Portraits of Qianlong and 12 wives, Figure 15 is 47 years younger than Qianlong, and Figure 3 is the true appearance of Qianlong
Qianlong, the era name of emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, the 6th emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the history records that he created an unprecedented prosperity and prosperity of the Qing Dynasty during his reign, and the prosperous scene of the Kangxi Period was called "Kangqian Shengshi", but behind the prosperity was a sharp decline, and the folk conditions recorded by foreign scholars who came to China at that time were very different from the superficial prosperity, so many people pointed out that the society in the Qianlong period was just a false prosperity.
The picture shows a portrait of the Qianlong Emperor when he was young.
The Qianlong Emperor ascended the throne at the age of 25, reigned for 60 years, because the Kangxi Emperor reigned for 61 years, the Qianlong Emperor, in order not to surpass his grandfather, held a ceremony at the age of 85, ceded the throne to the Jiaqing Emperor, and "glorified" the Taishang Emperor himself, but after he took the throne, he still lived in the Yangsheng Hall to control the government until he died four years later, and the actual control of the Qing Dynasty totaled 63 years and 4 months, which should be the first in the history of the world. Although Louis XIV of France reigned for 72 years, he was completely involved in politics from the age of 5 to 22, while the Qianlong Emperor was in power for 100 years and 4 months in 63 years and 4 months. The picture shows the portrait of the Qianlong Emperor in his youth.
During the middle age of the Qianlong Emperor, the imperial court painter Lang Shining made a winter oil painting for him, because this was one of the very few appearances worn by the Qianlong Emperor in his regular clothes, so it was extremely precious. In the portrait, he is kind and kind-eyed, and he can't see a little of the majesty of the emperor, and many people say that this is an old man in the northeast who is alive and free. According to the data, the time of the painting is around 1756-1757, when Qianlong's age was 45-46 years old.
The Qianlong Emperor was extremely extravagant in his later years, and the degree of great joy and merit was amazing, he went down to Jiangnan six times, spending a total of more than 20 million taels of silver, and also built a large number of civil engineering, the people's sufferings were not reported to him, once he went down to Jiangnan, saw the poor people along the road, he said "poor mountains and bad waters, shrews and people", this sentence was passed down by later generations as "poor mountains and bad waters out of the people". The phenomenon of corruption in the imperial court was extremely serious, and he alone amassed more than a billion taels of silver, but Qianlong turned a blind eye, just because he could think of Qianlong's heart for anything. The picture shows a portrait of Qianlong in his later years.
Qianlong had a total of 3 empresses in his lifetime, namely Empress Xiaoxianchun Fucha, empress Dowager Wulanara, and Empress Xiaoyichun Wei Jia (posthumously sealed 20 years after his death), this portrait was made by Lang Shining in the first year of Qianlong, the protagonist of the painting is Empress Xiaoxianchun Fuchashi, she is the daughter of Li Rongbao, the governor of Chahar, born in manchuria with a yellow flag in Manchuria, the status is very high, when she was 16 years old, she was assigned by the Yongzheng Emperor to crown prince Hongli as a concubine Fujin, Qianlong was made empress after he took the throne, and the husband and wife were very affectionate. He died of illness at the age of 37 on a ship back to Beijing.
Huixian Emperor Noble Concubine Gao Shi, daughter of Gao Bin, a foreign minister in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong's first imperial concubine, initially a maid of the Hongli Calendar, was later promoted by the Yongzheng Emperor to the side of the Hongli Fujin, Qianlong ascended the throne as a noble concubine, Qianlong was crowned as an imperial concubine in the twenty-third book of the first month of the tenth year, only two days later died of illness, and the day after his death, he was posthumously awarded the title of Huixian Emperor's noble concubine.
Princess Chunhui's noble concubine Su Jiashi, who served as a maid from prince Bao's palace during the Yongzheng period, was crowned as a pure concubine after Qianlong ascended the throne, and was crowned as a pure concubine the following year, and Qianlong was promoted to imperial concubine in the twenty-fifth year, and died of illness 25 days later, at the age of 48. She gave birth to two sons and a daughter for Qianlong, namely the third son of the Emperor Yongzhang, the sixth son of the Emperor Yongyao, the fourth daughter of the Emperor and Princess Shuo and Princess Jia.
