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Residence / former residence故宫博物院（紫禁城）
Beijing
Built for the Ming court and subsequently used by Qing emperors, the Forbidden City combines ceremonial halls with the imperial household’s residential quarters. Its Palace Museum displays court collections within a historic palace complex.
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恭王府及花园
Beijing
This Qing mansion passed from the minister Heshen to imperial princes, including Yixin, Prince Gong. Its formal residential courtyards and rear garden offer two complementary views of aristocratic life in Beijing.
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圆明园遗址（圆明园遗址公园）
Beijing
Yuanmingyuan was a Qing imperial garden residence and centre of court affairs. Destruction and subsequent losses left an archaeological landscape; surviving stonework, excavated foundations and later landscaping must be distinguished from the vanished palace buildings.
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沈阳故宫（盛京皇宫）
Shenyang, Liaoning
The palace records the early Qing court before its move to Beijing. Buildings associated with Nurhaci and Hong Taiji combine court ceremony, government and residence; later Qing emperors also maintained the complex as a dynastic memorial and travelling palace.
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承德避暑山庄（热河行宫）
Chengde, Hebei
The Qing emperors’ summer residence at Chengde combined palace buildings with lakes, grassland and wooded hills. It was a working court as well as a retreat; the surrounding imperial temples are related monuments, not additional residential palaces.
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Zhongnanhai
中南海（西苑三海之中海、南海）
Beijing
The Middle and South Seas formed part of Beijing’s imperial garden landscape. The site’s later role as a government compound makes it essential to distinguish its palace history from any assumption of public museum access.
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Prince Chun’s Northern Residence and Garden
醇亲王府（北府）及王府花园
Beijing
The northern Prince Chun residence is associated with Zaifeng and the last Qing imperial family. It is distinct from the southern residence where the Guangxu emperor was born; the later Soong Ching Ling residence occupies part of its former garden.
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Prince Fu’s Mansion
孚王府（九爷府）
Beijing
Known also as the Ninth Prince’s Mansion, this Qing residence reflects successive princely ownership and later changes in use. Its surviving courtyard fabric should be understood separately from plans or reports about future museum opening.
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Prince Qing’s Mansion, Dingfu Street
庆亲王府（定阜街）
Beijing
This Beijing residence is associated with the Qing princely household. Successive alterations and institutional uses complicate the visitor experience; the historical name does not imply that an intact furnished mansion can be toured.
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Zaitao’s Mansion / Former Fu Jen University
涛贝勒府（含辅仁大学本部旧址关联记录）
Beijing
Zaitao’s former residence later became associated with Fu Jen University. The site illustrates the conversion of princely property into educational space, with palace remains and later university buildings belonging to different phases.
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Prince Chun’s Southern Residence
醇亲王府南府（潜龙邸）
Beijing
The southern residence of Prince Chun is associated with Yixuan and the birth of the Guangxu emperor. It is a separate historical location from the later northern mansion beside Houhai.
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Princess Hejing’s Mansion
和敬公主府
Beijing
The mansion was associated with Princess Hejing, a daughter of the Qianlong emperor, and her household. Its courtyard arrangement records the residential world of a Qing imperial princess; later uses require separate documentation.
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Prince Keqin’s Mansion
克勤郡王府（平郡王府）
Beijing
This Qing princely residence is also known through the title Prince Ping. Changes of title, ownership and later occupation make it important to identify the surviving compound rather than treat every historical name as a separate palace.
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颐和园
Beijing
Built around Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, Yiheyuan combines ceremonial and residential courts with a large garden landscape. Its Qing history includes destruction and rebuilding; entering the park does not automatically include every separately managed courtyard or exhibition.
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Prince Li’s Mansion
礼亲王府（康亲王府）
Beijing
The residence is associated with one of the Qing dynasty’s hereditary princely houses and is also known as Prince Kang’s Mansion. Its architectural history reflects repeated rebuilding and reuse rather than a single unchanged household.
