Yanxi Palace
Yanxi palace is one of the six Eastern Palaces in the Forbidden City, which is located on the east side of Donger Changjie. Built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420), it was initially named Changshou palace. In 1535, it was renamed Yanqi palace. It was renamed Yanxi palace in Qing Dynasty and rebuilt in 1686. Concubines lived in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the concubines of Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty and Chenggui people once lived here. Empress Xiaoyi Chun of Emperor Qianlong once lived here.
Yanxi Palace
Yanxi palace, one of the six Eastern Palaces in the Forbidden City, is a Chinese palace building in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
It was built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420) and renamed Yanxi palace in the Qing Dynasty. It was rebuilt in 1686. After 1949, the cultural relics storehouse of Yanxi palace was used by China ancient ceramics research center and China ancient calligraphy and painting research center respectively. In 2010, Yanxi palace opened to the public, holding an exhibition of ancient ceramics and ancient Chinese characters.
On March 2, 2019, the National Palace Museum announced that research-based protection and renovation of the buildings in the Yanxi palace area will start.
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Development history
In 1420, Yanxi palace was established, initially named Changshou palace.
In 1535, it was renamed Yanqi palace and Yanxi palace in Qing Dynasty.
It was rebuilt in 1686, the 25th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, and was occupied by concubines in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the Kangxi Dynasty, the first of the four imperial concubines, huifei Nala, once lived here.
In the Qianlong Dynasty, the concubine Chen lived here, but the concubine did not live in Yanxi palace.
In the reign of Daoguang, Tianpin Fucha once lived here. In the 25th year of Daoguang, there was a fire in Yanxi palace, and Tianpin was buried in the fire.
In 1845, a fire broke out in Yanxi palace, which destroyed 25 buildings, including the main hall, the back hall and the East and west side halls. In 1872, Tongzhi proposed reconstruction, but it failed to achieve.
In the first year of Xuantong (1909), the imperial concubine of duankang (Jinfei of Emperor Guangxu) presided over the construction of a three story western style building, the water hall, at the original site of Yanxi palace. Before the water hall was built, the Qing Dynasty was destroyed. Therefore, the unfinished western building, commonly known as "Crystal Palace", was left behind. Because the National Treasury was empty, the Crystal Palace was not completed until the winter of the third year of Xuantong (1911), and then it was forced to stop construction.
In June 1910, the Empress Dowager Longyu ordered Xiyuan electric lamp office to install electric heaters, fans and lamps for Yanxi palace.
In 1917, when Zhang Xun was restored, the northern part of the Crystal Palace was bombed by the planes of the direct troops.
In 1931, the Palace Museum built a cultural relics storehouse on the site of Yanxi palace. In order to balance the storehouse with other buildings in the Palace Museum, the storehouse was covered with yellow glazed tiles.
After 1949, the cultural relics storehouse of Yanxi palace was used by China ancient ceramics research center and China ancient calligraphy and painting research center respectively.
In 2010, Yanxi palace opened to the public, holding an exhibition of ancient ceramics and ancient Chinese characters.
From September 30, 2015 to August 31, 2016, Yanxi palace held an exhibition of Ru kiln porcelain in the Palace Museum.
On March 2, 2019, the National Palace Museum announced that research-based protection and renovation of the buildings in the Yanxi palace area will start.
Main attractions
Yanxi palace is the same as the other five palaces in the East six palace. It has two front and back entrances, five main halls in the front courtyard, and a yellow glazed tile on the top of the mountain. In the room, there is a plaque written by Emperor Qianlong saying "praise the emblem carefully". In the east wall, there is Qianlong's praise of emperor Cao's agriculture, and in the west wall, there is a painting of emperor Cao's agriculture. There are three East and three West halls in front of the hall. There are 5 main halls in the backyard, 3 East and 3 West Side halls, all of which are yellow glazed tiles.
Water Hall: the walls of the water hall are separated by two layers of glass. Water is injected into the glass interlayer to raise fish. Water is also injected outside the building to raise fish, surrounded by rockery. There are 9 rooms on each floor of the main building. One door is opened on each side of the ground floor, surrounded by corridors. The four corners of the water hall are respectively connected with one hexagonal pavilion with three floors. Two doors are opened on the ground floor to connect with the main building and the corridor respectively. All the frames of the hall are made of iron, and the four dragon shaped columns in the hall are also made of cast iron. The whole building is mostly made of white marble, with few bricks. The outer wall is carved, and the inner wall is pasted with white and colored tiles.
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Ticket information
Yanxi palace doesn't sell tickets alone. You can buy tickets for the Forbidden City.
Peak season (April 1 to October 31): 60.00 yuan
Off season (November 1 to March 31): 40.00 yuan
Children under 1.2m can visit with their guardians free of charge. Retired cadres are free to visit with their retirement certificates. Disabled people can visit the site free of charge with their ID. Senior citizens over 60 years old (including 60 years old) can buy tickets for senior citizens, and students from universities, middle schools and primary schools (including students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan; excluding adult education and graduate students) can buy tickets with their student cards.
Opening Hours
The opening time of the Forbidden City is 08:30; the closing time is 15:30 in off-season and 16:00 in peak season; the clearance time is 16:30 in off-season and 17:00 in peak season.
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Self driving
Yuqun Hutong Nanyang Hutong Dafosi East Street south entrance of Dafosi East Street turn right art gallery East Street turn right Wusi street turn left beiheyan street Donghuamen Street main entrance of the scenic spot. Public transportation (1) get off at 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 20, 52, 22, 120, 728, 802 Tiananmen West or Tiananmen east. (2) get off at 60 Donghuamen. (3) subway (Tiananmen east station, Tiananmen west station) 9, 17, 22, 44, 48, 59, 66, 110, 126, 301, 646, 673, 692, 729, 803, 808, 901, te4, te7, brt1 get off at Qianmen or 101, 103, 109, 685, 814, 846 get off at the Forbidden City.
Address: east side of East erchang street, East Liugong District, Zijin City, Xicheng District, Beijing
Longitude: 116.398475
Latitude: 39.920179
Chinese PinYin : Yan Xi Gong
Yanxi Palace
