The Hall of Supreme Harmony
　　Taihedian (Ming Dynasty Mukden palace, a royal palace), commonly known as the "throne room", hall 35.05 meters high, 63 meters, 35 meters north-south, an area of about more than 2380 square meters. Length and width ratio of 9:5, the implication for the Royal prerogative. The area is thelargest of all the Forbidden City, and the shape is the highest standard, the most magnificent buildings. This temple is the five ridge slope four main hall, there is a long ridge from the east to the west, before and after each of the two oblique vertical ridge, so as to form five ridges and four slope roof, construction terminology called hall style. Yanjiao 10 animals (respectively, dragon and Phoenix, lion, Tianma, hippocampus, suanni, and fish, Xiezhi, bull, even lines), as a special case Chinese of ancient architecture. From about fourteenth Century in the Ming Dynasty, the templeveranda is the highest level of the feudal dynasty palace form. Taihe palace has up to 1 meters in diameter of the column 72, of which 6 root around the imperial palace is the Panlong Lek powder column. There are gold Lek powder fine wooden pillars and Beaulieu caisson, the middle of the house is the symbol of the feudal imperial power - Gold carved dragon throne, located in hall 2 meters high on the stage, placed a gold carved dragon throne, crane, furnace, Ding handsome throne, carved dragon is behind the screen. Hall of Supreme Harmony is the largest wooden structure in the Imperial Palace. It is the most magnificent building in the Imperial Palace and the largest wooden structure in china. The whole hall is decorated with resplendent and magnificent colors. The hall of Supreme Harmony was the place where the emperor held a great ceremony. That is, the emperor ascended the throne, birthday, wedding, new year's day and so here are celebrated.
　　The Hall of Central Harmony
　　Zhonghe Dian (Hall of the Ming Dynasty said canopy, in the temple) is one of the three the Imperial Palace hall, is located in the rear wo. And27 meters high hall, the plane was a square, into the deep 3, surrounded by a gallery, brick paving, construction area of 580 square meters. Yellow glazed tile Shanyan four cuanjian Ding, Ding the middle there is gold. Four top forming a sharp ridge like, on the copper gold spherical fetal Ding, called the four corner tip save construction terminology. And the temple is the emperor to the temple held a break before the ceremony and the exercise of local etiquette. The emperor before going to the temple in this first stop, accept the cabinet ministers and officials salute, and then into the temple ceremony. In addition, before the emperor worship heaven and earth and also must first review here is written Oration about "wish"; in the Zhongnanhai speech before tillage, also look at farming here.
　　The Hall of Preserving Harmony
　　Then (Ming Dynasty temple, built with said body.) is one of the three main hall in the Imperial Palace, and bring up the rear. There are 29 meters high, a rectangular plane, miankuo 9, deep into the 5, construction area of 1240 square meters. Yellow glazed tile roof. There is a ridge in the middle of the roof. There are 2 vertical ridges in front and back, and at the bottom of each vertical ridge there is another branch of the ridge. With the ridge, the ridge and the fork, there are 9. There is the annual New Year's Eve feast the place of emperor waifan. There is the imperial examination held in the place.
　　Backyard is in the palace, palace of Heavenly Purity, Kunning Gong as the center, East and west east and West six house six house, the emperor is the daily affairs and the emperor and imperial concubines living place. In the latter part of the same architectural style in the first half. The image of the first half of the building is solemn, majestic, majestic and majestic in order to symbolize the supremacy of the emperor. The palace is the rich flavor of life, the building is self courtyard, garden, library, museum Pavilion, stone etc.. The east side of the Imperial Emperor abdicated after is the year when the overlord endowment cost one million one hundred thousand and two to build the palace, silver.
　　Palace of Heavenly Purity
　　In the courtyard in front of the the Imperial Palace palace. The court used the main hall, 20 meters high. Double hipped roof top. Temple of the middle throne, with "open and aboveboard". The plaque in Yong Zheng after a secret storage placed heir to the name of the place, placed under the 27 sides of the bed in the West snappers on the selection by the emperor palace, is said to be free, so it can prevent the assassin assassinate, used the feudal emperor's palace. This is the residence of the emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty and to handle affairs place.
　　Delivery Thai Temple
　　Thai Temple in between and including "Kunning Gong Qing, heaven and earth, healthy and happy". It was built in the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Jiaqing three years (AD 1798) rebuilt, is a four angle tip save, gold Baoding square, Temple of the Dragon decoration. The Ming and Qing Dynasty, the temple is the Queen's birthday celebration birthday activity place. At this meeting the queen PinFei fu. Empress of the pro silkworm ceremony, to check the ceremonial preparations so far. The 25 precious seals (seals) of the Qing Dynasty were also collected here (now housed in the treasure Museum).
　　Kunning Gong
　　The lamps at the back of the Imperial Palace "Neiting". Double hipped roof top. Kunning Gong is the Ming Dynasty palace queen, there are two snappers. The Qing Dynasty as a place. After Yong Zheng, the West Pavilion served as a sacrificial place for shamans. The East snappers for the emperor's bridal chamber, Kangxi, Tongzhi and Guangxu emperor, the wedding was held here.
