The Jiaotai Hall of the Forbidden City is located between Gan Qing Palace and Kunning Palace. What is its etiquette function?

Gan Qing Palace is the place where the Ming and Qing emperors lived and handled their daily political affairs in the Forbidden City. It is the first of the last three palaces in the Forbidden City, located at the Gan Qing Gate. "Gan" means "heaven" and "Qing" means "thoroughness". First, it symbolizes the complete sky, not muddy or muddy, and symbolizes national stability. Second, it symbolizes that the emperor's actions are as magnanimous as clear sky Wan Li, and he has done nothing wrong.

Jiaotai Palace is one of the last three palaces in China, located between Gan Qing Palace and Kunning Palace. The name of the hall is taken from the Book of Changes, which means "heaven and earth are in harmony, and Kang Tai Le". Jiaotai Hall is the place where the Queen's birthday is celebrated. Kunning Palace is one of the last three palaces, behind Jiaotai Hall.

The Ming Dynasty was the queen's bedroom. After the reconstruction of Shunzhi in the 12th year of Qing Dynasty, it was the main place where Shamanism offered sacrifices to gods. Gan Qing Palace represents men, while Kunning Palace represents women, which means the combination of Yin and Yang and heaven and earth.

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Jiaotai Palace is a palace building with a long history in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It belongs to one of the last three palaces in the Forbidden City in Beijing. It is located between Gan Qing Palace and Kunning Palace. Its name is taken from the Book of Changes, which means "harmony between heaven and earth, the joy of Kang Tai". This is the place where the emperor and queen live and live. It was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, rebuilt in the 12th year of Shunzhi (1655), 8th year of Kangxi (1669) and 2nd year of Jiaqing (1797).

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the ceremony of conferring the Queen and her birthday was held here. The queen is here to accept the sacrifice of the concubines in the harem. At the same time, the queen will personally go to Xiyuan to pick mulberry and feed silkworms at the vernal equinox, so she will check the mulberry picking tools here the day before the vernal equinox.