Where does the prince live in the Forbidden City?

In the Forbidden City, Zhongcui Palace, located in the sixth house of the East, was occupied by princes during the reign of Qin Long in the Ming Dynasty and became the living quarters of queens in the Qing Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, Yuqing Palace in the Forbidden City was the residence of the prince. Yuqing Palace was specially built for Crown Prince Yin Yong during the Kangxi period. After Yongzheng, in order to avoid the tragedy of "nine sons seized the office", the crown prince was no longer established in advance, but was changed to the residence of the prince.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the early emperors (Shunzhi and Kangxi) were all young and never served as princes. After Emperor Kangxi established Prince Yin 'an, Emperor Kangxi ordered people to repair the Mingfeng Temple between Zhaigong and Fengxian Palace in the east of the Forbidden City, and changed it to Yuqing Palace as the East Palace where Prince Yin 'an lived, to show his favor.

However, Yong Zhengdi, who successfully ascended the throne after Jiuzi took the throne, changed Yuqing Palace to the residence of the Prince in order to avoid such a situation from happening again.

Aisin Giorro Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, wrote in the second chapter of his autobiography "My First Half Life" that he studied in Yuqing Palace: "The study was first in He Ying Bookstore in Zhongnanhai, and then moved to Yuqing Palace on the right side of the Forbidden City, where Guangxu studied as a child. It used to be the living room of Emperor Qianlong (later Emperor Jiaqing).

Yuqing Palace has a small yard and a small house. It is an I-shaped palace, tightly sandwiched between two rows of short and small supporting rooms. It is divided into many small rooms, only two large rooms in the west are used as study rooms, and the rest are empty.

Compared with other rooms in the palace, the layout of these two study rooms is relatively simple: under the south window is a long strip with hats and vases on it; Near the western wall is a row of kang. At first, I studied on the kang, and the kang table was the desk. Later, I moved it to the ground, and the square table replaced the kang table. There are two tables on the north wall for books and stationery. Near the east wall are chairs and coffee tables. On the east and west walls hung sincere poems written by Prince Chun Xian personally to Guangxu. "

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