　　Thai Temple in between and including "Kunning Gong Qing, heaven and earth, healthy and happy". It was built in the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Jiaqing three years (AD 1798) rebuilt, is a four angle tip save, gold Baoding square, Temple of the Dragon decoration. The Ming and Qing Dynasty, the temple is the Queen's birthday celebration birthday activity place. Empress of the pro silkworm ceremony, to check the ceremonial preparations so far. Qing Dynasty "Bao Xi" (seal) is also collected here.

　　 The Hall of Supreme Harmony
　　 Taihedian (Ming Dynasty Mukden palace, a royal palace), commonly known as the "throne room", hall 35.05 meters high, 63 meters, 35 meters north-south, an area of about more than 2380 square meters. Length and width ratio of 9:5, the implication for the Royal prerogative. The area is the largest of all the Forbidden City, and the shape is the highest standard, the most magnificent buildings. This temple is the five ridge slope four main hall, there is a long ridge from the east to the west, before and after each of the two oblique vertical ridge, so as to form five ridges and four slope roof, construction terminology called hall style. Yanjiao 10 animals (respectively, dragon and Phoenix, lion, Tianma, hippocampus, suanni, and fish, Xiezhi, bull, even lines), as a special case Chinese of ancient architecture. From about fourteenth Century in the Ming Dynasty, the temple veranda is the highest level of the feudal dynasty palace form. Taihe palace has up to 1 meters in diameter of the column 72, of which 6 root around the imperial palace is the Panlong Lek powder column. There are gold Lek powder fine wooden pillars and Beaulieu caisson, the middle of the house is the symbol of the feudal imperial power - Gold carved dragon throne, located in hall 2 meters high on the stage, placed a gold carved dragon throne, crane, furnace, Ding handsome throne, carved dragon is behind the screen. Hall of Supreme Harmony is the largest wooden structure in the Imperial Palace. It is the most magnificent building in the Imperial Palace and the largest wooden structure in china. The whole hall is decorated with resplendent and magnificent colors. The hall of Supreme Harmony was the place where the emperor held a great ceremony. That is, the emperor ascended the throne, birthday, wedding, new year's day and so here are celebrated.
　　 The Hall of Central Harmony
　　 Zhonghe Dian (Hall of the Ming Dynasty said canopy, in the temple) is one of the three the Imperial Palace hall, is located in the rear wo. And 27 meters high hall, the plane was a square, into the deep 3, surrounded by a gallery, brick paving, construction area of 580 square meters. Yellow glazed tile Shanyan four cuanjian Ding, Ding the middle there is gold. Four top forming a sharp ridge like, on the copper gold spherical fetal Ding, called the four corner tip save construction terminology. And the temple is the emperor to the temple held a break before the ceremony and the exercise of local etiquette. The emperor before going to the temple in this first stop, accept the cabinet ministers and officials salute, and then into the temple ceremony. In addition, before the emperor worship heaven and earth and also must first review here is written Oration about "wish"; in the Zhongnanhai speech before tillage, also look at farming here.
　　 The Hall of Preserving Harmony
　　 Then (Ming Dynasty temple, built with said body.) is one of the three main hall in the Imperial Palace, and bring up the rear. There are 29 meters high, a rectangular plane, miankuo 9, deep into the 5, construction area of 1240 square meters. Yellow glazed tile roof. There is a ridge in the middle of the roof. There are 2 vertical ridges in front and back, and at the bottom of each vertical ridge there is another branch of the ridge. With the ridge, the ridge and the fork, there are 9. There is the annual New Year's Eve feast the place of emperor waifan. There is the imperial examination held in the place.
　　 Backyard is in the palace, palace of Heavenly Purity, Kunning Gong as the center, East and west east and West six house six house, the emperor is the daily affairs and the emperor and imperial concubines living place. In the latter part of the same architectural style in the first half. The image of the first half of the building is solemn, majestic, majestic and majestic in order to symbolize the supremacy of the emperor. The palace is the rich flavor of life, the building is self courtyard, garden, library, museum Pavilion, stone etc.. The east side of the Imperial Emperor abdicated after is the year when the overlord endowment cost one million one hundred thousand and two to build the palace, silver.
　　 Palace of Heavenly Purity
　　 In the courtyard in front of the the Imperial Palace palace. The court used the main hall, 20 meters high. Double hipped roof top. Temple of the middle throne, with "open and aboveboard". The plaque in Yong Zheng after a secret storage placed heir to the name of the place, placed under the 27 sides of the bed in the West snappers on the selection by the emperor palace, is said to be free, so it can prevent the assassin assassinate, used the feudal emperor's palace. This is the residence of the emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty and to handle affairs place.
　　 Delivery Thai Temple
　　 Thai Temple in between and including "Kunning Gong Qing, heaven and earth, healthy and happy". It was built in the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Jiaqing three years (AD 1798) rebuilt, is a four angle tip save, gold Baoding square, Temple of the Dragon decoration. The Ming and Qing Dynasty, the temple is the Queen's birthday celebration birthday activity place. At this meeting the queen PinFei fu. Empress of the pro silkworm ceremony, to check the ceremonial preparations so far. The 25 precious seals (seals) of the Qing Dynasty were also collected here (now housed in the treasure Museum).
