Queen 1 person

Imperial concubine 1 person

Imperial concubine 2 people

Princess 4 people

Six people

There is no fixed number of nobles.

Commitment is infinite.

It is often uncertain.

The number of concubines varies greatly from emperor Kangxi's harem to emperor Guangxu's, and there was no concubines system in Nurhachi. At this time, wives and concubines had no names, and they were called "Fujin" or "Gege". Nuerhachi's 16 wives are all called "Fujin" (in the table of 12 empresses and concubines, the eldest daughter Fujin is called the queen according to the later system, and others are called concubines). During the period of Huang Taiji, with the separation of empresses, five palaces were established: Qingning Palace in the middle palace, Guanluo Palace in the east palace, Linzhi Palace in the west palace, Yanqing Palace in the east palace and Yongfu Palace in the west palace.

After entering the customs, the names of empresses increased. In the fifteenth year of Shunzhi (1658), it was decided to adopt the official proposal, namely, Gan Qing Palace concubines 1, Yi Shu 1, Shiwan 1, Ruan Wan and Wan Fang 30. There are 1 Rong Zhen and 2 Shen Rong in Cining Palace, but there is no fixed attendance. In addition, there are female officials. However, this system has not been really implemented. At the same time, titles such as "Fujin" and "Gege" still exist.

After Kangxi, the imperial system was perfect, and the situation of calling harem concubines "Fujin" and "Gege" disappeared. Empresses and concubines 1 empresses, Zhonggong 1 concubines, 2 concubines, 4 concubines, 6 distinguished guests, always present, making promises, living in the East and West Palace of 12. The East Palace includes Ren Jing Palace, Chenggan Palace, Zhongcui Palace, Yan Xi Palace, Yonghe Palace and Jingyang Palace, while the West Palace includes Yongshou Palace, Yikun Palace, Qixiang Palace, Changchun Palace, Xianfu Palace and Palace of Gathered Elegance. Every palace has a maid-in-waiting to serve the servants. The last two concubines are three.

The following is the number of concubines of the Qing 12 emperor:

Emperor Nuerhachi Huang Taiji Shunzhi Kangxi Yongzheng Qianlong Jiaqing Daoguang Xianfeng Tongzhi Guangxu Xuan Tong

Queen12444 232 4311(controversial)

Princess151315 367261213421(controversial)

The number of empresses of Qing emperors 12 is different. This shows that although the system exists, it has not been seriously implemented.

The Queen's Royal Clothing System:

1. Chaogua:

(1) The gowns of the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager and Imperial concubine have three styles, all of which are stone blue with gold satin or gold silk edging. Bright yellow tapestries are hung on the collars of these three dresses, and the tapestries are decorated with jewels. The imperial robe is worn outside the imperial robe, with patterns on the chest, gold ornaments on the collar, three sets of pearls on the neck, a crown on the head and high heels on the feet. Gorgeous.

(1) Round neck with a pair of lapels and a sleeveless vest at the back, gathered from below the bust line (pleated). The pattern is embroidered with two dragons above the bust line, and divided into four layers below the bust line. The third and second layers of 1 are embroidered with two dragons, and the second and fourth layers are embroidered with Wanfu (.

(2) Long vest, round neck, lack of sleeves, pleated back and waist, one embroidered dragon on the front chest and back, four embroidered dragons on the waist curtain (the first two, the last two), and eight embroidered dragons on the next picture (the first four, the last four). There are Shoushan patterns under the three ornaments, which are smooth and smooth.

(3) Round neck, double-breasted, short sleeves, and a long vest that cannot be folded from left to right under the armpit. Each embroidered dragon has two opposite playing beads on the front and back. The next picture is the colorful clouds between the Babao Shoushan River and the Dragon Tooth. If the first two styles of decoration are horizontal, exquisite and beautiful, then the third style is vertical, bold and rich.

(2) The robes of the imperial concubine, concubines and concubines are the same as those of the imperial concubine, but the shoulder straps at the back are golden yellow.

2. robes:

(1) The gowns of Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Chao are divided into winter and summer, all bright yellow, and the basic styles are composed of lapels, shoulder pads and robes. Open collars and sleeves have other features. The open collar is inclined to the right from the right edge of the neckline, so it is different from the general style of inclined collar or right collar. Sleeves are made up of sleeve body, sleeve (about 12 cm wide), heald sleeve (also called middle sleeve) and sleeve tail (i.e. horseshoe sleeve). A decorative shoulder pad with a wide upper part and a narrow lower part is sewn from underarm to shoulder, and a yellow ribbon hangs from the collar back, decorated with jewels. When wearing robes, you must match them.

