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fig. 3  A ‘numbered 7’ Jun flower pot.
                                                                                  Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
                                                                                எӲ  ǸӮǹໃᣥऑ㟕⚨Ɽ⎺   ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅


























                  fig. 2  Album leaf of ‘Enjoying chrysanthemums on the ninth day of the ninth month’ from   fig. 4  Incised inscriptions on the base of the
                Strolling in the Moonlight by Chen Mei, circa AD 1738. Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing  Jun flower pot shown in fig. 3
                      எՀ  ᳖㪀៦Ƕᝲᝩ᳖㙚எǷ  㞒㪈㐃ⴵ   ݺ    ⡙      ჺה    ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅               எ୨  எӲ㟕⚨Ɽ⎺ᄓ㛑ߴ᪪



                name places within the Yangxindian, the Chonghuagong, the Jianfugong or   㑷ᰚ卿ݦ⩢மߴᝳ᳖༈ԋݰ㵲⎏ײ⊇஠㿽厍Ӭ⩢ἃǸӮǹ
                the Yingtai, which were all used by the imperial family as personal residences
                                                                     ໃⵘⱤऑᰚ卻㱦⻦⽚ 1%'   卼卿ᄓߴǸ㱐ᇵᬆǹǮǸ㪪
                or places for relaxation.  The Yangxindian (Hall of Mental Cultivation)
                                                                     ໫ༀ⊇ǹໃ᧙厎औӬ׾㉙ᚺײ⊇஠㿽⎏ᛓǸԬǹໃ㟕
                was built during the reign of the Ming dynasty Jiajing Emperor, and was
                used as a place of repose for the emperors. However, the future Yongzheng   ⚨ᰚ卻㱦⻦⽚ἃ 1%'   卼卿᫉଍הᱡᣗᅴ卿ᄓߴǸ㱐
                Emperor moved into the Yangxindian in order to be close to his father,   ᇵᬆǹǮǸᚺ⚖⊇ǹໃ᧙ǯ
                the Kangxi Emperor, in the Qianqinggong (Palace of Heavenly Purity),
                when the latter was ill.  When he ascended the throne, the Yongzheng
                                                                     ᇖӳ㘚᪪㍃⏭׹卿㘺ᏼ㟕⚨Ɽ଍⎏ײ⊇஠㿽卿㰆὞
                Emperor did not move into the Qianqinggong but continued to live in
                                                                     ᛓ⡻●ఉݤ༈Ԡԋ⎏ⲋჸᡛᇵᅤ❪⯝Ɽஊ卿ս᳖ࣿ
                the Yangxindian and subsequent Qing emperors continued this practice.
                The Chonghuagong (Palace of Cherished Glory) was the residence of the   ջ⎑ႽᏒߪ⎏ݯձౚᏒǯٿᇑӬᓽ⎏ᛓ卿༈ᅡ⯠⻦
                Qianlong emperor before he ascended the imperial throne. It was located
                                                                     ⯝ഌ⣠ᇪ
೥Ⅷ⻦ԋ㉙ᚺ᳖༈ײ⊇஠㿽⎏㟕⚨ᰚǮ
                in the north-western part of the Forbidden City.  After he became emperor
                                                                     Ɽ⎺কⱤ଍卿ݯׅ⧡ഌഅׅᙻ㱐ᇵᬆǮ㞒ⵖ༈Ǯᅤ◙
                Qianlong commissioned extensive renovation of the Chonghuagong, adding
                facilities such as a stage, where the emperor made opera performances and   ༈কẃ⯓卿⩧㘺Ջكᛓ⎑ༀ཰ږক㙚፠ԠᏒǯ㱐ᇵ
                tea available to court officials as part of the Spring Festival celebrations.  The   ᬆᅤᙻᚺૃ㬬ჺ㧿卿ࣥ⊇ה഍ຽ༬༈ǯݯᇌ卿㫇᫈ᝪ
                Jianfugong (Palace of Established Happiness), also in the north-western part
                                                                     ཰㱐ᇵᬆ卿ս؝ᓛឃԳ᳖༈㱐⋹⎏‪ℳᄮᾭǯׅ࣊Ԡ
                of the Forbidden City, and was built by the Qianlong Emperor in 1742.  It
                                                                     ᇌ卿㫇᫈Ԇត㚀ݣԳ᳖༈卿ं⩧㚁ᖽ⊬ங㱐ᇵᬆ卿ᇁ
                was particularly noted for its gardens, which Qianlong had constructed as a
                place of relaxation and entertainment for members of the court.  The Yingtai   ᇌ᫓ջ⎑Ⴝ⎐ᯒ㇑᫉׾ǯ㞒ⵖ༈ԛԳ㪏ׅ࣊߿⎏໨

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