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Prince Zheng’s Mansion
郑亲王府
Beijing
This former Qing princely compound connects the history of Prince Zheng’s household with later institutional occupation. Historic ownership and present-day access are separate questions; a surviving facade alone is not evidence of an interior tour.
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Prince Rui’s Old and New Residences
睿亲王府（旧府与新府）
Beijing
The old and new residences reflect the changing fortunes of Dorgon’s princely line. The later mansion survives only fragmentarily; the two locations and the nearby Pudu Temple must not be presented as one complete palace.
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Prince Shuncheng’s Mansion
顺承郡王府（郡王府·迁建个案）
Beijing
The mansion’s history includes relocation. A visit to reconstructed or relocated buildings must be distinguished from seeing the residence in its original urban setting, and present use may restrict access.
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Prince Heng’s Mansion
恒亲王府
Beijing
The name identifies a Qing princely residence within Beijing’s historic urban fabric. Documentation of the surviving buildings and their present use remains limited, so the entry is retained in the directory without a separate feature page.
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Na Wang Fu / Prince Nayantu’s Mansion
那王府（东城区国祥胡同二号四合院）
Beijing
Associated with Nayantu and Mongolian princely connections to Beijing, this residence belongs to the wider network of aristocratic compounds in the capital. The identification of surviving spaces and public access still needs stronger evidence.
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Prince Senggelinqin’s Mansion
僧王府（博多勒噶台亲王府）
Beijing
The mansion is associated with the Mongolian prince and Qing military commander Senggelinqin. Later subdivision and reuse mean the historical estate should not be assumed to survive as a single accessible visitor attraction.
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Prince Xun’s Mansion
循郡王府（方家胡同十三号、十五号四合院）
Beijing
This Qing princely residence is represented by a limited documentary record in the supplied research. Its historical identity is retained, while claims about surviving interiors or a regular visitor route are withheld pending better evidence.
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Tuanhe Travelling Palace Site
团河行宫遗址（团河行宫遗址公园）
Beijing
Tuanhe formed part of the Qing imperial travelling-palace network south of Beijing. The archaeological site, landscaped park and museum displays have different access arrangements; trial-opening information from 2023 is not a confirmed current timetable.
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Alashan Prince’s Beijing Mansion
阿拉善王府（罗王府/塔王府/达王府）
Beijing
This was a Beijing residence associated with the Alashan princely household, distinct from the residence at Dingyuanying in Inner Mongolia. The current extent of surviving fabric and visitor access needs further documentation.
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Prince Ning’s Mansion
宁郡王府（第三座怡亲王府）
Beijing
The former Prince Ning residence adds another princely household to Beijing’s residential history. Subsequent occupation and alterations make it important to distinguish the historical estate from the spaces, if any, currently accessible to visitors.
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Prince Yu’s Mansion Site / PUMC
豫亲王府旧址（协和医学院旧址）
Beijing
The former princely site was transformed by the development of Peking Union Medical College. Its palace connection is a historical layer beneath later institutional buildings, not a surviving royal residence presented as a museum.
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靖江王府（靖江王城、独秀峰·王城景区）
Guilin, Guangxi
The Ming princes of Jingjiang lived in a walled residence beneath Solitary Beauty Peak. Stone walls and palace platforms preserve important historic fabric, while the principal wooden halls were destroyed and buildings on the site belong to later periods.
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孔府（衍圣公府）
Qufu, Shandong
The hereditary Dukes Yansheng, descendants of Confucius, maintained this residence beside the Confucius Temple. Offices, family quarters and a garden express the combination of official responsibilities and domestic life in a high-status aristocratic household.
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Imperial Palace of Manchukuo Museum
伪满皇宫旧址（伪满皇宫博物院）
Changchun, Jilin
Puyi lived here as the ruler of Japanese-controlled Manchukuo. The complex belongs to twentieth-century political history rather than the Qing court in Beijing, and its museum interpretation must retain that historical context.
