Emperor Qianlong, Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, was the founder of the Qing Dynasty.

The territory of China recognized by all modern Chinese people was established during the Qianlong period.

His name was Aixinjueluo Hongli. He was born in August of the fiftieth year of Kangxi (1711) and died in the first month of the fourth year of Jiaqing (1799). He was the sixth emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the fourth emperor after entering the customs.

He was the fourth son of Emperor Yongzheng, born in the year of Rabbit, in the 50th year of Kangxi (1711) in Prince Yong's Mansion.

In the first year of Yongzheng (1723), Hongli was established as the prince. In the eleventh year, he was named Prince Heshuobao and began to participate in important military affairs.

In the thirteenth year of Yongzheng's reign (1735), Yongzheng died and Hongli ascended the throne, changing his reign to Qianlong.

As a result, he stood at the highest point of Chinese society at that time and began to display his "literary and martial arts".

Qianlong reigned for sixty years. After abdicating, he served as the Supreme Emperor for three more years, but died without any illness at the age of 89.

Buried in Yuling (now Changrui Mountain, 70 miles northwest of Zunhua, Hebei).

His posthumous title was Fatian Longyun Zhicheng Xianjue Tiyuan Liji Fuwen Fenwuqin Ming Xiaoci Mingsheng Shengchun Emperor, his temple name Gaozong, and he was known as Emperor Qianlong in history.

He is also the longest-lived emperor in Chinese history.

His 60-year stable rule was the culmination of a long period of precipitation in China's feudal politics, economy, and culture.

The last years of Qianlong were also the transition from prosperity to decline of the Qing Dynasty.

After Emperor Qianlong came to power for 60 years, although he took the Zen throne with his son Yongyan (Jiaqing), he ruled as the Supreme Emperor for three years (some say Qianlong's actual reign lasted until his death).

Therefore, Hongli was the longest reigning emperor in Chinese history.

He was actually in power for 63 years.

Emperor Qianlong was elegant and elegant, good at riding and shooting. He wrote and recited poems throughout his life, and his pen and ink were left in the north and south of the Yangtze River. His poems amounted to more than 42,000, which is almost the same as the "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty".

Emperor Qianlong attached great importance to the collection and arrangement of cultural relics and classics. Most of the paintings and calligraphy of the Qing Dynasty were collected by him, and he ordered the imperial collections to be compiled into "Shiqu Baoji", "Xiqing Ancient Mirror" and so on.

Qianlong himself was a lover of ceramic art. During his reign, China's ceramic industry developed significantly.

To this day, some collections and ceramic palace utensils from the Qianlong Dynasty are still collected by the Palace Museum and the David Foundation in London.

In the late Qianlong period, due to the increasingly acute social class conflicts, Emperor Qianlong gradually changed his previous practice of suppressing lower-level intellectuals and turned to co-opting them.

He brought together a large number of intellectuals to compile the large-scale classic books "Xu Dian Tong", "Xu Zhi Tong" and "Xu Wen Tong Kao".

The most outstanding cultural achievements are: a nationwide collection of books, with the famous scholar Ji Yun as the president, and more than 360 people including Dai Zhen, Yao Nai, Wang Sunian and others were organized to compile the largest book in the history of our country over a period of 15 years.

The series "Sikuquanshu".

"Sikuquanshu" has a total of 36,000 volumes, including 3,450 complete works. Its number of volumes is three times that of "Yongle Dadian". Its length can be said to be the greatest collection of ancient Chinese books.

This book provides a comprehensive summary of past scholarship, preserves a large number of valuable ancient books, and makes an important contribution to the organization and summary of cultural heritage of ancient books, becoming a collection of ancient Chinese ideological and cultural heritage.

Architecturally, Qianlong built the prosperous and world-famous royal garden "Old Summer Palace" in the western suburbs of Beijing.

Lin Palace is built in the east, Fu Palace is added in the west, Chongtai is built in the south, and Jie Pavilion is built in the north. It is indescribably majestic and gorgeous.

There are also scholars, scholars, and skilled craftsmen who have spent countless efforts to dig a pond here, stack stones there, plant forests here, and plant flowers there. They are rich and beautiful, embellishment of the scenery, and are suitable for spring, autumn, winter, and summer.

He also ordered the local officials of each province to collect rare birds and plants, ancient tripods and cultural relics, and display them in the garden.

Therefore, the Old Summer Palace is also known as the museum of oriental art all over the world.

In 1750, Qianlong commissioned Italian Catholic priest Castiglione to design a timed water clock and fountain device for royal entertainment.

At the same time, Qianlong's perspective was limited to China, and he did not have enough understanding of the scientific culture of European countries that were booming at the same time.