　　 Kunning Gong
　　 The lamps at the back of the Imperial Palace "Neiting". Double hipped roof top. Kunning Gong is the Ming Dynasty palace queen, there are two snappers. The Qing Dynasty as a place. After Yong Zheng, the West Pavilion served as a sacrificial place for shamans. The East snappers for the emperor's bridal chamber, Kangxi, Tongzhi and Guangxu emperor, the wedding was held here.
　　 Thai Temple in between and including "Kunning Gong Qing, heaven and earth, healthy and happy". It was built in the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Jiaqing three years (AD 1798) rebuilt, is a four angle tip save, gold Baoding square, Temple of the Dragon decoration. The Ming and Qing Dynasty, the temple is the Queen's birthday celebration birthday activity place. Empress of the pro silkworm ceremony, to check the ceremonial preparations so far. Qing Dynasty "Bao Xi" (seal) is also collected here.

　　 Imperial Garden
　　 In the north is the Imperial Garden. There are towering pine and cypress, rare flowers and trees, rocks and pavilions in Imperial Garden. Imperial Garden, formerly known as the court behind the court, covers an area of more than 11000 square meters, accounting for one point five percent of the the Imperial Palace area. There are more than 20 buildings in the park. In order to take the temple as the center, the garden construction adopts the pattern of primary and secondary, auxiliary and symmetrical. The layout is compact and classical. Northeast hall Xiushan heap, Taihu stone masonry and Diego, built the Royal Pavilion, a pavilion and two century Pavilion Chunting million, can be said to be the preservation of the most magnificent pavilion.
　　 Decrypt the Imperial Palace
　　 Where is he?
　　 Where is the "limbo", the first to talk about "emperor's harem". The Imperial Palace Road, Thai Temple, palace of Heavenly Purity Kunning Gong called "third". Six to six East Palace were: Saimiya, Jing Ren palace, Chengqian palace, palace, palace of Jing Yang Zhong Cui and Yonghe palace. The feudal emperors have "supreme power", you can choose the concubine. The emperor's many wives. As for the woman elected to the palace, once out of favor, then in the palace ban chamber, and so on to die, even more tragic.
　　 The the Imperial Palace is not "limbo", but there have been two claims, that is, Changchun palace palace of Heavenly Purity said "limbo"; no fixed address, the princess and Prince of the captivity, then known as the "limbo". Check the Ming and Qing history, and not a formal limbo Palace named. According to some records, the Ming and Qing Dynasties as "limbo" places.
　　 The Apocalypse emperor, as Princess Lee offended power illustrious eunuch Wei Zhongxian, was rushed to the west of Imperial Garden Palace by Changchun Qianxi, lived for four years. Has been a dry west, there are definite and Ke Fei, et al. This "limbo" in the Forbidden City in the west.
　　 Before the emperor Zhenfei by Ci Xi fall into the well, is said to be closed in the north and North Pavilion of prospective happiness (now destroyed), this place is on the west gate in today Zhenfei wells. If this comes from the mouth of the eunuch is also regarded as the rumors are true, here a "limbo".
　　 The emperor at the venue?
　　 Now many people think that is usually used to Taihedian, in fact it is not so. Taihe palace is actually used to hold various ceremonies of the place, the actual use of a small number, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the emperors gaveaudience place mainly in: gate, gate of Heavenly Purity (for the Royal gate), (a big palace of Heavenly Purity the emperor summoned the minister the important thing when) and Yangxin Hall (behind a screen, the late Qing Dynasty). That is not usually said taihedian.
　　 Why is the Imperial Palace "dragon" much?
　　 The Forbidden City is the dragon's world, and the dragon's shapes are different and vivid. In China's feudal society, the emperor was called "sons of the heaven", is the master of the earth. The Forbidden City is the palace of the Ming and Qing two dynasties, therefore, the palace hall, Danbi bridge, stone carving, and Emperor Bao Xi, clothing supplies all the Royal Dragon as decorations. So, how many dragons are there in the Imperial Palace? I'm afraid nobody can tell. Some people have counted, the Imperial Palace, known as the "palace more than 8000", and only in each hall there are 6 dragon calculations, there are nearly 40 thousand dragons, if coupled with all architectural decorations and all the dragon on the Queen's goods, then countless.
　　 Someone made a statistics, namely, Taihe palace top roof and tiles, etc. there are 2632 water dragon, Waiyan architrave and painted decorations including doors and windows were dragon 5732, inside the canopy and the ceiling inside Liang Fang has dragon 4037, Kim temple, zaojing, throne, screen and Chen a total of 609 dragons, the Hall walls and cabinet door cover etc. there are 542 dragon. This is a still incomplete statistics, the hall of supreme harmony inside and outside of the dragon, the Dragon carving and other forms of dragon is more than 13844. The decoration design Wanlong pilgrimage, constitutes a majestic and mysterious atmosphere, in order to obtain the deification of the emperor, the effect of intimidation subjects.
　　 How many rooms are there in the Imperial Palace?
