Prince Gongs Mansion Ⅱ

In 1851, Emperor Xianfeng (grandson of Emperor Jiaqing) assigned the palace to his brother Prince Gong. It is his name that is currently given to the compound.

In 1921 Prince Gong's grandson had to hand over the property as a mortgage to the Catholic Church. It was bought by the Furen Catholic University for use as a university buildings, and afterwards for the Beijing Normal University and then for the Chinese Music Academy. Till 1982 it was declared as one of the Chinese National Cultural Heritages in Beijing. Since November 1996 the buildings and the gardens have become a new publicly open scenic spot for tourists.