The history and culture of the Forbidden City

The predecessor of the Palace Museum is the Forbidden City.

It is the imperial palace of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and also the largest and most complete existing ancient architectural complex in China. 1988 is listed as "World Cultural Heritage" by UNESCO.

The Forbidden City covers an area of 720,000 square meters, half of which is nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, with a building area of 6,543.8+0.55 million square meters. It is a rectangular city with four corners and beautiful style, surrounded by a moat with a width of 52 meters, forming a fortified castle.

Magnificent and luxurious architecture is the essence of ancient architectural art in China. There are four doors in the Forbidden City. The main entrance is called the meridian gate.

Commonly known as Wufenglou. Its plane is concave, with a heavy building in the middle and a double-eaved roof, and four double-eaved pavilions on each wing.

Ming Gallery is connected, magnificent. There are five exquisite white marble arch bridges leading to Taihe Gate behind the Wumen Gate.

The east gate is called Donghuamen, the west gate is called Xihuamen and the north gate is called Shenwumen. The architectural layout of the Forbidden City can be divided into an outer court and an inner court.

The architectural atmosphere of the palace is very different from that of the outer court. Centered on the three halls of Taihe, Zhonghe and Baohe, it was the place where feudal emperors exercised their power and held ceremonies.

The Forbidden City, centered on Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace, is the residence of feudal emperors and queens. In addition, there are Wenhua Hall, Wuying Hall and Royal Garden.

Gan Qing Palace is in front of the inner court of the Forbidden City. Before Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, this was the place where the emperor lived and handled government affairs.

After Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, the emperor moved to hall of mental cultivation, but he still read newspapers, played newspapers, appointed officials and summoned officials here. Jiaotai Hall is located between Gan Qing Palace and Kunning Palace, which symbolizes harmony and well-being between heaven and earth.

Built in the Ming Dynasty, it was rebuilt in the third year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (AD 1798). It is a square temple with four corners, a gilded dome and dragons and phoenixes. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this hall was the place where the Queen's birthday celebration was held.

Before the Empress of Qing Dynasty went to the silkworm altar to offer sacrifices, she should check the preparations for the sacrificial ceremony. The Palace of Kunning is behind the "inner court" of the Forbidden City.

Tomorrow is the queen's residence. In the Qing Dynasty, it was changed into a place of worship.

Among them, Dongnuange is the bridal chamber of the emperor's wedding, and Kangxi, Tongzhi and Guangxu all held weddings here. The Forbidden City is an unparalleled masterpiece of ancient architecture. Covering an area of more than 720,000 square meters, the Forbidden City has more than 9,000 palaces, all of which are made of wooden structures, yellow glazed tiles and blue-and-white stone foundations, and are decorated with splendid colorful paintings.

These palaces are arranged along a north-south central axis and spread to both sides. North and south are symmetrical. This central axis runs through the Forbidden City, Yongdingmen in the south, Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north, and runs through the whole city. It is magnificent, carefully planned and extremely spectacular.

Architects believe that the design and architecture of the Forbidden City is indeed an unparalleled masterpiece, and its plane layout, three-dimensional effect, grandeur and harmonious form can be said to be rare in the world. It marks the long cultural tradition of our motherland and shows the outstanding achievements of craftsmen in architecture more than 500 years ago.

Among the three striking halls, the most striking buildings are Hall of Supreme Harmony, Hall of Zhonghe and Hall of Baohe. They are all built on an 8-meter-high white marble platform, which looks like the Fairy Que in Gong Qiong from a distance.

The first hall, the Hall of Supreme Harmony, is the most magnificent building, commonly known as the "Golden King Hall", where the emperor held a grand ceremony. The hall is 28 meters high, 63 meters from east to west and 35 meters from north to south. There are 92 large columns, with a diameter of 1 m, of which 6 are painted dragon columns painted in pink gold around the throne. The throne is located on a 2-meter-high platform in the temple, with exquisite cranes, stoves and tripods in front and finely carved screens behind.

The whole hall is resplendent and magnificent. Zhonghe Hall is the place where the emperor rested and practiced etiquette before going to the Hall of Supreme Harmony for a ceremony.

Baohe Hall is the place where the emperor fetes foreign princes and ministers every New Year's Eve. The Hall of Supreme Harmony, commonly known as the Golden Throne Hall, is located in the center of the Forbidden City and is one of the three major halls in the Forbidden City.

