#: However, the use of era names makes many mistake these for the names of the emperors themselves, and many scholars therefore encourage a reversed wording for Ming and Qing emperors, e. g., the Kangxi Emperor, the Qianlong Emperor, et cetera.

He took the era name of Qianlong ( 乾隆 ), 乾 means heaven, 隆 means eminence, which means " Lasting Eminence ".

His son Hongli, Prince Bao, then became the fifth emperor of the Qing dynasty under the era name of Qianlong.

This manual supposedly disappeared until the Qianlong reign era when it was published under the name " Arhat exercising merit short strike illustrated manuscript " ().

Heshen, a powerful official of the Qianlong era was of the Niohuru clan

The watchtowers were built during the Qianlong era of the Qing dynasty ( 1735 – 1796 ).

The watchtower was built during the Qianlong era ( 1735 – 1796 ), with two levels of arrow slits, four per level on the northern side and two per level on the eastern and western sides.

The Qianlong Emperor in ceremonial armor on horseback, painted by Giuseppe Castiglione ( 1688 – 1766 ) | Giuseppe Castiglione, dated 1739 or 1758.

During the Qianlong reign period and the continuing 19th century, European Baroque styles of painting had noticeable influence on Chinese portrait paintings, especially with painted visual effects of lighting and shading.

Alarmed, the Chinese emperor Qianlong appointed Fukang ' an commander-in-chief of the Tibetan campaign ; Fu defeated the Gorkhali army and the Gorkhali were forced to accept surrender on China's terms.

During the Qianlong Emperor's reign, for example, members of his family were distinguished by garments with a small circular emblem on the back, whereas Han officials wore clothing with a square emblem.

File: Chinese export porcelain with Dutch ship Vryburg 1756 Qianlong period Canton. jpg | The ship Vryburg on a platter, commissioned 1756

In the Qing Dynasty, emperors Kangxi and Qianlong made twelve trips to the south, on all occasions but one reaching Hangzhou.

Gold detailing on a throne used by the Qianlong Emperor.

The Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty ( 1644 – 1911 ), who commissioned work on the imperial gardens on the hill in 1749, gave Longevity Hill its present-day name in 1752, in celebration of his mother's 60th birthday.

Mianning was well liked by his grandfather the Qianlong Emperor and frequently accompanied the elderly emperor on hunting trips.

The Qianlong Emperor in Armor on Horseback, by Italian Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione ( Jesuit ) | Giuseppe Castiglione ( Long shining )( 1688 – 1766 AD ).

But it was Qianlong who lavished the greatest attention on it, certainly of any of the Manchu rulers .... One of the many roles played by Qianlong, with his customary diligence, was that of the emperor as collector and curator.

The Hall had been conventionally dedicated for the exclusive use of the reigning sovereign, and in 1771 the emperor ordered the beginning of construction on what was ostensibly intended as his retirement residence in another part of the Forbidden City: a lavish, two-acre walled retreat called the Ningshou gong, or " Palace of Tranquil Longevity ", today more commonly known as the Qianlong Garden.

The second legend on Qianlong's origins, more popular in northern China, stated that during a trip to the Mulan Hunting Ground ( 木蘭圍場 ) in Rehe Province, Yongzheng had an illegitimate affair with a palace maid and they conceived a son, who would become the Qianlong Emperor.

The style was however modified according to Chinese taste-strong shadows used in chiaroscuro techniques were unacceptable as Emperor Qianlong thought that shadows looked like dirt, therefore when Castiglione painted the emperor, the intensity of the light was reduced so that there was no shadow on the face, and the features were distinct.

Manwen Laodang ( 滿文老檔 ) is a set of Manchu official documents of the Qing Dynasty, compiled during the late Qianlong period based on Jiu Manzhou Dang.

Hanging scroll ; ink and color on silk ; 1760 AD ; inscribed, and with one seal of the Qianlong Emperor.

Emperor Qianlong rejected his request, and stated that China was the foremost and most divine nation on Earth and had no interest in foreign goods, and rejected the idea that Great Britain could negotiate with China as an equal nation.

File: Lacquered box with character for luck, Qianlong Period. JPG | A Qing red lacquerware box with the Chinese character for " spring " inscribed on the front, dated to the Qianlong Emperor's reign ( 1736-1795 )

Different seals could be used for different purposes: for example, Emperor Qianlong had a number of informal appreciation seals used on select paintings in his collection.

