Introduction of Baohe Hall in the Palace Museum.

Baohe Hall is the essence of traditional palace architecture in China, belonging to a palace-style building in the Forbidden City. It was built in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420), and was rebuilt after several times of burning. The existing main beam frame is still Amin dynasty architecture.

"Keeping harmony" comes from the Book of Changes, which means "keeping peace of mind and keeping will", that is, keeping the mind single-minded, so as to keep everything in the universe in harmony.

The plaque of Baohe Hall, "The Emperor Made a Rod", is a Qianlong Imperial Pen. Canon: Ji Zi's Hong Fan, which was built by the emperor.

Baohe Hall is 9 rooms wide and 5 rooms deep, with a building area of 1240.00㎡ and a height of 29.50 meters ... The roof is a double-eaved hilltop, covered with yellow glazed tiles, and 9 small animals are placed on the upper and lower eaves. The upper eaves are single-upturned, seven-step buckets, and the lower eaves are five-step buckets. The inside and outside eaves are painted with golden dragons and seals, and the ceiling is painted with a golden dragon. The six ceiling Cai Liang paintings are very unique, which are in harmony with the decoration and furnishings that emphasize Dan red, and appear luxurious and rich. The interior of the temple is paved with gold bricks, and the north and south are carved with gold lacquer thrones. There are warm pavilions at the east and west ends, two boards and two doors, and wooden relief wishful Yunlong mixed with gold pilu hat. In the building, the method of reducing columns was adopted, and six gold columns on the front eaves of the hall were reduced, making the space spacious and comfortable.

Baohe Hall had different uses in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Before the Ming ceremony, the emperor often changed clothes here, and when the queen and the prince wrote inscriptions, the emperor congratulated him in this hall. Every year on New Year's Eve and the fifteenth day of the first month in the Qing Dynasty, the emperor gave a banquet in honor of ministers, princes and ministers. The scene is spectacular. Father-in-law, family banquets with official positions, and palace examinations for various subjects were all held in Baohe Hall. At the end of each year, the imperial clan and the official department fill in the yellow book of the Manchu, Mongolian and Han armies of the imperial clan and the foreign ministers of the provinces in the Baohe Hall.

In the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong (1789), Baohe Hall officially became a court examination place. Palace examination was the highest-level examination in the feudal imperial examination system. The emperor personally put forward a proposition, appointed a minister questionnaire, and read the top ten papers himself.

On the same day, the title holders and cabinet officials entered the Baohe Hall from the cabinet through the middle left door, and wrote the title of the imperial edict on the yellow case on the east side of the hall. After that, a ceremony was held. After the ceremony, the emperor returned to the palace, the officials of the Ministry of Rites gave lectures, and Gong knelt down to take the exam. More than half of the candidates who pass through here can change their lives.