Built on a white marble pedestal about 5 meters high. Rows of carved columns stand around the abutment. These columns are called watchposts. There are patterns of Yunlong and Yunfeng carved on the stigma, three stone steps in front and back, and a dragon carved in the middle, which sets off the "imperial road" of waves and flowing clouds.

There are gold-painted wooden columns, exquisite dragon caissons and "aboveboard" plaques hanging on them. In the center of the hall is the symbol of feudal imperial power-the golden throne of Qi Diao Dragon. The Hall of Supreme Harmony is the most spectacular building in the Forbidden City and the largest wooden temple in China.

Zhonghe Hall is one of the three halls of the Forbidden City, located behind the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The plane is square, and the yellow glazed tile has a pyramid-shaped roof with a gold-plated treasure top in the middle.

Magnificent in shape and exquisite in architecture. Baohe Hall is also one of the three halls of the Forbidden City, behind Zhonghe Hall.

Plane rectangle, yellow glazed tile, four-corner tapered roof. The architectural decoration and painting are very exquisite.

The second half of the vibrant Palace Museum is called the Forbidden City. It is centered on Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace, and has East Sixth Palace and West Sixth Palace on the east and west wings. It is the place where the emperor usually works and the queens live and live. The second half is the same as the first half in architectural style.

The image of the first half of the building is serious, solemn, grand and majestic to symbolize the supremacy of the emperor. The second half of the palace is full of vitality, and most of the buildings are self-contained courtyards, including gardens, study rooms, pavilions and rocks.

To the north of the Palace of Kunning is the Royal Garden. There are towering pines and cypresses, precious flowers and trees, strange rocks and pavilions in the imperial garden.

Wanchun Pavilion and Qian Qiu Pavilion are the most magnificent ancient pavilions preserved at present. Collect 6.5438 million cultural relics and visit the Forbidden City. First, appreciate the colorful architectural art; The second is to watch the precious cultural relics displayed indoors.

The Palace Museum has a large collection of precious cultural relics. According to statistics, there are 1052653 pieces, accounting for 1/6 of the total number of cultural relics in China. As of June 5438+February 3, 20051,the total number of first-class cultural relics collected by cultural relics collection units of China Cultural Relics System has reached 109 197, all of which have been filed in National Cultural Heritage Administration.

Among the 1330 collection units that preserve first-class cultural relics in China, the Palace Museum ranks first with 8273 pieces (sets) and has many unique national treasures. In several palaces, art galleries, treasure halls, clock halls, etc. Has been established. Art lovers often can't bear to leave in front of these incomparable works of art for a long time.

The Treasure Hall, located on the East Road of the Forbidden City, displays all kinds of rare treasures. For example, in the Qing Dynasty, a set of gold, silver, bead and cloud dragon armor was wrapped with 16 dragons, with vivid shapes and interspersed among clouds.

The armor is made up of about 600,000 small steel sheets, each steel sheet is about 1mm thick, 4mm long and 1.5 wide.

About the history of the Forbidden City (The Palace Museum, Forbidden City) Overview: The Forbidden City was formerly known as the Forbidden City.

It is the imperial palace of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and also the largest and most complete existing ancient architectural complex in China. 1988 is listed as "World Cultural Heritage" by UNESCO.

The Forbidden City covers an area of 720,000 square meters, half of which is nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, with a building area of 6,543.8+0.55 million square meters. It is a rectangular city with four corners and beautiful style, surrounded by a moat with a width of 52 meters, forming a fortified castle.

Magnificent and luxurious architecture is the essence of ancient architectural art in China. There are four doors in the Forbidden City. The main entrance is called the meridian gate.

Commonly known as Wufenglou. Its plane is concave, with a heavy building in the middle and a double-eaved roof, and four double-eaved pavilions on each wing.

Ming Gallery is connected, magnificent. There are five exquisite white marble arch bridges leading to Taihe Gate behind the Wumen Gate.

The east gate is called Donghuamen, the west gate is called Xihuamen and the north gate is called Shenwumen. The architectural layout of the Forbidden City can be divided into an outer court and an inner court.