The Chinese Emperor Qianlong ( 1711 – 1799 ) was equally interested in what was going on in Europe.

With this in mind, Emperor Qianlong might have chosen to construct the Marble Boat on a solid stone base to indicate that the Qing Dynasty was not to be overthrown.

Sometimes, too, Qianlong would pressure or even force wealthy courtiers into yielding up choice art objects: he did this by pointing out failings in their work, which might be excused if they made a certain “ gift ,” or, in a couple of celebrated cases, by persuading the current owners that only the secure walls of the forbidden City and its guardians could save some precious painting from theft or from fire .</ p >

Although technically no longer the reigning sovereign, there are instances like the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty in China or several emperors of the Trần Dynasty in Vietnam, where the emperor continued to exert considerable if not more power than the reigning emperor.

The Summer Palace started out life as the ' Garden of Clear Ripples ' () in 1750 ( Reign Year 15 of Qianlong Emperor ).

A Dutch embassy arrived to the Qianlong court in 1795, and would turn out to be the last occasion in which any European appeared before the Chinese Court within the context of traditional Chinese imperial foreign relations.

Qianlong anticipated moving out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation in the Forbidden City.

The conversion of the area into an imperial garden was commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor with the work being carried out between 1750 and 1764.

The Emperors used ambasa to influence Tibetan politics, and the Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang Emperors each decreed that the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama were bound to follow the leadership or guidance of the ambasa in carrying out the administration of Tibet.

In 1777, Wang Xihou ( 王錫侯 ) in his dictionary criticized the Kangxi dictionary and wrote the Qianlong Emperor's name without leaving out any stroke as required.

Other art works produced in China or Hong Kong were sold in places such as Christie's including a Chinese porcelain piece with the mark of Emperor Qianlong sold for HKD $ $ 151. 3 million.

After Chingünjav's rebellion and the successive demise of the second Jebtsundamba Khutugtu, the Qianlong emperor decreed in 1758 that all future reincarnations were to be found from among the population of Tibet.

The designers of these structures built of stone were the Jesuits Giuseppe Castiglione and Michel Benoist, who were employed by the Qianlong emperor to satisfy his taste for exotic buildings and objects.

Decisions were made by his father, the Retired Emperor Qianlong.

Despite setbacks in the south, overall the Qianlong Emperor's military expansion nearly doubled the area of the already vast empire, and brought into the fold many non-Han-Chinese peoples — such as Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Evenks and Mongols — who were potentially hostile.

* There were two legends about the origins of the Yongzheng Emperor's son and successor, the Qianlong Emperor.

In many ways, he was similar to other Chinese emperors who were initially successful, but whose subsequent poor rule caused the eventual demise of their dynasties, such as both Emperor Gaozong and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

This means that many pieces were once owned by the Qing Emperors and several pieces have inscriptions added by the orders of the Emperor Qianlong ( 1736 – 95 ).

The Ten Great Campaigns () were a series of wars fought during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, much celebrated in the official Qing Dynasty annals.

Qianlong pledged to support Amursana since Amursana accepted Qing authority ; among those who supported Amursana and the Chinese were the Uyghur brothers Burhān al-Dīn and Khwāja-i Jahān.

Among several battles, the most important ones were illutrated in the paintings of Qianlong.

It is believed that the Qianlong Emperor and his successors, though ethnically Manchurian, were more proficient in Chinese than in Manchu.

Page was the founder and patron of the dining club, the Free and Easy Society, for which a number of Qianlong Chinese armorial punch-bowls were made c. 1755.

Yongqi's mother was not one of the highly-ranked consorts of the Qianlong Emperor, but yet Yongqi was instated as a Prince of the First Rank, and there were signs that Qianlong had considered designating Yongqi as his heir.

The Qianlong Emperor, Yongzheng's successor, gave the temple imperial status signified by having its turquoise tiles replaced with yellow tiles which were reserved for the emperor.

The Xiyang Lou were commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor and designed mainly by the Italian Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione who was in his service as a court painter.

The mansion is said to have been frequented by a Uyghur concubine in favor with the Qianlong Emperor and have contained tablets inscribed in Arabic which were lost in the early 20th century.