　　 The Imperial Palace is generally said to have 9999 and a half, but is this really true? After statistics, the Imperial Palace, large and small rooms, a total of 8741. Because the emperor think that the heavenly palace has 10000 rooms, and for the emperor in the palace, the emperor and the day compared to. But he thought he was the son of heaven, so he reduced the house he lived in by half a house. It means that you are too hard to respect and lose the dignity of the emperor.
　　 The magnificent the Imperial Palace none such under heaven
　　 The Imperial Palace is located in the center of Beijing, formerly known as the forbidden city. Is the Ming and Qing Dynasties palace of the two dynasties, unparalleled ancient architectural masterpiece, China's largest and most complete ancient architectural complex. Known as one of the world's five Palace (the Imperial Palace in Beijing, Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace, the White House, the Russian Moscow Kremlin).
　　 The Imperial Palace was built in 14061420 ad, basically completed, is the Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle built. The Imperial Palace is 961 meters long from south to north, 753 meters from east to west, with an area of about 725000 square meters. The gross area is 155 thousand square meters. According to legend, the Imperial Palace has a total of 9999.5, according to the actual 1973 experts on-site measuring the size of the compound of the Imperial Palace more than 90, 980 houses, a total of 8704 (the "room" is not the room concept, "here" refers to the four pillars formed by space). Miyagi surrounded by 12 meters high, 3400 meters long wall in the form of a rectangular City, outside the wall is 52 meters wide moat, forming a The defence is iron-clad. castle. The Imperial Palace palace buildings are wooden structures, yellow glazed tile roof, green Whitehead base, decorated with beautiful decoration painting. The Imperial Palace has 4 doors, a Front Gate gate, east gate of Donghua gate, Simon Xihua gate, North Gate Shenwu gate. In the face of the north gate Shenwu gate, useful soil and stone into the Jingshan Hill, the mountain is covered with pine forest. In the overall layout, Jingshan Hill can be said to be a barrier to the the Imperial Palace complex.
　　 The construction of the the Imperial Palace on the basis of its layout and function is divided into "North" and "Neiting" two most. "North" and "Neiting" is bounded by the gate of Heavenly Purity, on the South Gate of Heavenly Purity in North, neiting. The Imperial Palace, outside the building Neiting atmosphere is totally different.
　　 The outer court with Supreme Harmony, and the three main hall as the center, the emperor held in North Korea, also known as "the former". It was the place where the feudal emperors exercised their power and held grand ceremonies. In addition, there are two wings of East Wenhua wenyuange, infirmary, South three; west main house and other government buildings.
　　 The palace to palace of Heavenly Purity, Thai Temple, Kunning Gong after the third as the center, the two wings of Yangxin temple, East and West six palace, zhaigong, Yu Qing palace, after the Imperial Garden. Is the residence of the feudal emperor and empress. Neiting ningshou Gong was the eastern part of the emperor to abdicate after construction and endowment. Neiting western cining Gong Yuan palace, etc.. In addition, there are heavy Wah palace, five North and other buildings.

　 　History
　　 The Imperial Palace was built in the year 1406 (Yongle four years), 1420 (eighteen years Yongle) basically completed, which lasted 14 years, was built in Ming emperor Yongle, built in the palace on the basis of yuan dynasty. The designer host (1397-1481, word Kuai Xiang Ting Rui, Suzhou).
　　 After the completion of the the Imperial Palace, after the Ming and Qing Dynasty in 1911 two, the Qing emperor to abdicate in about five hundred years, after the Ming and Qing Dynasties two twenty-four emperors. It was the synonym of the supreme rule of the two dynasties in Ming and Qing dynasties. The more than 500 years' history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties included the activities behind the emperor, the hierarchy, the struggle for power, religious sacrifices and so on. It was a crime for the average man to go near the Forbidden City wall. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties were the supreme and supreme centers of the feudal system, unusual events were often carried out around the inheritance and safety of the imperial power. Such as the Ming Dynasty orthodox emperor of the restoration of the door of the palace, Emperor Jiajing is renyin palace, kill the Wanli forty-three years too hit "stiles stiles uterine strike case", the emperor Taichang died because of taking pills "benimaru case" and died around the new emperor Taichang emperor became the "Gong" storm. At the beginning of Qing Dynasty the imperial Wang Dachen established three Officer Temple dispute in the late Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Ci Xi to seek the power of the 1861 coup and so on.
　　 After the revolution of 1911, the Forbidden City Palace should be all nationalized, but according to the "then sequestered", Emperor Aixinjueluo PuYi was allowed in the palace "," sleep "part. In 1924, Feng Yuxiang launched the "Beijing coup", will be expelled from the palace he founded at the same time, the Qing court Rehabilitation Committee, took over the the Imperial Palace. It was announced in October 10, 1925 that the the Imperial Palace museum was officially opened. After 1925, the Forbidden City was called the Imperial Palace". With the declining of the Qing Dynasty, especially in the 38 years to 1949, the the Imperial Palace building is destroyed, there are a number of Gong Dianqun collapsed, garbage mountain.
　　 In 1949, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1961, the State Council announced that the Imperial Palace was the first batch of "national key cultural relics protection units"". It has been extensively trimmed since 50s and 60s. In 1988, the Imperial Palace was listed as "world cultural heritage" by unesco". It is now known as "the Imperial Palace Museum"".