The architectural atmosphere of the palace is very different from that of the outer court. Centered on the three halls of Taihe, Zhonghe and Baohe, it was the place where feudal emperors exercised their power and held ceremonies.

The Forbidden City, centered on Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace, is the residence of feudal emperors and queens. In addition, there are Wenhua Hall, Wuying Hall and Royal Garden.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony, commonly known as the Golden Throne Hall, is located in the center of the Forbidden City and is one of the three major halls in the Forbidden City. Built on a white marble pedestal about 5 meters high.

Rows of carved columns stand around the abutment. These columns are called watchposts. There are patterns of Yunlong and Yunfeng carved on the stigma, three stone steps in front and back, and a dragon carved in the middle, which sets off the "imperial road" of waves and flowing clouds. There are gold-painted wooden columns, exquisite dragon caissons and "aboveboard" plaques hanging on them. In the center of the hall is the symbol of feudal imperial power-the golden throne of Qi Diao Dragon.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony is the most spectacular building in the Forbidden City and the largest wooden temple in China. Zhonghe Hall is one of the three halls of the Forbidden City, located behind the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The plane is square, and the yellow glazed tile has a pyramid-shaped roof with a gold-plated treasure top in the middle. Magnificent in shape and exquisite in architecture.

Baohe Hall is also one of the three halls of the Forbidden City, behind Zhonghe Hall. Plane rectangle, yellow glazed tile, four-corner tapered roof.

The architectural decoration and painting are very exquisite. Gan Qing Palace is in front of the inner court of the Forbidden City.

Before Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, this was the place where the emperor lived and handled government affairs. After Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, the emperor moved to hall of mental cultivation, but he still read newspapers, played newspapers, appointed officials and summoned officials here.

Jiaotai Hall is located between Gan Qing Palace and Kunning Palace, which symbolizes harmony and well-being between heaven and earth. Built in the Ming Dynasty, it was rebuilt in the third year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (AD 1798). It is a square temple with four corners, a gilded dome and dragons and phoenixes.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this hall was the place where the Queen's birthday celebration was held. Before the Empress of Qing Dynasty went to the silkworm altar to offer sacrifices, she should check the preparations for the sacrificial ceremony.

The Palace of Kunning is behind the "inner court" of the Forbidden City. Tomorrow is the queen's residence.

In the Qing Dynasty, it was changed into a place of worship. Among them, Dongnuange is the bridal chamber of the emperor's wedding, and Kangxi, Tongzhi and Guangxu all held weddings here.

The Forbidden City, also known as the Forbidden City, is the imperial palace in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it is the largest and most well-preserved ancient architectural complex in China. The Forbidden City, an unparalleled masterpiece of ancient architecture, covers an area of more than 720,000 square meters and has more than 9,000 palaces, all of which are made of wooden structures, yellow glazed tiles and blue and white stones, and decorated with brilliant colorful paintings.

These palaces are arranged along a north-south central axis and spread to both sides. North and south are symmetrical. This central axis runs through the Forbidden City, Yongdingmen in the south, Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north, and runs through the whole city. It is magnificent, carefully planned and extremely spectacular.

Architects believe that the design and architecture of the Forbidden City is indeed an unparalleled masterpiece, and its plane layout, three-dimensional effect, grandeur and harmonious form can be said to be rare in the world. It marks the long cultural tradition of our motherland and shows the outstanding achievements of craftsmen in architecture more than 500 years ago.

Among the three striking halls, the most striking buildings are Hall of Supreme Harmony, Hall of Zhonghe and Hall of Baohe. They are all built on an 8-meter-high white marble platform, which looks like the Fairy Que in Gong Qiong from a distance.

The first hall, the Hall of Supreme Harmony, is the most magnificent building, commonly known as the "Golden King Hall", where the emperor held a grand ceremony. The hall is 28 meters high, 63 meters from east to west and 35 meters from north to south. There are 92 large columns, with a diameter of 1 m, of which 6 are painted dragon columns painted in pink gold around the throne. The throne is located on a 2-meter-high platform in the temple, with exquisite cranes, stoves and tripods in front and finely carved screens behind.

The whole hall is resplendent and magnificent. Zhonghe Hall is the place where the emperor rested and practiced etiquette before going to the Hall of Supreme Harmony for a ceremony.

