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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औӬ㉙ᚺײ⊇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⎑ༀږক㙚፠ԠᏒǯ㱐ᇵ
tea available to court officials as part of the Spring Festival celebrations. The ᬆᅤᙻᚺૃ㬬ჺ㧿卿ࣥ⊇הຽ༬༈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 ᇌջ⎑Ⴝ⎐ᯒ㇑᫉ǯ㞒ⵖ༈ԛԳ㪏ׅ࣊߿⎏
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