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In 1909, construction of the Hall of Water (Shui Dian), three-story building, began on the original site of the Palace of Prolonging Happiness. The Hall of Water was known informally as the "Crystal Palace" "Shoijing Gong). When the Qing Dynasty fell, the construction had not been finished.
After the Palace Museum was established in 1925, a modern storage facility was constructed and opened in June of 1903. In 2005, the East Wing of that compound was designated as the Center of Calligraphy and Painting Research. The west wing was made into the Center for Ceramic Research, and the central building was converted into the Examination and Research Laboratory on Ancient Ceramics. |
