Prince Gong Mansion

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The Prince Gong’s Mansion or Gong Wang Fu Museum is located in the western part of central Beijing, China, north of the Shichahai Lake. Consisting of large mansions in the typical siheyuan layout and gardens, Prince Gong’s Mansion is known as one of the most ornate and extravagant residence compounds in all of Beijing.
Prince Gong’s Mansion is one of the most exquisite and best-preserved royal mansions in Beijing and used to house several families, and has a total area of 60,000 square metres.The mansion buildings are located in the south; the gardens are in the north. The buildings include several siheyuan courtyards, two story buildings, and even a grand Peking opera house.
In addition to the mansion, there is a 28,000-square-metre Garden, with twenty scenic spots, pavilions, artificial hills including rock originating from the Taihu Lake in Jiangsu, and ponds.There is a 8-meter-long stele which has the character, carved based on the calligraphy of Emperor Kangxi on it.
Since 2005 the mansion has undergone renovation worth 200 million yuan.In November 2006 restoration works started on the buildings. The mansion reopened as the Gong Wang Fu museum on August 24, 2008.It will display royal families’ lives and aspects of the Qing Dynasty.
The Peking opera house inside the royal mansion not only stages Beijing opera performances, but also other prominent forms of Chinese opera as well. In August 2008, the Kunqu performance group from the prestigious “Jiangsu Kunqu House” performed at the Prince Gong Mansion for a week’s run with their program Floating Dreams.Among the celebrity audiences who were at the opening including leading American soprano Renée Fleming.

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