Kunning Gate

2018-09-21

The Kunning Gate is the gate facing north located in the middle of the rear steps of the Kunning Palace, leading to the Imperial Garden in the north. In the early Ming Dynasty, the Kunning Gate was arranged to the north of the Qin’an Palace in the Imperial Garden, namely today’s Shunzhen Gate. In 1535, the 14th Jiajing year of the Ming Dynasty, the Guangyun Gate located in the rear north corridor of the Kunning Palace was rebuilt and renamed Kunning Gate which was used until the Qing Dynasty. The Kunning Gate was rebuilt in 1655, the 12th Shunzhi year of the Qing Dynasty.

Facing north, the gate has 3 rooms crosswise with single-eave gable and hip roof covered by yellow glazed tiles. Doors are arranged in the bright rooms. The middle room is installed with two palace doors. Two side rooms are separated as duty rooms. Two heading back grid windows are set at the rear eaves. In the middle are installed grid air windows. The front eaves are walls. On both sides of the gate, gable walls lean to form a glazed screen wall. Both sides are connected to the east and west wing rooms of the Kunning Palace. The Kunning Gate is the major gateway from the three imperial harems to the Imperial Garden.

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