The Prince Gong's Mansion (Residence of the Last Qing Emperor's Father) is the most exquisitely decorated and best preserved of the princes' mansions in the capital city. Besides the residence there is also a large garden.

The Mansion is composed of three complexes of buildings-central, eastern and western-the first of these conforming to the standard mansion of a prince. In this mansion, however, the Central Spirit Hall was destroyed. The rear hall is a two-story structure more than 180 meters wide. An unusual wooden artificial hill forms the flight of stairs that gives access to the building.

The garden to the north of the rear hall was designed on a large scale. The rear section of the garden has a multi-leveled artificial hill built of Lake Tai stones. Screened by the hill is the Hall of Happiness built in such a way that sunlight falls on it from dawn to dusk. The building is said to be the only one of its kind in Beijing at the present time.

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