Baohe Hall is the place where the emperor fetes foreign princes and ministers every New Year's Eve. The second half of the vibrant Palace Museum is called the Forbidden City. It is centered on Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace, and has East Sixth Palace and West Sixth Palace on the east and west wings. It is the place where the emperor usually works and the queens live and live.

The second half is the same as the first half in architectural style. The image of the first half of the building is serious, solemn, grand and majestic to symbolize the supremacy of the emperor.

The second half of the palace is full of vitality, and most of the buildings are self-contained courtyards, including gardens, study rooms, pavilions and rocks. To the north of the Palace of Kunning is the Royal Garden.

There are towering pines and cypresses, precious flowers and trees, strange rocks and pavilions in the imperial garden. Wanchun Pavilion and Qian Qiu Pavilion are the most magnificent ancient pavilions preserved at present.

Collect 6.5438 million cultural relics and visit the Forbidden City. First, appreciate the colorful architectural art; The second is to watch the precious cultural relics displayed indoors. The Palace Museum has a large collection of precious cultural relics. According to statistics, there are as many as 1 0,052,653 pieces, totaling 1 10,000 pieces, accounting for16 of the total national cultural relics, many of which are unique national treasures.

In several palaces, art galleries, treasure halls, clock halls, etc. Has been established. Art lovers often can't bear to leave in front of these incomparable works of art for a long time. The Treasure Hall, located on the East Road of the Forbidden City, displays all kinds of rare treasures.

For example, in the Qing Dynasty, a set of gold, silver, bead and cloud dragon armor was wrapped with 16 dragons, with vivid shapes and interspersed among clouds. The armor is made up of about 600,000 small steel sheets, each steel sheet is about 1mm thick, 4mm long and 1.5mm wide. Small holes are drilled for threaded connection.

It is said that it took more than 40,000 man-hours to make this suit of armor. The Forbidden City was built in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty.

What is the historical and cultural value of the Palace Museum? 1. The value of the Palace Museum in Beijing includes the development history of various dynasties in China.

2. The legal development history of each dynasty.

3. The development history of state governance in different dynasties.

3. The development history of various technologies in different dynasties.

4. The cultural development history of each dynasty.

5. The history of human evolution in each dynasty.

6. The gene bank that human beings continued in the dynasty.

7. The ups and downs of human beings in the evolution of dynasties.

8. The awakening of human thought. Every dynasty deserves our consideration and exploration.

9. The preciousness of the collection lies not in its market currency value, but in the fact that many of them are non-renewable;

The history of the Forbidden City The significance of the Forbidden City in the history of China The Forbidden City was built in the fourth year of Yongle (1406), based on the Nanjing Forbidden City, and completed in the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420).

It is a rectangular city with a length of 96 1 m from north to south and a width of 753 m from east to west. Surrounded by a wall with a height of 10 meter, there is a moat with a width of 52 meters outside the city. The architecture of the Forbidden City is divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court.

The center of the outer court is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe and the Hall of Baohe, which are collectively called the three halls, and are the places where the country holds ceremonies. The center of the Forbidden City is Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace, collectively referred to as the last three palaces, which are the main palaces where emperors and empresses live.

Looking at the Forbidden City from the perspective of ancient palace science, we not only realize the important value of the ancient buildings and palace cultural relics of the Forbidden City, but also see the historical remains of the palace. More importantly, ancient buildings, cultural relics, historical sites and people and things that happened here are an inseparable cultural whole. This understanding is an important basis for the emergence of ancient palace studies, and it is also conducive to further excavating the historical and cultural connotation of the Forbidden City.

The Forbidden City has become a world cultural heritage, which has deepened people's understanding of the value of the ancient buildings in the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City represents a culture that has become history, and it has the shell of palace culture. At the same time, it represented the mainstream culture at that time. After a long period of historical screening and accumulation, of course, it can not be simply summarized as "feudal backwardness."

The Forbidden City and the museum are not unrelated and antagonistic, but organically unified and complementary. The Forbidden City in Beijing is the imperial palace of China in Ming and Qing Dynasties, formerly known as the Forbidden City, located in the center of Beijing's central axis, and is the essence of ancient court architecture in China.

The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on three halls, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about10.5 million square meters. There are more than 70 palaces and 9000 houses. It is one of the largest and best-preserved ancient wooden buildings in the world.