3. Dragon robe: Dragon robe is a kind of dress with round neck, a pair of lapels, left and right openings, flat sleeves and a length corresponding to the length of the robe. Only the queen, empress dowager, imperial concubine, imperial concubine, concubines and concubines can wear the robes. The clothes worn by Prince Fujin, Prince Fujin, King Fujin of the county and Princess Gulun are called Jifu hexagrams, not dragon hexagrams. According to the literature, there are two kinds of ornamentation of the Queen's robes, and there are three kinds of artifacts in the Forbidden City in Beijing, all of which are stone blue. A golden dragon decorated with five claws has eight groups, one on the shoulder, one on the chest, one on the back, and two before and after. Below the eight treasures, Shoushan Shuilang Jiangya, Li Hydrology; Two dragons at the sleeve end, water waves. The second piece is only decorated with five-claw golden dragons and eight regiments, and the picture below and the sleeve ends are not painted with patterns. The third type is decorated with five-claw golden dragons and eight regiments, and the hem is decorated with water, such as Langjiangya, Shoushan and Lishuiwen. Empress dowager, empress dowager, imperial concubine, imperial concubine and imperial concubine are all the same. He wore a dragon robe, Yi Long in front, Yi Long behind, four dragons under his chin and four concubines on his back.

4. Jifu: Jifu is in the same form as Longfu. Prince Fujin's robes are stone blue, decorated with four dragon patterns with five claws, one on the front and one on the shoulder, and four groups of five-claw golden dragons embroidered by Prince Fujin and Prince Fujin, one on the front, one on the back and one on the shoulder. Princess Gulen and Princess Heshuo wear the same clothes. County King Fujin has five claws and four dragons, one on each shoulder. Mrs Baylor was wearing a robe embroidered with pythons on the front and back. Mrs. Beizi's gown is decorated with four-claw pythons on the front and back. Mrs. Zhen Guogong, Mrs. Gong Min, Mrs. Fu Guogong, the princess and Mrs. Sanpin are all decorated with eight groups of flowers, all of which are azurite.

5. Dragon robes: The dragon robes of the Empress and Empress Dowager are round neck, right lap, left lap and right lap, with sleeves, heald sleeves and horseshoe sleeves, which are bright yellow. Collar and sleeves, middle sleeves and sleeve ends are stone blue. There are three types of decorative patterns.

① Type: decorated with nine golden dragons, with five-color moire patterns and longevity patterns in the middle. The following picture shows eight treasures standing on the water, one on the front and back of the collar, one on the left and right sides and one on the lapel, one at the sleeve end and two at the sleeve seam. Mian, Jia and Qiu Yi Ji.

Type 2: Embroidered eight golden dragons with five claws, with two shoulders, a chest and a back decorated with dragons. The lapel is decorated with dragon four. The following picture is decorated with eight treasures and stagnant water, and the rest are like dragon robes.

Type ③: The picture below is unadorned, and the others are like type ② robes.

6. Royal clothes: the royal clothes of the queen, empress dowager and imperial concubine. The style is a dress with a right hand vest and a pleated skirt. The waistline is wrinkled, and the back waist has two shoelaces to tie the waist. In winter, gold nuggets with sea dragon edges, satin cloth with red woven gold and longevity characters above the knee, and satin cloth with Shi Qinglong makeup below the knee are all cut in full size. Summer yarn is used. Imperial concubine, concubine and concubine are all the same.

7. Zhu Chao: Empresses of the Qing Dynasty wore royal costumes, wearing three plates of Zhu Chao, with the Oriental Pearl in the middle and coral Zhu Chao on both sides; When wearing auspicious clothes, hang a plate and decorate the jewelry casually. When the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine, the princess and others wear royal robes, they wear a plate of beeswax or amber beads in the middle and two plates of red coral beads on their left and right shoulders; Even under Mrs. Baylor, Mrs. Fu Guogong and Mr. Xiang Jun, a plate of coral beads is worn in the middle, and the other two plates are beeswax or amber beads.