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ThepalacemuseumTheForbiddenCityNowadays,whenwetalkaboutit,manyChinesepeoplewillcallit“ThePalaceMuseum”,butinmanywesterncountries,almosteverybrochurewhichintroducestheoldpalacestilluseit’soldname“TheForbiddenCity”.WhatthemostwesternpeopleinterestedinistoexplorethemysteriousatmosphereofancientChineseroyalfamilythatwaspresentedinthemovieTheLastEmperorandorientalfeudalautocraticsystem(封建帝制)IntroductionThisisthepalacemuseum;alsoknowasthePurpleForbiddenCity.ItisthelargestandmostwellreservedimperialresidenceinChinatoday.UnderMingEmperorYongle,constructionbeganin1406.Ittook14yearstobuildtheForbiddenCity.（theHallofSupremeHarmony）（theHallofCompleteHarmony）（theHallofPreservingHarmony）TheforbiddencitySightseeigmap午门theMeridianGatetothesouth东华门TheDongHuaGatetotheeast西华门TheXiHuaGatetothewest神武门Thespiritualvalourtothenorth（thePalaceofHeavenlyPurity）thehallofunionthePalaceofEarthlyTranquilityIntroduction•Amongthefivegreatestpalacesintheworld,theForbiddenCityranksfirst.LyingatthecenterofBeijing,theForbiddenCity,wastheimperialpalaceduringtheMingandQingdynasties.Rectangularinshape,itistheworld'slargestpalacecomplexandcovers74hectares.Theensemble(整体布局）•Traditionally,theForbiddenCityisdividedintotwoparts.TheOuterCourtandInnerCourt.•TheInnerCourtincludesthenorthernsections,andwastheresidenceoftheEmperorandhisfamily,andwasusedforday-to-dayaffairsofstate.•TheOuterCourtwaswheretheemperorexercisedhissupremepoweroverthenation.Somefamoushalls•TheHallofSupremeHarmony(太和殿）•TheHallofCentralHarmony(中和殿）•TheHallofPreservingHarmony(保和殿）TheHallofSupremeHarmony（太和殿）EnteringTaihemen,youwillseeTaihedian(HallofSupremeHarmony)acrossthespacioussquare,whichcoversof30,000squaremeters.Standingonathree-tiermarbleterrace,thisgrandesttimberframeworkeverinChinaisoverwhelming.TheHallofCentralHarmony（中和殿）•TheZhonghedianislocatedbetweentheTaihedianandtheBaohedian.Thesethreehalls,knownastheThreeGreatHallsoftheOuterCourt,areonthecentralaxis（轴）oftheForbiddenCity.•TheZhonghedianservedasaplaceforrestfortheemperorwhenhewasonhiswaytoholdceremoniesinZhonghedianThePurpleForbiddenCityisthelargestandmostwellreservedimperialresidenceinChinatoday.Itwasbuiltbeginin1406andittook14yearstobuiltit.ThefirstrulerwhoactuallylivedherewasMingEmperorZhudi.Northtosouthis961meters,and753metersfromeasttowest.Andtheareaofabout725,000squaremeters.AndtheForbiddenCitywasrecognizedasaworldculturallegacy.BeijingForbiddenCityisalsotheheadoftheworld'stopfivepalace.TheHallofSupremeHarmony(太和殿）Thisisthemostgrandioseone.AndthistempleareaisthelargestoneofvariousinForbiddenCity.Thistempleistheplacewheretheemperorheldamajorceremony.TheHallofCompleteHarmony(中和殿）Thistempleisaplacewheretheemperortotakeabreakbeforetheceremonyanddoapre-exercise。TheHallofPreservingHarmony(保和殿）ThiswasaplacewheretheannualNewYear'sEveemperorsentertainedtheotherkings.Atthesametime,thefinalimperialexaminationwasheldhere.PalaceofHeavenlyPurity(乾清宫）TheHallofUnion(交泰殿）PalaceofEarthlyTranquility(坤宁宫)TheGateofDevineMightTheMeridianGateGateXiHuaGateDongHuaGatesTheGateofDevineMight(神武门）TheMeridianGate（午门）中和殿太和殿乾清宫午门马道午门马道收藏文物100万件收藏文物100万件Wanttoknowmore?故宫博物院InsideTheForbiddenCityNationalGeographicChannelHaveavisit•Baohedian,theHallofPreservedHarmony,standsatthenorthernendofthethree-tiermarbleterrace.SimilarinstylebutsomewhatsmallerthantheHallofSupremeHarmony，itislargerthantheHallofCentralHarmony.Itwasbuiltin1420,rebuiltin1625andrenovatedin1765.•.•In1789,themidpointoftheQingdynasty,EmperorQianlongdecidedthefinalstageofthePalaceExaminationshouldbetransferredfromtheTaihediantotheBaohedian.•Thiswasthehighestlevelofthenation-wideimperialexaminationsystemandtheemperorwouldhonourthetoptensuccessfulcandidatesbyreadingthepaperstheyhadsubmitted