Jingjiang Princes' Palace

This guide to Jingjiang Princes' Palace in Guilin opens around 1372 with a young imperial relative, Zhu Shouqian, handed an unusual title and a palace modeled on the imperial one in Nanjing before he had earned either. It follows fourteen princes across twelve generations who ruled from behind these bluestone walls over the next two and a half centuries. Stand at the stone perimeter in front of you, the same wall that has stood since the Ming dynasty, now shared by university students hurrying past to class.