The Forbidden City, built as the imperial palace of Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) Dynasties, covers an area of 720,000 square meters and has more than 8,700 rooms. Every palace and hall have its own story to tell. Today, we’ll talk about the royal library in my Beijing to Xian tour — Wuying Palace, which actually refers to the Wuying Palace Buildings.
Built in 1420 of Yongle reign in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Wuying Palace buildings are located outside the Xihemen Gate. It covers an area of 12,000 square meters. In early Ming Dynasty, the palace was served as a place for the emperor to fast and summon his officials for consultation. In the 17th year of Chongzhen reign (1644), Li Zicheng captured Beijing and held his coronation ceremony in the palace. After the invasion of Man troops into Beijing through Shanhai Pass, Duoergun, a prince regent of the Qing Dynasty (1616-1911), conducted government affairs here. Later, in the 8th year(1669) of Kang Xi reign in Qing Dynasty, Emperor Kangxi had moved to Wuying Palace due to the overhaul of Qianqing Palace (the palace where the Emperor slept). And in 1680, Emperor Kang Xi set up a book press in the Palace to print and edit books.
Wuying Palace was destroyed by fire during the Ming and Qing dynasties and it has been renovated nine times since the Palace Museum was founded in 1925. In 2005, a two-year repair and reconstruction of the Wuying Palace was completed and opened to visitors as an exhibition hall for books and paintings in the recent half a century.
After the travel in Beijing, I flied to Xian for my next Xian Terra-cotta Warriors tour, which is the most spectacular tour in my life.
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