Consort Qing | |
Birth Date: | 25 October 1840 |
Death Place: | Forbidden City |
Burial Place: | Ding Mausoleum, Western Qing tombs |
House: | Zhang (張氏; by birth) Aisin Gioro (by marriage) |
Father: | Yuanhu (园户) |
Consort Qing (; 25 October 1840 – 15 June 1885), of the Han Chinese Zhang clan, was a consort of Xianfeng Emperor.
Consort Qing was a member of the Han Chinese Zhang clan.
Lady Zhang entered the Forbidden City in 1853 as a palace maid of Changchun palace. In 1855, she was granted a title of "Noble Lady Qing" (; "qing" meaning "glad").[2] Wulingchun was one of the Four Spring Ladies (四春娘娘). The other ladies were : Noble Lady Lu, Noble Lady Ji and Noble Lady Xi. As a noble lady, she moved to Chuxiu palace and lived together with future Empress Dowager Cixi.[3] She remained childless during Xianfeng era.
In 1861, Noble Lady Qing was promoted to "Concubine Qing" . In 1868, she moved to the Study of Happiness and Peace (吉安所) which had been a residence of Dowager Concubine Rong and lived there with Consort Xi.[4]
In 1875, Concubine Qing was further promoted to "Consort Qing" (慶妃). Zhang Wulingchun died on 15 June 1885 and was interred at Ding Mausoleum of the Eastern Qing tombs.[5]