　　 Architectural form
　　 The Imperial Palace is strictly in accordance with the "Zhou Kao Gong Ji" in "the former imperial capital market outlook, building construction principle of Zuo Zu right agency". The whole the Imperial Palace, in the layout of the building, with the shape changes, ups and downs of the techniques, combined into a whole. Functionally, it accords with the hierarchy of feudal society. At the same time to achieve the balance of left and right and shape changes in artistic effects. The roof form of Chinese architecture is rich and colorful, and there are more than 10 different kinds of roofs in the Imperial Palace building. Take the 3 main hall, for example, with different roofs. The Imperial Palace building roof covered with colored glazed tile pieces. The main hall is dominated by yellow. A building used for residential quarters. Other blue, purple and black, green and malachite green, sapphire blue and rainbow glass, used in the garden or glazed wall. Taihe palace roof ridge among both ends the wenshou glaze, sedate effectively swallow live big ridge. Wenshou elegant, is the decoration component. Part of the tile pieces of the dragon and Phoenix, lions, seahorses and other three-dimensional animal image, symbolizing the auspicious and dignified, these components play a decorative role in the building.
　　 The Imperial Palace in front of the palace, the magnificent architectural design requirements, clear open courtyard, a symbol of the feudal regime supreme, Taihe palace forbidden city is located in the diagonal of the center, the the Imperial Palace designers think that to show the emperor's authority, to deter the world. The rear court requires deep courtyards, compact construction, so that the six house are self-contained, the palace wall, relatively arranged orderly, together with lanterns together on our bed, a few, are reflected to luxurious life need arrangement. The palace is after the palace garden. We have not carved in the garden after the green pines and verdant cypresses, a show of exquisite stone rockery built Diego, floor, pavilion, pavilion, pavilion during the shade, beautiful and quiet.
　　 The the Imperial Palace palace is lined along a north-south axis. The three main halls, the Queen's three palaces and the Imperial Garden are all located on the central axis. And to both sides of the expansion, North and South straight, about symmetry. This not only runs through the axis within the Forbidden City, and South Yongding gate, north to the drum tower, the bell tower, runs through the city, the great boldness of vision, thorough planning, very spectacular.
　　 The Imperial Palace was the work of hundreds of years ago, the wisdom of the people and the crystallization of sweat and toil. In the beginning, enslaved laborers had one hundred thousand craftsmen and millions of men. Under the condition of social production at that time, the construction of such a magnificent and complex building group fully reflects the highly intelligent and creative ability of the ancient Chinese working people. At the same time, in order to build the Imperial Palace, such as the required wood in the Ming Dynasty, mostly collected from Sichuan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places, many people were forced to labor in the high mountains and lofty hills forests, lumbering wood. The stone taken from the outer suburbs of Beijing and Beijing in two hundred or three hundred from the mountain. Each stone often weighing several tons or even dozens of, hundreds of tons, such as now and rear eaves level, there is a dragon carved stone weighs about 250 tons.
　　 Architects believe that the design and construction of the the Imperial Palace, is really an incomparable masterpiece, its layout, three-dimensional effect, and form the grand, stately, solemn, harmonious, majestic and magnificent architecture, is the essence of ancient architecture Chinese. It marks China's long cultural tradition, showing the remarkable achievements of craftsmen in architecture more than 500 years ago.
　　 The Imperial Palace four gate
　　 The the Imperial Palace has four doors, Front Gate called meridian gate. Its plane is concave, magnificent. After five Meridian Gate exquisite marble arch bridge to the gate. East Gate of Donghua gate, Simon Xihua gate, North Gate Shenwu gate. The four corner of the Imperial Palace has exquisite turret, turret 27.5 meters high, Cross Ridge, three brims, one after another, four Liangshan, multi angle cross structure Qili building.
　　 The Imperial Palace Front Gate called "door", commonly known as wufenglou. The north and west sides of the city are connected with a city square at 12 meters high and surrounded by a square square. There are 1 groups of buildings. The middle of a Paris, 9 wide hall, veranda roof, stretched out in about two que on the wall, built with eaves ridge Pavilion four, Ming Gallery, the two wings of each of the 13 hall housing extended south, four corners of each corner Pavilion tall, the wing of the main hall. This kind of shape gate tower is called "Que gate", it is the highest form in the ancient Chinese gate. This group of buildings on the city, the situation is magnificent, the Imperial Palace palace is the first peak. The Meridian Gate is the edict of the emperor ordered the expedition. Every time a read the emperor edict, issued by the almanac, Wenwubaiguan afternoon all gathered in front of the square to the purpose. Front Gate gate which can normally only access to the emperor, the emperor into a wedding when the queen, three palace examinations champion, runner up, jump out of a can from the door. The ministers import on the eastern side of the door, the royal family on the west side of the door.
