Which palace was the cold palace in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in history?

The "cold palace" of the Forbidden City has no fixed place. "Lenggong" has no fixed address, and any place where concubines are forbidden to go in and out is commonly known as "Lenggong".

Looking through the historical materials of Ming and Qing dynasties, we can see that there is no "Cold Palace" plaque in the Forbidden City, and the Cold Palace is not the official name of a palace. According to some documents, several places were regarded as "cold palaces" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Gongfei was put in limbo by the Emperor Wanli and imprisoned in Jingyang Palace, the most remote of the six palaces. I haven't seen my son for ten years and lived a miserable life.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the Emperor was revealed, Princess Li Cheng offended the powerful eunuch Wei Zhongxian and was driven from Changchun Palace to Ganxi in the west of the Imperial Garden, where she lived for four years. There are three people who have been living in seclusion in the west, namely Ding Fei, Qi and Ke Di. This "cold palace" is in the west of the Forbidden City.

Before Emperor Guangxu's concubine fell into the well by Cixi, it was said that she was kept in the north of Qijing Pavilion (now collapsed). This place is in the mountain gate to the west of today's town flying well. If this rumor from the eunuch's mouth is true, then this place is also considered "cold palace".

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Visitors to the Forbidden City always look for the "Cold Palace" to see if the emperor really lived the life of "three palaces, six hospitals and seventy-two concubines". Let's start with "three palaces and six hospitals". The Qing Palace, Jiaotai Hall and Kunning Palace in the middle of the Forbidden City are called the "Three Palaces". The Sixth Courtyard refers to six palaces on the East Road: Zhai Palace, Ren Jing Palace, Chenggan Palace, Zhongcui Palace, Jingyang Palace and Yonghe Palace. The emperor has many wives and concubines, saying that there are "72 concubines" or "3,000 ladies and gentlemen are good". According to the Book of Rites, the system of the Zhou Dynasty was "the son of heaven has six palaces, three wives, nine wives, twenty-seven wives and eighty-one royal wives". It can be seen that as early as the Zhou Dynasty in China, the son of heaven had wives, concubines and royal wives, and the number was quite amazing. Feudal emperors had "supreme" power and could choose concubines at will. There are many resentful women in the palace. In feudal society, how many young women were imprisoned in the palace and could not be free for life!

As for the women elected to the palace, once they fall out of favor, they will die in the forbidden room of the palace, which is even more tragic. Where is the "cold palace" of the Forbidden City? There is no fixed place, but there have been two versions. One is Ganqing Palace and Changchun Palace; When the "cold palace" has no fixed address, the place where the princess and the prince are forbidden is commonly known as the "cold palace".

Looking through the historical materials of Ming and Qing dynasties, we can see that there is no "Cold Palace" plaque in the Forbidden City, and the Cold Palace is not the official name of a palace. According to some documents, several places were regarded as "cold palaces" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

References:

The Unsolved Mystery of the Forbidden City in Beijing: Where is the Cold Palace? -Phoenix Net