Palace of Heavenly Purity (Qianqinggong) Ⅱ

The scale of Qianqinggong (Palace of Heavenly Purity) is the largest in the living zone of Forbidden City. All fourteen emperors of Ming dynasty and two emperors of Qing dynasty took Qianqinggong (Palace of Heavenly Purity) as their living residence and deal with the daily national affairs in the same place. According to the record, more than 10 ladies in waiting attempted to strangle Emperor Jiajing when he was sleeping, but failed. Since then Emperor Shizong moved out of Qianqinggong(Palace of Heavenly Purity) and never came back.

Before the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Qianqinggong (Palace of Heavenly Purity) had a close touch with governmental affairs. Emperors used to study, read books, read over the official reports, meet the official, meet foreign diplomats, and hold the royal ceremony and family banquet. The upper side of the main hall of Qianqinggong (Palace of Heavenly Purity) hangs a plaque board in four Chinese characters,  正大光明(literally means fair and square)” created by Emperor Shunzhi of Qing dynasty.