　　 Back door, when the Ming Dynasty "Xuanwu" Xuanwu, as one of the four ancient animal, speaking from the position, left dragon, right white tiger, the former Suzaku, Xuanwu, Xuanwu main north, so much of the Imperial Palace beigongmen named "xuanwu". The Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty because of taboo renamed shenwumen". Shenwumen is a city gatehouse form, veranda roof with the highest levels, but it's only five room plus hall veranda, no wings around stretched forward, so in shape to a level lower than the gate. Shenwumen is in daily access control. This is the Imperial Palace Museum shenwumen Front Gate.
　　 Donghua gate and Xihua gate. Corresponding, outside of the door dismount steles, door in the north of Henan to Goldwater, on the stone bridge 1 bridge, north gate three. Donghua and Xihua the same door, door shape rectangle and red city of Taiwan, which opened 3 xumizuo white jade, coupons door, coupons hole roundness inside but squareness outside. The city of Taiwan to build a tower, yellow glazed tile double hipped roof top tower, miankuo 5, deep into the 3, surrounded by a gallery.
　　 Within the door in the afternoon, there is a wide courtyard, a Jinshui River arc to the west, towards the north is outside the palace gate, the gate, around each room corridor. There are 5 bridges Jinshuihe, with white marble railings, along with the river Wanzhuan, like jade.
　　 Three Basilica
　　 The gate, in the courtyard of more than 30 thousand square meters wide, is outside the center of North Korea: after harmony, referred to as the three main hall (Ming said: Fengtian temple, temple, temple with canopy body, the name: a royal palace, palace, palace built in. Now known as the Qing Dynasty). The 3 hall is the main building in the Imperial Palace, their height of different shapes, different roof forms, it is rich and varied and not dull.
　　 The I-shaped base station and Taihe palace and temple, there are built in white marble structure 8 meters high, and Taihe in front, middle, and in the post. The distant view is like the mythical Qiong palace. The base station three layer overlap, each layer on the edge are adorned with carved white marble railing, and the three column look, there are three layers of stone carving Panlong, set off waves and clouds of the "Royal road". There are 1415 pieces of board engraved in the 25000 square meters of the table, sculpture Yunlong Wang column 1460, leading 1138. With so many white marble decoration three, other overlap ups and downs, this is the decorative art has a unique style of ancient buildings China. And this kind of adornment is in the structure, function, it is the drainage conduit of mesa again. In the steeplechase? Stone, engraved with a small hole; out of sight column under the leader also carve out a small hole. Every rainy season, 3 layers of rainwater discharged by the small hole discharged water from the faucet, Qianlong water, spectacular. It is a scientific and artistic design.
　　 Taihedian (Ming Dynasty Mukden palace, a royal palace), commonly known as the "throne room", hall 35.05 meters high, 63 meters, 35 meters north-south, an area of about more than 2380 square meters. The area is the largest of all the Forbidden City, and the shape is the highest standard, the most magnificent buildings. This temple is the five ridge slope four main hall, there is a long ridge from the east to the west, before and after each of the two oblique vertical ridge, so as to form five ridges and four slope roof, construction terminology called hall style. There are 10 animals in the eaves, which are the special examples of Chinese ancient architecture. From about fourteenth Century in the Ming Dynasty, Wu lowered eaves is the highest grade form of feudal dynasty palace. Taihe palace has up to 1 meters in diameter of the column 72, of which 6 root around the imperial palace is the Panlong Lek powder column. There are gold Lek powder fine wooden pillars and Beaulieu caisson, the middle of the house is the symbol of the feudal imperial power - Gold carved dragon throne, located in hall 2 meters high on the stage, placed a gold carved dragon throne, crane, furnace, Ding handsome throne, carved dragon is behind the screen. Hall of Supreme Harmony is the largest wooden structure in the Imperial Palace. It is the most magnificent building in the Imperial Palace and the largest wooden structure in china. The whole hall is decorated with resplendent and magnificent colors. The hall of Supreme Harmony was the place where the emperor held a great ceremony. That is, the emperor ascended the throne, birthday, wedding, new year's day and so here are celebrated.
　　 Zhonghe Dian (Hall of the Ming Dynasty said canopy, in the temple) is one of the three the Imperial Palace hall, is located in the rear wo. There are 29 meters high, the plane was a square, yellow glazed tile four cuanjian Ding, Ding the middle there is gold. There is a ridge in the middle of the roof. There are 2 vertical ridges in front and back, and at the bottom of each vertical ridge there is another branch of the ridge. With the ridge, the ridge and the fork, there are 9. And the temple is the emperor to the temple held a break before the ceremony and the exercise of local etiquette. The emperor before going to the temple in this first stop, accept the cabinet ministers and officials salute, and then into the temple ceremony. In addition, before the emperor worship heaven and earth and also must first review here is written Oration about "wish"; in the Zhongnanhai speech before tillage, also look at farming here.
　　 Then (Ming Dynasty temple, built with said body.) is one of the three main hall in the Imperial Palace, and bring up the rear. Zhonghe Dian is 27 meters high and has a construction area of 580 square meters. Flat rectangle, yellow glazed tile, four corner spire. A pavilion shaped square with 4 ridges on the roof. Four top forming a sharp ridge like, on the copper gold spherical fetal Ding, called the four corner tip save construction terminology. There is the annual New Year's Eve feast the place of emperor waifan. There is the imperial examination held in the place.
