The Forbidden City is a palace complex in Dongcheng District,Beijing,China,at the center of the Imperial City of Beijing. It is surrounded by numerous opulent imperial gardens and temples including the 22 ha (54-acre) Zhongshan Park,the sacrificial Imperial Ancestral Temple,the 69 ha (171-acre) Beihai Park,and the 23 ha (57-acre) Jingshan Park. It is officially administered by the Palace Museum.
The Jiajing Emperor was the 12th Emperor of the Ming dynasty,reigning from 1521 to 1567. Born Zhu Houcong,he was the former Zhengde Emperor's cousin. His father,Zhu Youyuan (1476–1519),Prince of Xing,was the fourth son of the Chenghua Emperor and the eldest son of three sons born to the emperor's concubine,Lady Shao. The Jiajing Emperor's era name,"Jiajing",means "admirable tranquility".
The Ming tombs are a collection of mausoleums built by the emperors of the Ming dynasty of China. The first Ming emperor's tomb is located near his capital Nanjing. However,the majority of the Ming tombs are located in a cluster near Beijing and collectively known as the Thirteen Tombs of the Ming dynasty. They are located within the suburban Changping District of Beijing Municipality,42 kilometers (26 mi) north-northwest of Beijing's city center. The site,on the southern slope of Tianshou Mountain,was chosen based on the principles of feng shui by the third Ming emperor,the Yongle Emperor. After the construction of the Imperial Palace in 1420,the Yongle Emperor selected his burial site and created his own mausoleum. The subsequent emperors placed their tombs in the same valley.
Emperor Yingzong of Ming,personal name Zhu Qizhen,was the sixth and eighth Emperor of the Ming dynasty. He ascended the throne as the Zhengtong Emperor in 1435,but was forced to abdicate in 1449,in favour of his younger brother the Jingtai Emperor,after being captured by the Northern Yuan dynasty during the Tumu Crisis. In 1457,he deposed the Jingtai Emperor and ruled again as the Tianshun Emperor until his death in 1464.
Jiangnan,also romanized as Kiangnan,Chiang-nan,and Jiang Nan,is a geographic area in China referring to lands immediately to the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River,including the southern part of its delta. The region encompasses the city of Shanghai,the southern part of Jiangsu Province,the southeastern part of Anhui Province,the northern part of Jiangxi Province and the northern part of Zhejiang Province. The most important cities in the area include Anqing,Changzhou,Hangzhou,Nanjing,Ningbo,Shaoxing,Suzhou,Wuxi,Wenzhou,Yangzhou and Zhenjiang.
The Zhihua Temple is a Ming dynasty-era Buddhist temple in Beijing,China. It is located in the Lumicang (禄米仓) hutong,in the Chaoyangmen area of Dongcheng District,within the Second Ring Road to the north of Jinbaojie Street,west of the Yabaolu area. The temple was built in 1443 at the order of Wang Zhen,a powerful eunuch in the Rites Supervising Office of the court of the Zhengtong Emperor.
Daming Lake (Chinese:大明湖;pinyin:Dà Míng Hú;Wade–Giles:Ta4 Ming2 Hu2;lit. 'Lake of the Great Splendour') is the largest lake in the city of Jinan,Shandong,China and one of city's main natural and cultural landmarks. Located to the north of the historical city center,the lake is fed by the artesian karst springs of the area and hence retains a fairly constant water level through the entire year.
Nan'ao or Nanao,formerly romanized Namoa,is an island and county of the prefecture-level city of Shantou in Guangdong Province,China. The county spans a land area of 114.74 square kilometres (44.30 sq mi),and sea area of 4,600 square kilometres (1,800 sq mi). As of 2019,the county had a permanent population of approximately 62,600.
The Eastern Qing tombs are an imperial mausoleum complex of the Qing dynasty located in Zunhua,125 kilometres (78 mi) northeast of Beijing. They are the largest,most complete,and best preserved extant mausoleum complex in China. Altogether,five emperors,15 empresses,136 imperial concubines,three princes,and two princesses of the Qing dynasty are buried here. Surrounded by Changrui Mountain,Jinxing Mountain,Huanghua Mountain,and Yingfei Daoyang Mountain,the tomb complex stretches over a total area of 80 square kilometres (31 sq mi).
The Chaotian Palace,is located in Nanjing,China. It was built as an imperial palace in the Ming dynasty,and today it is known as the Nanjing Municipal Museum. Chaotian Palace area has the largest preserved traditional Chinese architectural complex in Jiangnan.
Taigu is a district of Shanxi province,China under the administration of Jinzhong City. It is administratively into three town-level entities,and six township-level entities. Taigu is linked to nearby Yuci in Jinzhong by rail via the Taigu Railway Stop.
The Kong Family Mansion was the historical residence of the direct descendants of Confucius in the City of Qufu,the hometown of Confucius in Shandong Province,China. The extant structures mainly date from the Ming and Qing dynasties. From the mansion,the family tended to the Confucian sites in Qufu and also governed the largest private rural estate in China. The Kong family was in charge of conducting elaborate religious ceremonies on occasions such as plantings,harvests,honoring the dead,and birthdays. Today,the mansion is a museum and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu".
A memorial to the throne was an official communication to the Emperor of China. They were generally careful essays in Classical Chinese and their presentation was a formal affair directed by government officials. Submission of a memorial was a right theoretically available to everyone from the Crown Prince to a common farmer,but the court secretaries would read them aloud to the emperor and exercised considerable control over what was considered worthy of his time. They were used in imperial China as a means of regulating corrupt local officials who might otherwise have escaped oversight.
The Imperial Doctress is a 2016 Chinese television series based on the story of Tan Yunxian,a female physician during the Ming dynasty in China. It stars Cecilia Liu as the titular character. The series aired every day at 7.30pm on Jiangsu TV and Dragon TV,from 13 February to 9 March 2016.
Consort Duan,of the Cao clan,was a Ming dynasty concubine of the Jiajing Emperor. She was one of the emperor's most beloved concubines,but was implicated in an assassination attempt and subsequently executed.
The Xiantong Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Taihuai Town of Wutai County,Shanxi,China. The temple covers a total area of about 80,000 square metres (860,000 sq ft),it preserves the basic architectural pattern of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1912). The temple has over 400 buildings and the seven main halls along the central axis are the Guanyin Hall,Great Manjusri Hall,Great Buddha Hall,Amitaba Hall,Qianbo Hall,Copper Hall and Buddhist Texts Library. Mount Wutai has 47 Buddhist temples,it is the largest Buddhist complex in China,Xiantong Temple is the largest one with the longest history.
Xiju,also known as Wuxi opera,is a genre of opera which originated in the southern region of the Yangtze River Delta in China. It evolved from "Tanhuang" (滩簧),a folk opera art in the region of Wuxi and Changzhou of Jiangsu province. As one of the main local operas in Jiangsu Province,Wuxi opera has been reputed as "a piece of plum flower in Taihu Lake",a title given to the three major operas in East China,alongside Yue opera and Huangmei opera.
Zhu Shizhen,born Zhu Wusi,was the father of Zhu Yuanzhang,the founder of the Ming dynasty. He was a native of Jurong. His father,Zhu Chuyi,moved to Xuyi,Si Prefecture,and Zhu Shizhen moved again to Zhongli,Haozhou.
