Palace of Earthly Tranquility (Kunninggong) Ⅱ

There are many variations of shamanism throughout the world and several common beliefs are shared by all forms of shamanism. Shamans are intermediaries between the human and spirit worlds. They can treat illness and are capable of entering supernatural realms to provide answers for humans. It was reconstructed in accordance with the Qingninggong (清宁宫), Palace of Pure Tranquility，which is the old palace of Shengyang and used to be the royal palace of Emperor of Qing dynasty before their entered Shanhai Pass) in Shenjing (盛京, today Shenyang, the provincial capital of Liaoning). Two rooms at the east side of Kunninggong (Palace of Earthly Tranquility) were used as the nuptial chamber of Emperor’s wedding. The inner wall was painted in red paint and on the ceiling, the palace lanterns were hanged. The chamber has east gate and west gate. In front of the gates, there were two wooden walls pasted golden Characters”喜” for auspicious meaning.