Yanxigong(Palace of Prolonging Happiness)Ⅰ

Yanxigong(Palace of Prolonging Happiness) is one of the east six palaces in inner zone of Forbidden City and located on the east side of East Second Street (Dongerchangjie). It was built in 1420 with the first name of Longevity Palace and in 1535 it was changed to be Yanqi Palace. Finally it was called Yanxigong(Palace of Prolonging Happiness) in Qing Dynasty. In 1686, it was restored. It used to be the living residence of concubines of Ming and Qing Dynasties.

In 1845, it was burnt down. In 1909, on its original site, there was a new building, a western-style and three-story buildings. It officially was called Shuidian or Water Hall. The building was surrounded by water pools from Yuquanshan Hill.