Costume dramas often mention that there is really a palace called the Cold Palace in the Cold Palace Forbidden City 1.7 Ant Manor Today's Answer

On January 7, 2022, the question in Alipay's Ant Manor Small Class was about the Cold Palace, and the question was "The Cold Palace Forbidden City is often mentioned in costume dramas, is there really a palace called the Cold Palace?" This cold palace is a word that everyone often hears, so is there really a cold palace? Let's share with you the answer of Ant Manor today.

Costume dramas often mention that there is really a palace called the Cold Palace in the Cold Palace Forbidden City 1.7 Ant Manor Today's Answer

Today's question: In costume dramas, it is often mentioned that there is really a palace called the Cold Palace in the Forbidden City?

A. No

B. Yes

Correct answer: No

According to historical records, there is no palace in the Forbidden City that has been given the plaque "Cold Palace", and the Cold Palace is not the name of a fixed palace. The so-called cold palace refers to the place where the women in the palace who have fallen out of favor are placed. In the Cold Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was more about choosing a deserted and remote palace room to place the punished concubines.

Entering the cold palace is actually abolished (no longer the emperor's concubine), and the concubines in the TV series enter the cold palace, most of them live in a fixed and remote place. In the beautiful houses of the royal palace, in fact, most of the concubines in real history would be secluded in some remote palace rooms, and there was no fixed place. In history, it is extremely rare for concubines to be deposed as concubines, and generally only the titles will be abolished and demoted to low-ranking concubines.

For example, Princess Zhen was once demoted to a nobleman. Even if she is deposed, she will be imprisoned in a small dark house, no different from a prisoner, and will not let her out of the palace. For example, Emperor Gaozong's Concubine Xiao Shu and Empress Wang, who failed in the court struggle with Wu Zetian, were deposed as shuren and imprisoned in the darkroom, which is the cruelty of the court struggle.