　　 The Imperial Palace Palace
　　 The second half of the the Imperial Palace building called the Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace door -- about a dry cleaning door, glass screen wall, the door is after the third. The palace to palace of Heavenly Purity, Thai Temple, Kunning Gong as the center, East and west east and West six house six house, the emperor is the daily affairs and the emperor and imperial concubines living place. In the latter part of the same architectural style in the first half. The image of the first half of the building is solemn, majestic, majestic and majestic in order to symbolize the supremacy of the emperor. The second part is the rich flavor of life, the building is self courtyard, garden, library, museum Pavilion, stone etc..
　　 In the courtyard in front of the the Imperial Palace palace. The court used the main hall, 20 meters high. Double hipped roof top. Temple of the middle throne, with "open and aboveboard". There is a warm Pavilion at both ends. The feudal emperors palace is the palace of heavenly purity. This is the residence of the emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty and to handle affairs place. Yong Zheng of the Qing Dynasty after the emperor moved to Yangxin temple, but this is still marking zoubao appoint officials and summoned officials.
　　 The lamps at the back of the Imperial Palace "Neiting". Double hipped roof top. Is the lamps in Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty emperor Yong Zheng before the Queen's palace, there are two snappers. The Qing Dynasty as a place. After Yong Zheng, the West Pavilion served as a sacrificial place for shamans. The East snappers for the emperor's bridal chamber, Kangxi, Tongzhi and Guangxu emperor, the wedding was held here.
　　 Thai Temple in between and including "Kunning Gong Qing, heaven and earth, healthy and happy". It was built in the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Jiaqing three years (AD 1798) rebuilt, is a four angle tip save, gold Baoding square, Temple of the Dragon decoration. The Ming and Qing Dynasty, the temple is the Queen's birthday celebration birthday activity place. Empress of the pro silkworm ceremony, to check the ceremonial preparations so far. Qing Dynasty "Bao Xi" (seal) is also collected here.
　　 After the Qing Dynasty, the hall of heart became the real residence of the emperor in the Imperial Palace after Yong Zheng. Qing Tongzhi two empress Ci Xi, cian behind a screen on the Yangxin Hall of the East snappers.
　　 Sannomiya things in the veranda, as well as the end of the temple, the emperor condensate storage crown robe, belt, shoe, placed the book calligraphy of Mao Qin dian. The southern veranda have prince on reading the study, South Hanlin degree value for the study of the management of the premises, and the palace of daily life. In addition, symmetrical Jingmen, Yuehua door, door, gate, dragon light Phoenix base of doors, end doors, door and door, longfu Jing, Tong concubine living things six house. This kind of symmetrical layout is also one of the characteristics of ancient Chinese architecture.
　　 The east side of the Imperial Emperor abdicated after is the year when the overlord endowment cost one million one hundred thousand and two to build the palace, silver.
　　 In the north is the Imperial Garden. There are towering pine and cypress, rare flowers and trees, rocks and pavilions in Imperial Garden. Imperial Garden, formerly known as the court behind the court, covers an area of more than 11000 square meters, there are more than 20 buildings. In order to take the temple as the center, the garden construction adopts the pattern of primary and secondary, auxiliary and symmetrical. The layout is compact and classical. Northeast hall Xiushan heap, Taihu stone masonry and Diego, built the Royal Pavilion, a pavilion and two century Pavilion Chunting million, can be said to be the preservation of the most magnificent pavilion.
　　 Cultural relics collection
　　 The Imperial Palace, first, to appreciate the rich and varied architectural art; two, to appreciate the precious cultural relics displayed in the interior. The Imperial Palace Museum has a large number of precious cultural relics, according to statistics, a total of 1052653 pieces, collectively have 1 million pieces of cultural relics, accounting for 1/6 of the total number of cultural relics. As of December 31, 2005, the total number of cultural relics collected by the Chinese cultural relic system and cultural relics collection units reached 109197, and now they are all filed with the State Bureau of cultural relics for archival purposes. Among the 1330 collection units that preserve the first class cultural relics in China, the the Imperial Palace Museum has topped the list with 8273 pieces (sets), and has many unique national treasures. Some of the the Imperial Palace palace in the establishment of a comprehensive history of the Museum of art, painting, classification of Ceramic Museum, museum, Art Museum of Ming and Qing Dynasty bronze inscription, Toy Museum, museum, museum, museum, the "scholar's four jewels" toy museum treasures, watches Museum exhibition and Miyajung Noriakifu of the Qing Dynasty, a large collection of ancient art treasures, is the most abundant China the Museum of cultural relics.
　　 The Imperial Palace Palace
　　 The Imperial Palace palace along a north-south axis arranged, and to both sides of the expansion, North and South straight, symmetrical. The central axis not only runs through the Forbidden City, but also runs through the entire old city of Beijing. The Imperial Palace occupies the length of 1/3 on this axis. For the construction of the strict parallelism that the Imperial Palace has formed a kind of no way about power, and has its own unique and can not imitate the rhythm.
