Facing south and located inside Jingshan Gate of Beijing, Qi Wang Hall is at the base of the sunny face of Jingshan Mountain. This building was built in 1750, the 15th year of Emperor Qianlong’s reign during the Qing Dynasty. With yellow glazed roof tiling and multiple eaves, Qi Wang Hall is five rooms wide and three rooms deep. The uppermost eave, built in Tou Kung structure, overhangs a plaque with three Chinese characters (Qi Wang Hall) written in Manchu and Han writing style. A porch with a pattern of overlapping circles adds to the design aesthetics, and a white marble guardrail wraps around the building. Confucius memorial tablet, placed within the hall, commemorates the fact that students at Jingshan School once worshipped Confucius. During the Republic of China transition period, exhibitions were held here. For example, on February 25th, 1937, the Palace Museum displayed over 600 photos of Chinese antiques that were plundered by the Great British Empire. There is also a Qi Wang Hall in Emperor Kangxi’s Summer Mountain Resort in Chengde. The inscription on the plaque was written by Qing Emperor Qianlong himself!
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