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Shengjing Shenyang (Later Jin Capital)

Type Object Region Asia Time 1631–1640

In the 1630s Shenyang was the Later Jin (Great Qing from 1636) capital and the Manchu regime's political and military hub.

Timeline

  1. 1631–1635Shengjing Imperial Palace · ManchuriaIn 1625 Nurhaci made Shenyang the capital; in 1634 Hong Taiji renamed Shenyang as Shengjing and expanded palace complexes such as the Dazheng Hall and Ten Princes' Pavilions; in the early 1630s the city became the Later Jin's center for rituals, deliberation, and storage, embodying a Manchu-Mongol combined capital design.
  2. 1636–1640Shengjing (Shenyang) · ManchuriaIn 1636 Hong Taiji proclaimed himself emperor at Shengjing and changed the state name to Qing, establishing the imperial system and the Chongde Code; thereafter expeditions such as the Battle of Songjin used Shengjing as the command and supply hub, and the city's function as the Great Qing capital before entering the pass peaked in the early 17th century.

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