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Palace of Eternal Longevity ( Chinese: 永寿宫; pinyin: Yongshougong) is one of the Six Western Palaces in the Forbidden City. It was a residence of imperial concubines since 1420.
Yongshou Palace was built in 1420 as a part of Inner Court's western palaces and named "Palace of Eternal Pleasure" (长乐宫, pinyin: Changle gong). In 1535, the Jiajing Emperor renamed the palace as "Palace of Embodying Morality" (毓德宫, pinyin: yudegong). In 1616, the palace obtained its current name. Yongshou Palace was undergoing renovations in 1697 and 1897. [1] During the Qianlong period, the palace was used as a place of wedding banquets for Princess Heke of the Second Rank in 1772 [2] and Gurun Princess Hexiao in 1789. [3] During the Daoguang era, rear halls of the palace became a storage of classified intelligence.
It is the closest palace to Yangxin hall, the residence of Qing dynasty emperors from 1722.
Year | Emperor | Imperial consort | Note |
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1466-1475 | Chenghua | Empress Dowager Xiaomuji [4] | |
1638-1643 | Chongzhen | The palace was used as a shelter
from natural disasters |
Date | Emperor | Imperial consort | Note |
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25.10.1653 | Shunzhi | Erdeni Bumba | Borjigit Erdeni Bumba was demoted to Consort Jing,
thus she moved from Kunning Palace to Yongshou Palace. |
July 1657 – 1667 | Consort Ke | She was holding the title of Noble Lady
and was promoted to Consort in 1667 [5] | |
28.12.1682-19.12.1694 | Kangxi | Noble Consort Wenxi | |
?-20.08.1699 | Imperial Noble Consort Jingmin | ||
1675-1711 | Consort Liang | ||
1735 | Yongzheng | Empress Xiaoshengxian | She lived there shortly before moving
to Shoukang Palace as Empress Dowager |
January 1742-4.07.1777 | Qianlong | Consort Shu | She moved there after being promoted
to concubine and supervised lesser-ranking consorts. |
1757-29.05.1784 | Concubine Cheng | She died during the southern tour in 1784 | |
1766-1788 | Noble Lady Shun | She supervised younger consorts from 1777 to 1788 | |
1766-1794 | Consort Fang | She moved out from the palace in 1794 [6] | |
1801-1821 | Jiaqing | Imperial Noble Consort Gongshun [7] | She moved out to Shou'an Palace in 1821 |