The Forbidden City in Beijing is known as the first of the five largest palaces in the world (the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in Britain, the White House in the United States and the Russian Kremlin). It is a national AAAAA tourist attraction. 19 1 was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, and 1987 was listed as a world cultural heritage. References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Beijing Forbidden City.

Introduce the history and culture of Shenyang Forbidden City, the Forbidden City in the early Qing Dynasty.

Formerly known as Shengjing Palace Que, later called Fengtian Palace. In the center of the old city of Shenyang, Liaoning Province.

Covering an area of 60,000 square meters, it has more than 90 buildings and more than 300 rooms. It is the most complete palace building in China, second only to the Forbidden City. It inherits the tradition of ancient architecture in China, and integrates the architectural arts of Han, Manchu and Mongolian, so it has high historical and artistic value.

196 1 year, People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * and the State Council, China were announced as national key cultural relics protection units. The Imperial Palace in Shenyang was built in the last ten years of Jin Dynasty (Ming Taizu five years, 1625) and the first year of Chongde in Qing Dynasty (Chongzhen nine years in Ming Dynasty, 1637).

In the first year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1644), after the Qing regime moved to Beijing, it became the "capital palace". From the tenth year of Kangxi (167 1) to the ninth year of Daoguang (1829), the Qing emperor 1 1 paid homage to the ancestral tomb and was stationed here and expanded.

The Imperial Palace in Shenyang is centered on Chongzheng Hall, and its central axis runs from Daqingmen to Qingning Palace. It is divided into three parts: East Road, Middle Road and West Road. The main hall of East Road is the place where the ceremony is held.

There are 10 pavilions on both sides of the front, which are the left and right wing pavilions and the Eight Banners Pavilion respectively, collectively called the Ten Kings Pavilion, which is the place where the left and right wing kings and the Eight Banners ministers discuss and discuss affairs. Dazheng Hall was named Dugong Hall in the first year of Chongde in Qing Dynasty (1636), and it was renamed today when Kangxi was in power.

The temple is a pyramid-shaped roof wood structure with octagonal double eaves. On Sumitomo's pedestal, bluestone poles are wrapped around it, and the eight sides of the hall are all wooden partition doors.

There is a golden dragon and a flat column in front of the main entrance, and the top of the hall is decorated with yellow glazed tiles. There are Sanskrit ceilings and a group of dragon algae wells painted in the temple.

The middle road is the center of the whole complex, which is divided into three courtyards. There are Zhaobi, East-West Supermarkets and Music Pavilion at the south end. There are Daqingmen, Chongzheng Hall, Longfei Pavilion and Xiangfeng Pavilion in the front yard. In the Intermediate People's Court, there are Shishanzhai, Xiezhongzhai and Fenghuang Building. The backyard is a five-palace building dominated by Qingning Palace.

There is a courtyard on both sides of the Intermediate People's Court and the backyard, called the East Palace and the West Palace. The East Palace has Yihe Hall, Jiezhi Hall and Jingdian Pavilion; There are Diguang Hall, Baoji Palace, Jisizhai and Chongmo Pavilion in the West Palace.

Daqingmen is the main entrance of Shenyang Forbidden City, where civil and military officials wait for the imperial court. This is a building with five mountains. The main ridge, the vertical ridge and the "stilts" of the two mountains are all inlaid with colored glass.

Chongzheng Hall is the main hall of the Forbidden City. Built in the late Jin Dynasty, it was the meeting place of the early Qing Dynasty. It is a five-room and nine-ao hard mountain style, all separated by doors, with cloisters in front and back and stone railings around. The yellow glazed tile on the top cover is inlaid with green, and the hall is carved in Ming Dynasty. The beams are all stamped with seals.

In front of the temple, there is a sundial in the east and a good quantity in the west. Behind the temple is the Phoenix Building. Five palaces, Qingning Palace, Guansui Palace, Yanqing Palace, Yongfu Palace and Linzhi Palace, were built on a platform of nearly 4 meters, surrounded by high walls, forming a palace.

Phoenix Building was built in the later period of Jin Tiancong (1627~ 1635). This is a place for rest and banquet. After entering the customs, there were jade seals, statues of emperors and music charts. The building is three-story mountain-style, with three rooms deep and three rooms wide, surrounded by verandahs, yellow glazed tiles and green edges.