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Yonghe Palace / Lama Temple
雍和宫（雍亲王府旧址）
Beijing
Originally the residence of the future Yongzheng emperor, Yonghe Palace was later transformed into a Tibetan Buddhist monastery. Its present religious spaces represent a later phase of a former royal residence.
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Xanadu / Shangdu Site
元上都遗址
Zhenglan Banner, Inner Mongolia
The Yuan summer capital combined a palace city with a much wider urban and landscape setting. Earthworks and archaeological remains reveal its plan; visitors should expect a site rather than standing furnished imperial halls.
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布达拉宫
Lhasa, Tibet
The Potala combines the Dalai Lamas’ historic residence with administrative, ceremonial and religious spaces. The White and Red Palaces serve different functions; a visitor route cannot be assumed to include every chapel, chamber or collection.
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罗布林卡
Lhasa, Tibet
Norbulingka was the Dalai Lamas’ summer residence. Several palace buildings within a garden landscape reflect successive patrons and periods, so its history extends beyond a single building or ruler.
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Dingyuanying / Alashan Prince’s Residence
定远营（阿拉善和硕特亲王府旧址）
Bayanhot, Inner Mongolia
Dingyuanying developed around the Alashan princely seat. The present historic quarter includes reconstructed elements; its townscape should be read alongside the documented history of the princely residence rather than treated as wholly original.
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喀喇沁亲王府
Chifeng, Inner Mongolia
The Harqin princely residence combines formal courtyards with the domestic and administrative spaces of a Mongolian aristocratic household. It provides a regional counterpart to the Qing princes’ compounds in Beijing.
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Suiyuan General’s Residence
绥远城将军衙署
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
The residence served the Qing general responsible for Suiyuan. It belongs to the history of official housing and military administration rather than a hereditary royal palace, with working and residential functions sharing the compound.
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Ming Palace Site, Nanjing
南京明故宫遗址
Nanjing, Jiangsu
Nanjing’s Ming palace was the imperial seat before the main court moved to Beijing. Surviving stone elements and archaeological traces are dispersed within the modern city; they do not form a complete standing palace.
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Jingyi Garden / Fragrant Hills
静宜园（香山公园）
Beijing
The Qing imperial garden at Fragrant Hills included retreat and travelling-palace functions. Its present park landscape contains buildings and reconstructions from different periods, which should be distinguished when interpreting imperial remains.
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Daming Palace Site
唐大明宫遗址
Xi’an, Shaanxi
Daming Palace was a major centre of Tang imperial government and residence. Its enormous archaeological footprint, hall foundations and interpreted remains communicate a vanished palace city rather than an intact complex of ancient halls.
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Weiyang Palace Site
汉长安城未央宫遗址
Xi’an, Shaanxi
Weiyang Palace formed the political and residential heart of the Western Han capital. Its surviving earthworks belong to an archaeological landscape whose scale is best understood through the palace plan and excavated remains.
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Princess Kejing’s Residence
和硕恪靖公主府
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
The residence is associated with Princess Kejing, daughter of the Kangxi emperor. Its courtyards illuminate imperial marriage connections with Mongolian aristocracy and the practical residential world behind those alliances.
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Han–Wei Luoyang City and Palace Site
汉魏洛阳故城遗址
Luoyang, Henan
This layered capital site includes palace remains from several dynastic phases, notably the Northern Wei. The wider ancient city and the excavated palace precinct are related but not interchangeable visitor destinations.
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Sui–Tang Luoyang Palace Site
隋唐洛阳城遗址（明堂天堂·应天门·九洲池）
Luoyang, Henan
The palace-city landscape includes Yingtian Gate, Jiuzhou Pool and the Mingtang and Tiantang areas. Archaeological remains coexist with modern protective and interpretive buildings; ceremonial structures should not all be described as imperial living quarters.