Princess Wang, a Manchurian Zhengbaiqi native, was born in the eleventh year of Qianlong (36 years younger than the Qianlong Emperor), was given the title of Yongchang at the age of 17, was promoted to Yongchang at the age of 25, and was promoted to concubine at the age of 28, and she bore Qianlong a daughter, Princess Gulun and Princess Xiao, who later married Hezhen's son Fengsheng Yinde. In the forty-third year of Qianlong, Concubine Huan beat a palace maid alive and was demoted to a concubine, and restored to a concubine the following year. Jiaqing was a concubine for eleven years, and died at the age of 61.
Shujia Emperor's noble concubine Jin Jiashi, originally a maid of the Hongli calendar, was given the title of Jin Guiren after Qianlong ascended the throne, the following year was promoted to Jia Concubine, at the age of 35, jin was crowned Jia Guifei, died of illness at the age of 42, and gave birth to four sons for Qianlong, namely the fourth son of the Emperor Yongxuan, the eighth son of the Emperor Yongxuan, the ninth son of the Emperor (who died at the age of 2), and the eleventh son of the Emperor Yongxuan.
Shunfei Niuhulu clan, Qianlong was born in the thirteenth year (37 years younger than Qianlong), entered the palace at the age of 18 and was named Chang Guiren, at the age of 20, he was promoted to Shun Concubine, at the age of 28, he was promoted to Shun Concubine, qianlong was demoted to Shun Concubine on the ninth day of the first month of the fifty-third year, and was demoted to Shun Gui on the twenty-fifth day of the first month, the specific reason is unknown, and he died of depression after 2 years.
Shu Concubine Yehenara, 17 years younger than Qianlong, entered the palace at the age of 14 and was crowned a nobleman, 6 days later he was promoted to Shu Concubine, and at the age of 21 he was promoted to Shu Concubine, and this portrait was made by Lang Shining's disciple at the age of 22. At the age of 34, Princess Shu accompanied Qianlong on a southern tour, and at the age of 50, she was a concubine.
Concubine Ling, empress Dowager Wei Jiashi, who was later posthumously honored as Empress Xiaoyichun and the birth mother of the Jiaqing Emperor, was 16 years younger than Qianlong, was named Wei Guiren and Ling Concubine at the age of 19, was promoted to Ling Concubine at the age of 22, and was promoted to Ling Guifei at the age of 33, and was left with the emperor's fifteenth son Yongyan (Jiaqing Emperor) in the Yuanmingyuan the following year, and was promoted to imperial concubine at the age of 39, and Xue at the age of 49. In the sixty years of Qianlong, Yongyan was proclaimed crown prince, and at the same time posthumously honored Emperor Lingyi as Empress Xiaoyi.
Qing Concubine, later the Qinggong Emperor's noble concubine Lu Shi, this portrait is the appearance of Lu Shi when he was 28 years old. Lu Shi was made a nobleman at the age of 17, a concubine at the age of 28, a concubine at the age of 36, a noble concubine at the age of 45, and a 51-year-old. Because he had raised the Jiaqing Emperor, the day after Qianlong's death, Qing guifei was promoted to imperial concubine.
Xin Concubine, later the Concubine Dai Jia of the Xin Guifei clan, the great-granddaughter of Concubine Kangxi Cheng, whose mother was the niece of The Kangxi Jingmin Emperor, is about the age of 19. During his lifetime, qianlong gave birth to two imperial daughters, one died at the age of four and the other died at the age of ten, and Concubine Xin was named Concubine Xin at the age of 28, pregnant in the same year, died suddenly in April of the following year, and was buried according to the standard of the concubine.
Xun Concubine, later Xun Guifei Ilgen Jue Luoshi, was 47 years younger than Qianlong, became a nobleman at the age of 19, was promoted to Xun Concubine in the same year, was promoted to Xun Concubine at the age of 37, died at the age of 42, and the Qianlong Emperor (who was already the Emperor Taishang at this time) was buried as a noble concubine. This portrait is of a 19-year-old concubine.
Ying Concubine, also known as Ying Guifei Of the Balin clan, was 18 years younger than the Qianlong Emperor, was given the title of Chang Zai at the age of 19, was enfeoffed as a nobleman in the same year, was promoted to Ying Concubine at the age of 21, was promoted to Ying Concubine at the age of 29, and was named Ying Guifei by the Qianlong Emperor (at this time, emperor Taishang) at the age of 68, and was 70 years old.