Where Do Concubines Live?
Concubines Had Their Own Rooms and Would Fill Their Days Applying Make-Up, Sewing, Practising Various Arts and Socialising with Other Concubines. Many of Them...
Concubines had their own rooms and would fill their days applying make-up, sewing, practising various arts and socialising with other concubines. Many of them spent their entire lives in the palace without any contact with the emperor.
Where did the concubines live in the Forbidden City?
The Palace of Eternal Harmony was initially called the Palace of Eternal Peace and then changed its name in 1535. It was the residence for imperial concubines in both Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Where did Chinese concubines live?
In fact, the palace was mainly residential. It was the place where the emperor lived, the place where the concubines lived, and the eunuchs who looked after them.
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