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Erlitou Site and Museum
二里头夏都遗址博物馆
Luoyang, Henan
Erlitou preserves evidence of an early Bronze Age elite centre, including palatial foundations. Its identification with the Xia dynasty remains an interpretive question; archaeological evidence should be distinguished from a certain dynastic attribution.
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Epang Palace Site
阿房宫遗址
Xi’an, Shaanxi
The site is associated with the Qin dynasty’s monumental palace project. The surviving platform and archaeological evidence should be distinguished from later literary descriptions and modern palace-themed reconstructions; completion of the planned palace cannot be assumed.
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Prince Dai’s Palace
大同代王府
Datong, Shanxi
The present visitor complex reconstructs the idea of the Ming Prince Dai’s palace. It can introduce the history of the princely seat, but its standing buildings should not be described as a complete surviving Ming residence.
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Ming Central Capital Site
凤阳明中都遗址
Fengyang, Anhui
The Hongwu emperor’s planned central capital at Fengyang left monumental palace-city remains. Its abandoned imperial project is represented by archaeological fabric, stonework and the city plan rather than a furnished palace interior.
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Southern Song Imperial City Site
南宋临安皇城遗址
Hangzhou, Zhejiang
The Southern Song court’s palace stood within the capital at Lin’an, now Hangzhou. Its remains belong to an archaeological and urban landscape; the former imperial city is not a single intact palace museum.
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Lu Tusi’s Residence
连城鲁土司衙门旧址
Yongdeng, Gansu
The Lu hereditary chiefs’ compound at Liancheng combines administrative courts with domestic and religious spaces. It broadens the catalogue beyond imperial princes to regional hereditary authority and its residential architecture.
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Mu Family Residence / Mufu
丽江木府
Lijiang, Yunnan
Mufu represents the historical seat of the Mu family’s Naxi hereditary chiefs. Much of the visitor complex is modern reconstruction, so the history of the household and the age of the buildings must be stated separately.
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南宋德寿宫遗址博物馆
Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Deshou Palace was associated with retired Southern Song emperors. Its museum interprets excavated palace remains beneath modern protective buildings; these structures help explain the site but are not intact Song halls.
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Donghuamen / Prince Shu’s Palace Site
成都东华门遗址（明蜀王府宫城）
Chengdu, Sichuan
The Donghuamen excavations reveal successive phases of Chengdu’s urban history, including the Ming Prince Shu’s palace. The palace layer is one part of a larger archaeological sequence, not the identity of every exposed remain.
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Liao Upper Capital Site
辽上京遗址
Bairin Left Banner, Inner Mongolia
The Liao Upper Capital contains evidence of an imperial city and palace precinct within a wider capital plan. Earthen remains and excavations document the court’s setting; there is no basis for expecting a complete furnished palace.
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Kuqa Royal Palace
库车王府
Kuqa, Xinjiang
The complex presents the history of the Kuqa princely household. Its reconstructed buildings and museum displays should be distinguished from surviving historic material and from assumptions about an unchanged Qing residence.
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Laosicheng Site
永顺老司城遗址
Yongshun, Hunan
Laosicheng was the political and residential centre of the Peng hereditary chiefs. Streets, terraces and archaeological remains reveal a regional seat of power within its landscape rather than a single isolated palace building.
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Northern Song Eastern Capital Site
北宋东京城遗址
Kaifeng, Henan
The Northern Song capital and its palace lie within the layered archaeology of modern Kaifeng. Documentary reconstruction, excavated remains and later monuments need to be kept distinct when tracing the imperial city.
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Qin Xianyang Palace Site
秦咸阳宫遗址
Xianyang, Shaanxi
The remains belong to the Qin capital’s palace landscape. Excavated architectural traces and decorative fragments provide evidence of court life, while the extent and public presentation of each archaeological area require separate identification.
