Shenyang Imperial Palace is located on the Shenyang Road in Shenhe District, adjacent to the busy Zhong Street. There stands the earliest palace buildings of Qing Dynasty that are still in existence today. Its construction was started in the 10th year of Tianming Period in Houjin Dynasty (1625) and completed in the 1st of Chongde in Qing Dynasty (1636). It was Nurhach and Huang Taiji who had it built and made use of it. Covering an area of 60,000 square meters, Shenyang Imperial Palace has over 90 buildings and over 300 rooms. Centering on the Chongzheng Hall, it can be divided into the eastern, the middle, and the western parts with the axis running from Daqing Gate to the Qingning Palace.