Travel In The Shenyang Imperial Palace #1: （one of the two remaining palaces in China）沈阳故宫

Hello steemian friends:

Today I would like to share with you the Imperial Palace, one of the two remaining palaces in China, Shenyang Imperial Palace.

Shenyang imperial palace, established by Nuerhachi and Huangtaiji, was the auxiliary palace after the Qing Dynasty entered the Shanhaiguan Pass. As one of the two well-preserved ancient palaces, Shenyang Imperial Palace is famous for its Manchu(满族)characteristics.

The Shenyang Imperial Palace is the founding area of the Qing Dynasty. In 1616, Nuerhachi, the chief of a Nuzhen tribe in Jiazhou in the Ming Dynasty, unified all Nuzhen tribes, and declared himself khan, establishing Great jin authority in Hetu'ala in the territory of today's Xinbin in Liaoning Province. In 1621, Liaoshen region was occupied, and 1n 1625, the capital was moved from Liaoyang to Shenyang, and the Shenyang Imperial Palace was constructed. After Huangtaiji inherited the throne of khan in 1626. the constrution of the palace was continued.

in 1636, Huangtaij formally succeeded to the throne in this palace, and changed the name of the state into the Great Qing. Afte the Qing Dynasty moved its capital to Beijing in 1644, the Shenyang Imperial Palace was preserved and continued to be expanded. From 1671 to 1829, the Qing emperors,including Kangxi, Qianlong Jiaqing and Daoguang, who visited the northeast region to offer sacrifices to their ancestors, all stayed in the palace, and held celebrations and sacrifice ceremonies here.

It is smaller than the Forbidden City, Beijing, China. It takes an area of more than 60,000 square meters, including more than 100 ancient architectures. and is about one-sixth of the Forbidden City.

The Dazheng Hall and Ten Pavilions in the east were constructed by Nuerhachil; the Daqing Gate, the reign period of Huangtaiji, with the auxiliary palace and the Temple of Imperial Ancestors on the two sides, the Wensu Pavillion and the Performing Stage in the west constructed during Qianlong's period.
As the imperial forbidden area, it was inscribed on the list of World Cultural and Natural Heritage.

Ok, so let's look at it.

I got off the car from here and walked to the main entrance.

Move down inside, you can see a pedestrian street in front of the Palace.

The left is the main entrance of the Palace and the right is The Palace Museum.

after buying the ticket, I entered the main Gate of Daqing (进入故宫正门大清门) which was being repaired.

Walking in the yard, I saw The Chongzhen Pavilion being repaired which is the place where the emperor worked in it. what a pity! Walking through it normally, you can see the highest pavilion, The Fenghuang Pavilion. That day I had to turn to other path..

So I saw The Jialiang 嘉量 .

The Jialiang was a standard measurement instrument in ancient China. They were used to symbolize the lasting sovereignty and unity of the country.

This is The Fenghuang Pavilion 凤凰楼:

The Fenghuang Pavilion was built in 4 meters high platform which made of the blue brick . it is a place where emperor and his empress 、 concubines used to reading or having a rest .

There are dozens of steps in the front of it, which leads to the ground. Stepping up the phoenix tower, you can see the whole view of the city.

It was the highest building in shengjing at that time.

The words, 紫气东来，in the horizontal inscribed board which was written by the emperor Qianlong, and has been hanging in it.

In the Shenyang imperial palace, every palace which was built on more than three-meters high platform, surrounded with walls and ring road, was a closed castal.

this conform the nvzhen's( Manchu ancestors) traditional habits living for a long time in the mountains.

Bottom is the inside door, it is a channel going out and coming in the Imperial palace.

With a gallery, yellow glazed tiles and green edge，it looks very beautiful and its artistic beauty is so amazing!

