Beijing Forbidden City

Palace: formerly known as the Forbidden City. In central Beijing. Ming and Qing dynasties of the palace, the largest and most complete of the existing ancient buildings were 4 years of Yongle (1406) was built, was basically completed 18 years of Yongle. 24 so far after 560 years of the emperor.

In spite of the Ming and Qing dynasties rebuilt several times and still maintain the original layout of the extension. Covering over 720,000 square meters, building a construction area of 15 more than 9000 square meters. About three kilometers around the palace wall, surrounded by magnificent style turret stands, outside the wall, the moat 52 meters wide and surrounded by a fortified castle barriers. The layout of the Forbidden City palace from the outside toward the building, the inner court of the points. Ethernet and the outer court, and in Bulgaria and the three main hall as the center, culture, Wu ounce Hall for the two wings, the emperor summoned the ministers at the ceremony and to exercise the right to the main site. Netting a Palace of Heavenly Purity, Jiao Tai Dian, Liu Gong Kunning and what is the deal with the daily government and wives emperor, princes lived, a place to play and from God. Narrow north-south southeast of the vestibular, a Tiananmen Square and the Swiss gate in front of the palace gates to form a prelude to a long series of buildings. The main entrance of the Meridian Gate, North Gate to Shenwu Men, Donghuamen east, west, West door. Meridian Gate Square after a curved square Jinshui across the river on a stone bridge across five hole white marble, is a nine northbound Dianding veranda eaves the Gate of Supreme Harmony, the sides and Liezhao De, Chen-degree two. Square things have access to Wenhua Dian and Wu Yingdian the Concorde, Yi and two doors. North Korea outside the three main hall is the main building, into the Gate of Supreme Harmony is the face of 11 double eaves and veranda Dianding Miankuo Hall of Supreme Harmony, the middle of the square and the temple Danyan Cuanjian Ding, finally, the nine Zhong Yan Xie Shanding Hall of Preserving Harmony, Hall was built in a three-section three-tier white marble on the platform, surrounded by Gallery veranda surrounded by magnificent, the Forbidden City the most magnificent buildings. Dry clean start from the door inner court, in the central axis of the building are dry Qing, Jiao Tai Dian, Kunning and around twelve yards. Palace of Heavenly Purity things have six groups of self-contained courtyard, the East and West Palaces Palaces Palaces to the south east Fengxian Temple, Itsuki and West Liu front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. East of the axis of the inner court there Ningshou Gong a building, commonly known outside the East, the West has Cining Gong, Shoukang Palace, the Anglo Hall and so on. Inner court, garden and another three, the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City at the Ningshou Gong axis Shawei Ningshou Gong Hall of Mental Cultivation in the West Garden, Garden in the Cining Gong Ci Ninggong before. The building and outside the inner court toward the very different atmosphere.

Forbidden City Great Wall of magnificent luxury, is the essence of ancient architecture in China. National Palace Museum also holds a large number of precious cultural relics is to study the Ming and Qing dynasties, and ancient art history, important information.