Yehenara City

2019-12-23

 

It is located in south of Siping City, Jilin Province, 30 kilometers away from Siping City. Yehenara City has a long history and was called “Yehe State” in ancient times. It is an important place of origin of the Manchu, the birthplace of Empress Xiao Ci Gao, who is mother of the Qing Dynasty Emperor Hong Taiji, and the ancestral home of the Qing Dynasty-end Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Dowager Longyu. It is well-known as “hometown of three generations of queens”. The site of the two ancient cities in east and west of Yehenara City is a provincial cultural relic protection unit. Current Yehenara City was reconstructed in 1994, taking up a land area of 34,000 square meters and a building area of 8,000 square meters. The overall building is of antique style and owns ethnic flavor.