Forbidden city photographic studio

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, empresses lived in the Sixth Palace.

Zhu Jiajin has a professional answer to this:

"About the living conditions, in the Forbidden City, concubines live in the sixth house of things, regardless of grades, and the Empress of the Ming Dynasty lives in the Palace of Kunning, so it is called Zhonggong. The filial piety of the Qing Dynasty was promoted by the imperial concubine, first by the imperial concubine, then by the imperial concubine and then by the queen. Although blocked again and again, she has never been married, so she has never lived in the Palace of Kunning in her life. Only Shunzhi, Kangxi, Tongzhi, Guangxu and Puyi, after the wedding, the queen lived in Kunning Palace for three days, and after three days, a palace was designated on the east and west sides, unlike the Ming Dynasty, which lived in Kunning Palace forever. The palace where the Empress of the Qing Dynasty lived was her own place. "

"The Forbidden City Food Retreat Record" has a specific explanation for this.

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Kunning Palace was used as a sacrifice in Qing Dynasty. There is no one except the queen's wedding. Only the Empress of the Ming Dynasty lived in Kunning Palace. Of course, this is just a general situation. In the Ming Dynasty, concubines lived in the Palace of Kunning.

In the Ming dynasty, the status of the queen was relative to that of the emperor. She was the most distinguished woman in the world. The emperor is heaven, the queen is earth, the emperor is dry, the queen is Kun and the queen is the only one in the world. The queen's bedroom was taken from Tao Te Ching, and Kun got a better one, so it was named Kunning Palace. Similarly, heaven also has a clean, emperor's bedroom named Gan Qing Palace.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-The Return of Food in the Forbidden City