great Buddha Hall and the Donghunting Pavilion are ancient Buddhist statue display rooms, displaying ancient Buddhist statues of different textures, including copper, clay, porcelain, stone, wood, and sandwich. The exhibits began in the Sixteen Kingdoms period and ended in the Qing Dynasty.

Cining Palace is exclusively for the Empress Dowager to live. All the Empress Dowager's Holy Birthday, the title of the upper edict, the title of the princess, the marriage of the princess is celebrated here. Even the Empress Dowager's death is also worshipped here. The back hall of Cining Palace was changed to a Buddhist temple, which began with the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, and all the Buddhas he offered were offered by Xiaozhuang.Why do

say so?

1973 In the Forbidden City, before the Buddha statues of the Cining Palace Buddha Hall were transferred to Baima Temple in Luoyang, Henan Province, the Forbidden City took photos and registered the Buddha statues, niches, and utensils offered in the Buddhist temple for future verification. One of the Buddhas of the Brahma Amitabha Buddha in the 12th year of Qianlong was engraved with Qianlong's inscription: "All the Buddhas offered in the Cining Palace were all made of the saints of the saints of Empress Xiaozhuangwen. After years of time, the Virgin Mary of Qianlong's Dingmaochun was revived and my holy mother was very happy. On the day of completion, I worshipped this ancient Buddha of Brahma Amitabha Buddha to wish her piously to be a pious wish to live a life of compassion. . "

Picture source: The Exhibits of the Sculpture Hall of the Forbidden City Cining Palace Sculpture Hall official website

On the fourth day of the 23rd year of Qianlong, the Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted a detailed inspection record of the Buddha hall, and the grand furnishings of the Buddha hall were seen: a gold-wombed Sakyamuni Buddha was offered in the upper niche in the middle of the back hall of the Cining Palace, and a dry lacquer-clad Sakyamuni Buddha, Medicine Buddha and Amitabha Buddha were offered in the three niches downstairs. A copper-wombed Amitabha Buddha was offered in the front of the niche, and a porcelain-wombed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva was offered in the east and west. There is a four-armed Guanyin Bodhisattva in the east, a golden womb in the east, a statue of Maitreya Buddha in the east, and a golden pagoda in the west. A scroll of Maitreya Buddha is hung on the east side of the West, and a copper-plated pavilion is offered in the middle. There are eleven Buddha niches on both sides, and there are copper womb Amitabha Buddha and Sakyamuni Buddha. Eighteen Arhats with dry paint and wombs are provided on the east and west wall platforms.

stupa, utensils

stupa, stupa niche halves are equipped with a large red painted thick wood table, 5 pieces of copper gilded five pieces, 2 pieces of copper gilded manda, 2 pieces of glass lamp, 5 pieces of copper and 5 pieces of tin high-foot plate. The two sides of the table are provided with dry paint and the King of Torta. There are also a large number of Buddhist niches, offerings, scriptures, Dharma objects, offerings, pagodas, etc. in the Buddhist temple.

So if you visit Luoyang Museum, don’t forget to take a closer look at the exhibition hall of the Palace Cultural Relics Museum. This not only displays various textured Buddha statues, Buddhist niches, magical instruments, offerings and utensils for Buddha worship in the original Cining Palace Buddha Hall, but also furniture, screens for decoration, hanging screens, calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, etc. from other halls of the Forbidden City at that time.

The palace cultural relics exhibited in the Luoyang Municipal Museum were transferred to Luoyang by Premier Zhou Enlai personally and transferred to Luoyang City by the Palace Museum in Beijing when Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia visited Baima Temple in 1973.

Below you can enjoy some of the collections allocated to the Luoyang Museum by the Cining Palace Buddha Hall and others in the Forbidden City.

Ming Dynasty slim stickers from the Buddha Hall of Cining Palace

exhibits from the Buddha Hall of Cining Palace

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Manjushri Bodhisattva

Exhibits from the Buddha Hall of Cining Palace Tathagata Buddha

Guanyin Bodhisattva sitting on the lotus platform

Guanyin Bodhisattva holding the pier

Guanyin Bodhisattva holding hands

Guanyin Bodhisattva

Hands hand

In particular, there is a golden nanmu wooden pagoda with a height of 6 meters and weighing 4 tons, which makes the world even more "shocked". Priceless and rare in the world.

