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The Shenyang Imperial Palace is located at Shenyang City, Liaoning Province; it enjoys equal popularity as the Beijing Palace Museum. It was the imperial palace built by Nurhachu, chief and his heir Huangtaiji (the predecessor of the Man nationality). It has a history of 400 years and a cluster of palaces surrounded from east, middle and west sides, the layout of which appears to be natural, sublime and imposing. It is the most intact imperial building ever existing in history only second to the Beijing Palace Museum. It is famous for its strong characteristics of the Man nationality. The shenyang Imperial Palace is very rich in cultural relics and has now been turned into a museum.
The Shenyang Palace Museum has possessed a huge collection of valuable palace cultural relics of Qing dynasty. "The Tiger-veined Double-Edged Sword" is the most famous among all artifacts used by Nurhachu, the first emperor of Qing dynasty. "The Nurhachu's imperial jade seal" is square in shape with a dragon-buttoned ribbon on it. The seal face is carved with Man and Han languages, which is intricately laid out with power and grandeur. There are also such valuable cultural relics as waist sword, bow and arrow, "imperial jade seal' "jade belt" and the chimes, etc. bells, etc.
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