Palace of Gathering Elegance
Palace of Gathering Elegance (Chinese: 储秀宫), formerly known as Palace of Shouchang (Chinese: 寿昌宫) is one of the Six Western Palaces in the Forbidden City. It was a residence of imperial concubines during Ming and Qing dynasty.
Gathering Elegance palace's gates
History
Palace of Gathering Elegance was built in 1420 as a part of Inner Court's western palaces and named "Palace of Shouchang" (寿昌宫). In 1535, the Jiajing Emperor renamed the palace as "Palace of Gathering Elegance" .
In 1884, in order to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of the Empress Dowager Cixi, 630000 taels of silver were spent on a large-scale renovation of Palace of Gathering Elegance. The existing buildings are in the shape of those rebuilt in 1884.[1]
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