The Qingning Palace 清宁宫

it was the central palace of the Shengjing Imperial Palace.The eastern chamber was the bedchamber of Huangtaiji and his empress,and the western four rooms
were the places where the Shaman sacrificial ceremonies were held and the emperor entertained guests. After the Qing Dynasty moved the capital to Beijing, emperors still held sacrificial ceremonies here according to the old
rites when they visited Shengjing. The architecture was deemed as the model of the Manchu traditional residence.

The East Palace 东所

The East Palace, constructed from the Qianlong period, was also called the East Palace, because it was located to the east of the Chongzhen Hall. It was the temporary palace for empress dowagers when the emperors visited the east, including the Yihe Hall, the Jiezhi Palace, etc.

颐和殿 The Yihe Hall

The Yihe Hall, served as the place where the empress dowager held ceremonies and entertained female family members of the princes and officials.

介祉宫 The Jiezhi Palace

The eastern chamber was the residence of empress dowager during the stay in Shengjing. The emperor led all concubine to greet empress dowager here every day.

crossing the door，you can see the Jingdian Pavilion.

The following is The Jingdian Pavilion 敬典阁:

The Jingdian Pavilion，served as the place where Yudie(the imperial genealogical recaords)were kept. Yudie was the pedigree of the Aisin Gioro family, which was revised every 10 years in Qing Dynasty. Since Emperor Qianlong, one copy had been sent here for collection after each revision.

That's all for today，I hope you like it!

To be continued until next time.

今天给大家分享一下中国仅存的两大宫殿建筑群之一的沈阳故宫。为清朝初期的皇宫，距今有400年的历史了，始建于1625年。清朝入关前，其皇宫设在沈阳，迁都北京后，这座皇宫被称作“留都宫殿”。后来就称之为沈阳故宫。

它的面积比北京故宫要小很多，大约有六万多平方米，相当于北京故宫的1/6，古建筑100多座，500多间，是一处包含着丰富历史文化内涵的古代遗址。在这里，你可以看到很多建筑具有浓郁的满族风格特点。我喜欢探索历史古迹，如果您也喜欢，就跟我一起看一下吧。

那故宫大概格局是分中路和东路，这两个地方是努尔哈赤和皇太极时候建的，西路是后来乾隆时期东巡建的用于看戏，读书，娱乐的。那中路的建筑还是按照古代个朝时期一样，是前朝后寝的样式。前面是皇帝办公的地方，后面就是和皇后，嫔妃们的住宅啦！

进入正门看到的崇政殿正在维修中，所以此次没有看到这个很遗憾。这里是皇帝办公的地方，如果从这里传过去后面就是凤凰楼，但是现在由于装修，我不得不绕道其他地方。像左转看到这个。

嘉量是我国古代标准的计量器。象征着江山万代，国家统一。

凤凰楼建造在4米高的青砖台基上，三滴水歇山式围廊，顶铺黄琉璃瓦，镶绿剪边。此楼为盛京最高建筑. 凤凰楼上藏有乾隆帝御笔亲题的“紫气东来”匾。

在沈阳故宫内，凡宫皆建在三米多的高台之上，台周围环以围墙和巡逻更道，俨然一座封闭的城堡。这是符合满族的先人女真人长期生活在山区的传统生活习惯的。
帝后经常在此读书或小憩。下层为内宫门，是出入宫区的通道。前有数十级台阶通往台下。登上凤凰楼，整个盛京城全景可尽收眼底。清宁宫是皇太极皇帝和皇后的寝宫，西四间为宫廷内举行萨满祭祀活动。东所它是皇帝东巡盛京时，皇太后行宫，包括颐和殿，介祉宫等建筑。颐和殿它是皇太后行宫中举行典礼和召见王公官员女眷之处。介止宫它是皇太后的寝宫，每日皇帝率嫔妃到此问候皇太后起居。。敬典阁 是盛京皇宫内收藏玉牌之所。玉牒是皇族的宗谱，清代每十年纂修一次，每次修完运送这里收藏。

好了，今天就分享到这，还有更多的有趣的图片和故事下次再分享给你们，希望你们喜欢！

Thank you !

@helene