Museums, temples, tombs, city walls and comparison cases explain court culture without being counted as separate royal residences. Some sites have residential associations that still need a more precisely identified space.
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Related heritage — not a separate palaceNational Palace Museum, Northern Branch
国立故宫博物院（台北北部院区）
Taipei
This modern museum preserves imperial collections but is not itself a former royal residence. It belongs in the catalogue as a collections link to court history, with its identity kept separate from Beijing’s Palace Museum.
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Former Qing Army and Navy Ministries
清陆军部和海军部旧址（段祺瑞执政府旧址）
Beijing
The former ministries and later Duan Qirui government compound occupy a site with earlier princely associations. The standing administrative architecture is not an intact Qing princely residence, so it is listed as related heritage.
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Northern Wei Mingtang Site
北魏平城明堂遗址
Datong, Shanxi
The Mingtang was a ceremonial institution rather than an imperial residence. Its inclusion provides context for court ritual in Northern Wei Pingcheng, without adding another residential palace to the count.
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Qutan Temple
瞿昙寺
Ledu, Qinghai
This Buddhist temple has Ming imperial connections and important architectural and painted decoration. It is included as related religious heritage, without treating imperial patronage as proof of residential palace use.
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Hami Royal Tombs
哈密回王墓
Hami, Xinjiang
The tomb complex commemorates Hami’s hereditary rulers. It complements the history of their residence but remains funerary heritage, with its own location, management and visiting arrangements.
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Northern Song Imperial Tombs
巩义宋陵
Gongyi, Henan
The imperial tomb landscape provides context for the Northern Song court and its commemorative practices. It is not a residential palace and is kept outside the palace inventory.
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Slender West Lake and Imperial Visit Sites
扬州瘦西湖
Yangzhou, Jiangsu
The garden landscape is connected with Qing imperial tours of the south. Specific travelling-palace associations require identification within the larger park; the entire modern scenic area is not a single royal residence.
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Jinshan Temple and Imperial Visit Sites
镇江金山公园
Zhenjiang, Jiangsu
Jinshan is a religious landscape with connections to imperial visits and travelling-palace history. The temple complex itself is not equivalent to a residential palace, and any former lodging area needs separate documentation.
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Three Pagodas and Chongsheng Temple
大理崇圣寺三塔文化旅游区
Dali, Yunnan
The pagodas and temple landscape connect with the religious history of Dali’s rulers. Religious patronage does not make the complex a royal residence, and ancient structures should be distinguished from later reconstructed temple buildings.
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Longting Park
开封龙亭公园
Kaifeng, Henan
Longting occupies a landscape associated with former palace sites in Kaifeng. Its standing monuments are not intact Northern Song palace halls; this entry complements the ancient-capital record rather than counting another surviving Song residence.
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Imperial Kiln Site
景德镇御窑厂遗址
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi
The kiln site explains the production of ceramics for the imperial court. Archaeological remains and collections connect it to palace interiors, but it was a production centre rather than a royal residence.
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Dai Temple
岱庙
Tai’an, Shandong
Dai Temple belongs to the ritual landscape of Mount Tai and imperial worship. Its court connections make it relevant to royal history without establishing the whole temple as a residential palace.
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Qing Zhaoling / North Tomb
清昭陵（北陵公园）
Shenyang, Liaoning
Zhaoling is the tomb complex associated with Hong Taiji and his consort. It complements Shenyang Imperial Palace historically, while remaining a separate funerary destination rather than another palace residence.
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Jin Zhongdu City Wall Site
金中都城墙遗址公园
Beijing
The wall remains help locate the Jin capital within today’s Beijing. They provide urban context for royal history but do not themselves represent a palace or a surviving residential interior.
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Yuan Dadu City Wall Park
元大都城垣遗址公园
Beijing
The park preserves traces of the Yuan capital’s city wall within modern Beijing. It helps explain the setting of the imperial capital but is not a palace site with surviving residential halls.
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Shangyang Palace Cultural Park
洛阳上阳宫文化园
Luoyang, Henan
This modern cultural park evokes the Tang Shangyang Palace. Its palace-themed architecture should not be presented as surviving Tang buildings or automatically identified with securely excavated original palace fabric.
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Zhu Family Garden
建水朱家花园
Jianshui, Yunnan
This wealthy family’s courtyard residence and garden offers a comparison with aristocratic housing. The supplied evidence does not establish royal or hereditary noble status, so it is kept outside the core palace inventory.
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Soong Ching Ling’s Former Residence
北京宋庆龄故居
Beijing
Soong Ching Ling’s later home occupies part of the former northern Prince Chun garden. It is a related visitor destination within that estate’s history, not a second independent Qing royal residence.
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Imperial Ancestral Temple / Taimiao
北京太庙（劳动人民文化宫）
Beijing
Taimiao served the imperial ancestral cult beside the Forbidden City. Its ceremonial halls and court connections are central to royal history, but the complex was not the imperial family’s domestic residence.
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Shigatse Dzong / Samdrubtse
桑珠孜宗堡
Shigatse, Tibet
The dzong combines the history of regional authority with a prominent fortified setting. The present structure includes reconstruction, and its administrative and possible residential functions need careful distinction rather than an unqualified royal-palace label.
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Altar of Land and Grain / Zhongshan Park
北京社稷坛（中山公园）
Beijing
The altar formed part of the imperial capital’s ritual order beside the Forbidden City. Its later park setting does not change its original ceremonial function into that of a residential palace.
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Altar of Agriculture / Ancient Architecture Museum
北京先农坛（古代建筑博物馆）
Beijing
The former imperial agricultural altar now provides a setting for architectural heritage interpretation. Ritual buildings and museum exhibits connect it to court culture, while remaining distinct from royal domestic quarters.
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Confucius Temple and Imperial College
北京孔庙和国子监
Beijing
The temple and college connect imperial ritual with state education. They are related institutions in the capital’s court landscape, not residential palaces, and their separate functions should remain visible in the interpretation.
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Putuo Zongcheng Temple
承德普陀宗乘之庙（小布达拉宫）
Chengde, Hebei
This Qing imperial temple belongs to the religious and diplomatic landscape surrounding Chengde Mountain Resort. Its palace-like architecture does not establish it as another imperial residence; the resort remains the principal residential entry.
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