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Hami Royal Palace
哈密回王府
Hami, Xinjiang
The present palace complex interprets the history of Hami’s hereditary rulers. Reconstruction forms an important part of what visitors see; the nearby royal tombs are separate funerary heritage, not another palace.
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Hailongtun
海龙屯遗址
Zunyi, Guizhou
Hailongtun was a fortified seat associated with the Yang hereditary rulers of Bozhou. Defensive works and residential remains belong to one mountain complex, whose interpretation must include both military and domestic functions.
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Jinyang Ancient City Site
晋阳古城遗址
Taiyuan, Shanxi
Jinyang’s long urban history includes palace and administrative quarters. The wider city site should not be reduced to one dynasty or one royal residence; individual remains require their own archaeological context.
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Lhagyari Palace Site
拉加里王宫遗址
Qusum, Tibet
The palace remains are associated with the Lhagyari royal lineage. Surviving and ruined structures record several historical phases; documentation of conservation and access is needed before presenting a regular interior route.
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Datun Tusi Manor
大屯土司庄园
Bijie, Guizhou
This manor preserves the residential setting of a regional hereditary-chief household. Its courtyards and domestic architecture broaden the story of elite residence beyond the better-known imperial capitals.
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Yinxu Palace and Ancestral Temple Site
殷墟宫殿宗庙遗址
Anyang, Henan
Yinxu preserves a late Shang royal centre where palatial and ancestral ritual spaces were closely related. Archaeological foundations and museum interpretation reveal this setting; temple and residential functions should not be conflated.
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Suzhou Silk Weaving Office and Travelling Palace Site
苏州织造署行宫遗址
Suzhou, Jiangsu
The Qing weaving administration was linked to court supply and imperial visits. The former travelling-palace function is a historical layer within a changed urban site, not evidence that all original residential buildings survive.
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Zhuokeji Tusi Residence
卓克基土司官寨
Barkam, Sichuan
The fortified residence was both the seat and home of the Zhuokeji hereditary chiefs. Its multistorey courtyard architecture links household life with the administration of a regional polity.
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Turpan Prince’s Residence
吐鲁番郡王府
Turpan, Xinjiang
The present complex interprets the history of Turpan’s princely household through modern reconstruction. Historical patronage, the original residence and the age of the visitor buildings must be explained separately.
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Li Hongzhang’s Former Residence
李鸿章故居
Hefei, Anhui
The former home of the Qing statesman Li Hongzhang belongs to the history of senior officials’ residences. Domestic courtyards and museum interpretation illuminate an elite household rather than an imperial or princely court.
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Zhanyuan Garden
南京瞻园
Nanjing, Jiangsu
Zhanyuan is associated with the estate of the Ming commander Xu Da and later changes of ownership and use. The garden is a surviving component of an elite residential history, not the complete original mansion.
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Changle Palace Site
汉长安城长乐宫遗址
Xi’an, Shaanxi
Changle Palace formed part of Han Chang’an’s imperial landscape and became closely associated with empress-dowager residence. Its archaeological remains complement nearby Weiyang Palace rather than duplicate it.
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Prince Qin’s Palace Wall Remains
明秦王府城墙遗址
Xi’an, Shaanxi
Surviving wall sections mark the Ming Prince Qin’s palace precinct. They provide evidence of the residence’s urban scale, while the lost halls and living quarters should not be implied to survive behind them.
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Ma Family Manor
安阳马氏庄园
Anyang, Henan
This late-Qing official’s manor combines family housing with the spatial hierarchy of a substantial elite estate. Its inclusion concerns senior officials’ domestic history, not imperial ownership.
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Xue Fucheng’s Former Residence
无锡薛福成故居
Wuxi, Jiangsu
The residence is associated with the Qing diplomat and official Xue Fucheng. Its courtyards and domestic spaces illustrate the household setting of a late-imperial political figure rather than a royal court.
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