　　 The the Imperial Palace can be divided into two parts, the south for political activities, namely the outer court, north of the living area, namely the imperial palace. The three Hall of Supreme Harmony, and Hall of the outer court and Baohe palace is the most attractive buildings in the Imperial Palace. The palace is the emperor and his work on imperial concubines living place, you will find the emperor empress place than the cozy Jervois landscape, but it's interpretation of "conspiracy and love the highest level in the history of Chinese".
　　 The Imperial Palace Museum of precious works of art displayed in various Chinese dynasties, according to the statistics of millions of pieces, accounting for more than 1/6 of the total national cultural relics, many of which are unique treasures. The the Imperial Palace and the Palace of Versailles, Buckingham Palace, Moscow Kremlin, the White House, is known as the world's five palace, of course, was included in UNESCO's world cultural heritage.
　　 The Imperial Palace is also known as the forbidden city. The palace is called the Forbidden City, what is the explanation? "Violet" refers to the Forbidden City ZIWEIXING yuan. China's ancient astronomers will be the stars of the heaven is divided into three yuan, Ershibasu and other constellations. Three yuan to porrima, Zi Yuan and Yuan city. Is also called Zi Yuan Yuan, Ziwei palace, the purple palace. It's in the northeast of the dipper. "Taiping emperor sit, Shen Qing officials everywhere", the ancients believed that it is the place to live. The feudal emperors to the son of the emperor of heaven itself, he handled affairs and daily living place will become the center of the world. Because the imperial palace is the highest grade forbidden area in the feudal society of the strict rank, there is forbidden word in the Forbidden City to emphasize the incomparable dignity of the imperial palace.
　　 Porrima South three stars was regarded as the three gates, the gate, left and right door door; accordingly, the Forbidden City set up front gate, the Meridian Gate, the East and west sides set up the left and right door. Between the Meridian Gate and the gate is Jinshuihe winding through the symbol of the temple of the Milky Way. The emperor and the queen live with "dry" Kunning Gong Qing, two words, "Kun" means the world. On both sides of the things on the Jingmen and Yuehua door, is a symbol of the sun and the moon shine. The six palaces and other palaces symbolize the twelve stars and constellations.
　 　Who designed the Imperial Palace?
　　 The Imperial Palace, such a magnificent building, if the vast project, who is responsible for the design? Who presided over the construction? This is indeed a historical mystery, many old Beijing people stumped. Because the architecture of the Imperial Palace is not as clearly engraved as the modern architecture, the building was built in the year, who designed and so on. Most people think of the Imperial Palace in Ming Dynasty is a Loremasters, surnamed Quine Mingxiang, said Luban Quine's design.
　　 However, in recent years, the Imperial Palace Museum of ancient department senior engineer, Mr. Yu Zhuoyun's approach seventy years of age had different opinions. He believes that once Nanjing participate in the construction of the palace of Kuai Xiang is the designer of the the Imperial Palace is not exact, in fact, Kuai Xiang is the Imperial Palace construction host, the Imperial Palace real design should be unknown Cai letter.
　　 15 years Yongle Palace of the Forbidden City began to enter the large-scale construction climax, only with Kuai Xiang Yongle came to Beijing from Nanjing, the construction of the palace began hosting, and before this, Cai letter has presided over the planning, design and construction of the the Imperial Palace and the city of Beijing.
　　 Three why do not you plant trees in the main hall?
　　 Turning over the history of the rise and fall of the Imperial Palace, we can see the rare ancient trees in the Forbidden City, which were related to a peasant uprising in the Qing dynasty. In September 15, 1813, Beijing (now Songjiazhuang Songjiazhuang Wanping Daxing County) people rushed to the East, Lin Qing led the Xihua gate. The road blocked the road into Xihua rebel defeat, door to door longchong, the door closed, see the walls on both sides of the towering trees, they climb trees, courageously over the wall, and cut off branches, ready to fire attack longchong door......
　　 Three, the main hall does not plant trees, some people say that it is afraid of hiding in the bushes of the enemy, threatening the emperor's safety. This explanation sounds plausible, but it isn't necessarily so -- the Imperial Palace Yangxin temple, Imperial Garden, Cang Bai tall and dense, how to explain?
　　 Some people wrote that the three main hall of the hospital does not plant trees, mainly from the need to foil the artistic conception. After harmony and in three Hall, is the emperor held a ceremony, from the position that the palace in the center of the building, is the center of the city of Beijing. In order to highlight this group of palace buildings majestic momentum, has taken many methods, one is the hospital not to plant trees, from the imperial Front Gate Tiananmen, the gate, the Meridian Gate, the gate, a series of courtyards between this are no trees (now end before and after the tree is planted after the revolution of 1911 to). When people go into the Tiananmen, the emperor of heaven, after a long okimichi, in the midst of the fluctuating layers of building space, will feel a kind of invisible, growing mental pressure, finally entered the gate, see the broad square and towering in the three platform at the majestic hall, the spirit of pressure peak. And this is what the supreme emperor demands of his own subjects. If the trees are planted in these courtyards, the greenery is pleasant and the birds chirping, it will destroy the majesty of the court.
　　 Indeed, the broad square, the blue sky, the three main hall backed more majestic spectacle, respect people. Three, the main hall does not plant trees, are there other reasons? In the tour, we may as well explore and think again, and thoroughly solve the mystery of this place of interest.