Belvedere of Literary Profundity

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Belvedere of Literary Profundity
文渊阁
Wenyuan Ge

General information
Type	Palace building
Town or city	Beijing
Country	China
Coordinates	39°54′59″N 116°23′58″E / 39.91629512740444°N 116.39952820366824°E
Completed	1776
Website
www.dpm.org.cn/explore/building/236513.html

The Belvedere of Literary Profundity (simplified Chinese: 文渊阁; traditional Chinese: 文淵閣; pinyin: Wényuān Gé; Wade–Giles: Wen-yuan Ko; Manchu: ᡧᡠ
ᡨᡠᠩᡤᡠ
ᠠᠰᠠᡵᡳ šu tunggu asari), Wenyuan Ge or Wenyuan Library is a palace building in the Forbidden City in Beijing.^[1]

The hall was an imperial library, and a place for learned discussion so several Grand Secretaries were assigned here.^[2] It was sited to the east of the Fengtian Gate in Nanjing, during the Hongwu era. After the Yongle Emperor made Beijing China's capital, its name continued to be used for the lobby in the east of the Cabinet Hall of the Forbidden City, which was burnt down in the late Ming period.^[3]

The existing hall which is patterned on the Tianyi Ge in Ningbo was rebuilt behind the Wenhua Palace, in the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. Completed in 1776, it was a kind of library and stored numerous works, including a copy of the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries. The Wenjin Ge in the Chengde Mountain Resort is its counterpart.^[3]

References

^ Hucker, Charles (1985). A Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China. Stanford University Press. p. 568. ISBN 9780804711937.
^ Qiu, Shusen (1991). 中国历代职官辞典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Historical Official Titles] (in Chinese). Jiangxi Education Publishing House. p. 141. ISBN 9787539203966.
^ ^a ^b 中国大百科全书（第二版） [Encyclopedia of China (2nd Edition)] (in Chinese). Vol. 23. Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. 2009. pp. 342–3. ISBN 978-7-500-07958-3.

External links

Media related to Hall of Literary Glory at Wikimedia Commons

Palace Museum

Forbidden City · History of the Forbidden City

Outer

Central Rd	Meridian Gate Gate of Glorious Harmony Gate of Blending Harmony Gate of Supreme Harmony Gate of Manifest Virtue Gate of Correct Conduct Hall of Supreme Harmony Hall of Central Harmony Hall of Preserving Harmony Belvedere of Embodying Benevolence Belvedere of Spreading Righteousness
East Rd	Hall of Literary Brilliance Belvedere of Literary Profundity

Inner

Central Rd	Gate of Heavenly Purity Palace of Heavenly Purity Hall of Union Palace of Earthly Tranquility Gate of Earthly Tranquility Gate of Thriving Imperial Clan Gate of Divine Prowess
West Rd	Hall of Mental Cultivation Palace of Eternal Longevity Hall of the Supreme Principle Palace of Eternal Spring Palace of Earthly Honour Palace of Universal Happiness Palace of Gathering Elegance
East Rd	Palace of Prolonging Happiness
Far East Rd	Palace of Tranquil Longevity

Architect

Kuai Xiang

Branches

Mainland China
- Beijing
  - Palace Museum
- Kulangsu
  - Kulangsu Gallery of Foreign Artifacts from the Palace Museum Collection
- Shenyang
  - Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum
- Nanjing
  - Nanjing Museum
Hong Kong
- West Kowloon
  - Hong Kong Palace Museum
Taiwan
- Taipei
  - National Palace Museum
- Chiayi
  - Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum

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