- The Palace of Prolonging Happiness (Chinese: 延禧宫; pinyin: Yánxǐgōng), also known as Yanxi Palace, is one of the Six Eastern Palaces in the inner court of the Forbidden City.
- Yanxigong was built in 1420, in Ming Dynasty as one of the Six Eastern Palaces, and had been the residence for concubines from 1420 to 1845.
- In 1931, a few years after the Palace Museum was founded, three two-storey warehouses were built to store artifacts.
- The Hall of Prolonging Happiness (Yanxi gong) was destroyed by fire during the Daoguang reign (1821-1850). In 1931, a few years after the Palace...
- The most unique of the Forbidden City's six eastern palaces, the Palace of Prolonging Happiness features an unfinished 20th-century...
- Photo taken at Palace of Prolonging Happiness by James M. on 10/9/2021.
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- A visit to some of these collection halls will allow you to have a glimpse of the luxurious life of the palace in centuries gone by.
- The Palace of Prolonging Happiness goes through a checkered history in the early twentieth century, and is now home to exhibition galleries.
- Location: Forbidden City (Zǐjìn Chéng, 紫禁城) now known as the Palace Museum (Gùgōng Bówùyùan, 故宫博物院), Beijing (Běijīng Shì...
- Forbidden City in Beijing China - Palace of Prolonging Happiness.
- In 1909, construction of the Hall of Water (Shui Dian), a three-story building, began on the original site of the Palace of Prolonging Happiness.
- Originally named the Palace of Longevity, the Palace of Prolonged Happiness is one of the Eastern Six Palaces, constructed in 1420 during the Ming Dynasty.
- Additionally, the Museum is preparing the area of the Palace of Prolonging Happiness (Yanxi gong) as an exhibition space for the many works of foreign art in...
