A minor miracle

Shenyang Imperial Palace could be called a country cousin of Beijing's Forbidden City. It's smaller and came up about 200 years later.

While Forbidden City, built by the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) emperor Yong Le, is 470 years old, Shenyang Imperial Palace was built between 1625 and 1636.

Construction of what is now the eastern wing began under the Qing emperor Nurhachi, in 1625, and was continued by his son Huangtaiji.