Chu Xiu Gong was built in 1420 and rebuilt in 1655, during the Ming and the Qing dynasties. It was the residence of Empress and imperial concubines. Ci Xi once lived here in 1852 when she was created honourable person Lan. She gave birth to the Emperor Tongzhi here in 1856 when she was promoted to Concubine Yi.
In 1884, the Empresse Dowager Ci Xi moved her residence to this palace in celebration of her 50th birthday. The inscriptions on the wall at the corridor in the yard are poems praying for Empress Dowager's longevity.
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