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What was the layout of the city of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty?

Ming Nanjing's Imperial City favoring the southeast of Yingtianfu City. The Imperial City inside the Palace City, the Palace City, also known as the Forbidden City, in the center of the Imperial City of the south gate for the noon gate, the left side of the temple right side of the altar of the Jikji, the Palace City on both sides of the Dong'anmen and Xi'anmen, the Imperial City on both sides of the Donghuamen and Xihuamen. North and south of the noon gate are the Imperial River, are set up on the five-dragon bridge. Outside the five dragon bridge east and west sides, there is also a green dragon bridge (east) and white tiger bridge (west). Forbidden City from the southernmost gate to the north, is a city set a city of solid structure, inside the door from south to north there are Hongwumen, Chengtianmen, Duanmen, Wumen, through the inner five-dragon bridge, only to the Palace main hall Fengtian Hall. In the center is the north-south Royal Road. The east side of the Royal Road for the civil service ministries, such as the Zongrenfu, Ministry of mandarins, Ministry of households, Ministry of rites, Ministry of war, Ministry of industry, Hanlin Academy, the Imperial Hospital, etc., the west for the left and right before and after the Ministry of the Army Governor's Office, the Taishang Temple, the Department of ceremonial rites, the Department of the Jinyi Division, the flag hand guards, and so on. Chengtianmen East for the Imperial Temple, West for the Jikji Terrace.