West Road was added in 47-48 years (1782~ 1783). Including the stage, Jiayintang, Wenshui Pavilion and Yangxizhai. There is a school racecourse ahead.

Wenshui Pavilion is one of the seven pavilions in the collection of Sikuquanshu in Qing Dynasty. This is a veranda building with black glazed tiles and green edges. Liang Fang painted the pattern of "White Horse Presenting a Book".

There is a pavilion on the east side, with Gan Long's "On Song Xiaozong" inscribed on the front (back). The inscription records the building process and the collection of Sikuquanshu in detail.

Shenyang Palace Museum, which was rebuilt after the demise of the Qing Dynasty, is one of the earliest museums in China. It has been called Shenyang Antiquities Exhibition Center, Fengtian Palace Museum, National Shenyang Palace Museum and Palace Museum. Since 1949, the buildings of the Forbidden City have been completely maintained.

1955 was named Shenyang Palace Museum. 1986 changed to Shenyang Palace Museum.

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History of the Forbidden City

Located in the center of Beijing, north of Tiananmen Square 1 km, opposite the south gate of Jingshan. Also known as the Forbidden City, it is the imperial palace in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it is the largest existing imperial palace and ancient architectural complex.

It was built in the fifth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty to 18 (1407- 1420), with a history of more than 500 years. It is 750 meters wide from east to west and 960 meters long from north to south, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, with more than 9,000 halls and palaces and inhabited by 24 emperors. It is the largest palace complex in the world. The building has a strict fence. The periphery is a moat 52 meters wide and 6 meters deep. Inside is a wall with a circumference of 3 kilometers. The wall is nearly10m high and 8.62m wide at the bottom. There are four gates on the city wall, the meridian gate in the south, the Shenwu gate in the north, the Donghua gate in the east and the Xihua gate in the west. There are also four turrets standing at the four corners of the city wall, which are chic and exquisite. After the Qing Dynasty was overthrown, 19 14 set up an antique exhibition hall and opened the first half of the Forbidden City. 1925 was changed to the Palace Museum and officially opened.

The Forbidden City is the center of imperial power, which can be roughly divided into two parts (imperial court and imperial court). The working area is in the south, that is, the imperial court, and the living area is in the north, that is, the imperial court. Palace buildings outside the imperial dynasty are arranged on the central axis, symmetrical and orderly.

The outer court is the place where the emperor handles political affairs, exercises power, celebrates and summons ministers. There are three main halls: Hall of Supreme Harmony, Hall of Zhonghe and Hall of Baohe. Among them, the Hall of Supreme Harmony is the highest and magnificent. Width 60. 1 m, depth 33.33 m and height 35.05 m. It is built on a three-story white marble railing platform with 86 nanmu pillars with a diameter of more than one meter. It is a symbol of the supremacy of imperial power. The emperor's enthronement, wedding, conferring, ordering and going to war will all be held here. At that time, thousands of people shouted "Long live" three times, and hundreds of ritual vessels rang bells and drums, which was extremely royal. The Zhonghe Hall behind the Hall of Supreme Harmony is the place where the emperor rests and sacrifices before attending major ceremonies, while the Baohe Hall in the northernmost part is the place where the emperor holds banquets and palace examinations.

The Forbidden City includes Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, Kunning Palace, Royal Garden, Dongliu Palace and Xiliu Palace on the east and west sides. This is the place where the emperor and his concubines lived, commonly known as the "three palaces and six courtyards". It is the courtyard where the emperor handles daily affairs, and it is also the place where the empresses and princes of the emperor live, play and worship. In the north of the residential area, there is also a small and unique imperial garden, which is a place for members of the royal family to play.

The Forbidden City has magnificent regulations, rigorous layout, exquisite architecture, richness and luxury, and many rare cultural relics. It is the essence of ancient architecture, culture and art in China ... The Forbidden City has more than 900,000 historical treasures and palace cultural relics, and it is the museum with the most cultural relics. Permanent exhibitions include: pottery museum collections, palaces in their original state, treasures, clocks and watches, paintings, bronzes, Ming and Qing crafts and jade articles. 1987 The Forbidden City has been included in the World Heritage List and has become a treasure of human culture.

You'd better go to the Forbidden City in the middle of the road. If time permits, you can take a walk on the west road.