Auspicious Prosperity, Reverent Service: The Life of Empress Dowager Chongqing
Dates: 10.10.2015-
Opening Hours: 8:30-17:00 (closed on Mondays)
Location: Palace of Longevity and Health (Shoukang gong), the Palace Museum
Address: 4 Jingshan Qian Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
Website: official web page
Empress Dowager Chongqing (1693-1777), née Niuhuru, was married to Yinzhen, the Prince of Yong of the First Rank, at the age of thirteen (in sui according to traditional Chinese age reckoning). Upon marriage, she was given the rather low-ranked title of imperial clanswoman (gege). On 25 the twenty-fifth of September of 1711 – the thirteenth day of the eighth lunar month in the fiftieth year of the Kangxi reign (1662-1722) – she gave birth to Hongli, who would subsequently become the Qianlong Emperor. After her husband the Prince of Yong ascended the throne as the Yongzheng Emperor, she was elevated in status and granted the title of Consort Xi (lit. “Bright Consort”). After her son Hongli came to the throne as the Qianlong Emperor, Lady Niuhuru was promoted to the status of empress dowager with the title Chongqing.
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