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Dan Snow's History Hit · The Rise and Fall of the Ming Dynasty · 21 Sep 2026 podcast

What is now Jing Shan Park? voice-verified

It was originally the Imperial Gardens. voice-verified

It was once the refuge of the Ming Emperors. voice-verified

Now it became the site of their final demise. voice-verified

Because it was here that the story of the Ming reached. voice-verified

It's tragic. voice-verified

Extraordinary conclusion. voice-verified

So Jeremiah we come to Qingshan Park. voice-verified

I mean in so many ways this park is essential to the the start of the Ming. voice-verified

And tragically it is intimately connected with their downfall as well. voice-verified

So this is the spring of sixteen forty four. voice-verified

I was gonna say I've never heard of the Shun dynasty, so voice-verified

And so do they take the city unopposed as well, like the rebels? voice-verified

State building. voice-verified

The so the Qing take Beijing and how soon do they put their own stamp on it? voice-verified

How soon does this turn into a a Qing capital? voice-verified

So the Ming, they win the dragon throne by the sword and they lose it by the sword. voice-verified

But their legacy, as we can see all around us today, their legacy endures. voice-verified

The era of the Ming was over, the age of the Qing had begun. voice-verified

But China's new Manchu rulers didn't simply sweep the Ming world away. voice-verified

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