The last imperial palace in Changchun, Jilin Province: The Japanese participated in the construction and transformation, and it was the palace of the last emperor
The imperial palace is mainly in our impression of the image of golden splendor and the emperor will be in it. There are three imperial palaces in China that can be said to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, one is the Forbidden City in Beijing, which has now become one of the largest museums in the world; the Shenyang Imperial Palace, as a large-scale architectural complex in the early Qing Dynasty, is now a national museum; and the National Palace Museum in Taipei, China is the largest museum in the entire Taiwan Province. But do you know that in fact, there is also a museum in Changchun City, our country, which uses the name of "Imperial Palace".
There is a palace museum on Guangfu North Road in Changchun, which should be the Puppet Manchu Imperial Palace to be exact. Hearing the word "pseudo-Manchu", many people must already know, here is really a veritable imperial palace, after all, once lived here is the last emperor of China: Puyi. Because of his residence, there are many very valuable historical relics and wonderful stories left here. As early as 2017, it was a national first-class museum.
Speaking of this 250,500 square meter building complex, it is much smaller than the Forbidden City. Moreover, before it became a royal palace, it also had its own official purpose, that is, the office center that was dedicated to managing the salt administration of Heilongjiang and Jilin at that time. The small area began to be expanded from 1932 when Puyi became the so-called ruler, and was renamed the Imperial Palace in 1934. After all, it was the place where the emperor lived, and even if the puppet emperor was presumably materially satisfied, Japan was still willing to spend it.
So the corresponding complex began to rise from the ground. It's just that they are no longer the Chinese architecture we imagined, but most of the elements of Westernization. In fact, Puyi at that time was more recognized and loved by Western culture. Therefore, from the perspective of architectural form, the style of Chinese and Japanese integration here is also more interesting.
The current Tongde Hall, as the most important part of the entire museum, basically uses a means of historical restoration to show the people who came here the display and some cultural relics when Puyi lived here. In order to let everyone see the living conditions of the Emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty who was high above the heavens. Simply put, the first floor is the office meeting area, and the second floor is the "sleeping hall". When you walk up to the second floor, it will actually be more shocking, because the layout of the whole bedroom is actually very similar to our modern.
From the second floor, you can go directly to the Huaiyuan Building and Jiale Hall in the back. In these two places you can see the story of Puyi's life and related historical relics. So they are no longer the layout of the year, but are used as professional exhibition rooms. This emperor was actually born at the wrong time, catching up with the era of dynastic iterations, and he liked Western culture and was still full of yearning for the immortality of the imperial system, and eventually became the bondage of his life.
In the past, the outer court was the place where Puyi stretched his physical activities and ran horses. It hasn't changed much now, but horse racing has become a well-paid tourist attraction. If you visit the whole museum carefully, it will take more than 3 hours, and if you walk around the flowers, you can come out in an hour. In general, the historical imprint here is still quite thick, and friends who like this history or are interested in architecture can actually choose to come here to have a look.