Original Palace Cining Palace Buddha Hall The Golden Silk Nano Wooden Tower with a height of 6 meters and weight of 4 tons Now Luoyang Museum

Now this wooden tower is a business card of Luoyang Museum. The pagoda is made of a whole golden Silk Nano Wood, 6 meters high and weighs 4 tons, and the whole body is in the color of a dark brown wood. Moreover, all use mortise and tenon technology, without using one iron nail, which is a treasure in Buddhist art.

Golden Silk Nanmu Tower Partial

Golden Silk Nanmu Tower with a height of 6 meters and weight of 4 tons Partial

pagoda is designed with 304 Buddhist niches, each of which is enshrined in a gilded Bodhisattva.

All bronze Buddhas have the same shape, appearance, body shape and accessories: their eyes are slightly opened, they wear a crown on their head, they are covered with silk belts, and are decorated with flower-shaped earrings, neck ornaments, arm bracelets, ankles, etc., they have a solid seal in front of their abdomen, holding a long-lived vase in their hands, and sit cross-legged on a square hollow pedestal. There is a ring-shaped head light and backlight behind them, decorated with bead patterns and flame patterns.

Each niche of bronze Buddha is engraved with the words "Remembered in the Xinsi year of the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty".

The Xinsi year of Qianlong was the 26th year of Qianlong (1761). This year was the 69th birthday of the Empress Dowager Chongqing, the biological mother of Emperor Qianlong. According to the tradition of "nine or ten", a large number of statues of the Amitabha Buddha in the year of Xinsi were cast, which was used to celebrate the birthday of the Empress Dowager. The statue of Amitabha Buddha is surrounded by a hollow gourd-shaped backlight in the middle of the flame pattern. It sits upright on the square pedestal, and the tablecloth sags from the middle.

In the 28th year of Qianlong, the "Cining Palace Pagoda Hanging Project" records this pagoda: On December 26, the 28th year of Qianlong, three eight-sided nanmu pagodas were built on the Cining Palace, each with a height of two twelve feet and four inches, and the Sumeru seat below was two feet and four inches high, with three floors. Each floor has a heavy arch and arched arches, eight-ridge pointed or decoration-backed flower voucher boards, and nineteen-trough pipa railings.

Golden Silk Nanmu Tower Partial

The bottom floor is 188 cm high, and each side has 4 rows of 5 floors of 20 Buddha niches, and a total of 160 Buddha niches on all sides. The niche is decorated with a "Ding"-shaped treasure lotus wrapped in the shape of a "sweeping" and the outer frame of the Buddha niche is decorated with convex patterns. The Bodhisattva's eyes were slightly closed, his head was wearing a crown, a celestial garment, and all kinds of jewelry ornaments were covered with garlands, earrings, neck ornaments, and sat cross-legged on the lotus platform. The middle floor of

is 180 cm high, with 12 twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twelve twel The double-layer eaves wing angles are lifted, and the first layer has antique structured tile and slab tiles, and carved railings on the base.

The highest level and the height of the tower top are 263 cm, 2 rows of 3 floors and 6 trunks on each side, and 48 trunks on each side. There are carved railings on the base, and the uppermost part is a circular treasure brake.

specially opened a small skylight for this golden nanmu pagoda

The wooden pagoda itself has exquisite carving technology, and the material of the tower is also extremely rare. It uses precious wood used by the imperial courts of all dynasties in China - the golden nanmu, known as the "Imperial Wood". The golden nanmu has a very long growth period, solid wood, insect-proof and corrosion-resistant, and the wood grain has a natural golden texture, which is very rare.

At this point, the information about Cining Palace and Cining Palace Garden has come to an end.

Go down and walk into the second "nurturing home" of the palace - Shookang Palace.

(Note) moondial, as the name suggests, is timed through the moon. The moon dial consists of an unrotable territory and a rotatable sky plate. There is also a movable parade on it, called the moon ray. It compensates by rotating the sky plate. The angle and time difference of the moon rise are used to point to the moon to indicate the time.

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