The Museum of the Imperial Palace of Manchukuo (Chinese: 偽滿皇宮博物院) is located in Changchun (長春) City, Jilin (吉林) Province, China. The Manchurian Imperial Palace (滿州國帝宮) was designed as a miniature version of the Forbidden City in Beijing.
In 1931, Japanese took control of the Northeast of China, then they created an officially independent state called Manchukuo (滿州國) which was in reality a puppet state of Japan.
There are two little dolls in one of the shrines of the ancestral hall, which represents the earliest ancestor of Manchu (滿族) ethnic group.
Next to the main entrance of the Manchukuo Palace is the eastern royal garden, the architecture of the royal garden is in both Chinese and Japanese styles.
Most of the buildings in the royal garden were destroyed, only the rockeries and fish pond left.
On 8 August 1945, the Soviet Union declared war on the Empire of Japan, the Soviet Red Army invaded Manchuria from the north.
The Japanese Empire surrendered unconditionally ending World War II and simultaneously Manchukuo ceased to exist. The emperor Puyi (溥儀) tried to flee the palace but was captured by the Soviets.
Around the courtyards of the palace were nine two-storey blockhouses and the entire complex was surrounded by high concrete walls, Manchukuo Palace was actually a big prison for Puyi.
