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Comparison between Shenyang and Beijing Palace Museums
Updated: Sep 19, 2018
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5.Different housing arrangement
As we all know, emperors in ancient China could have more than one wife. Empresses and concubines had their own palaces to live in at the Palace Museum in Beijing. However, concubines in Shenyang Palace Museum had to live in one courtyard (Five Palaces).
Interior view of the Palace of Longevity and Health (Shou Kang Gong) in the Beijing Palace Museum [Photo/IC]; Five Palaces in Shenyang Palace Museum. [Photo/sypm.org.cn]
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