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General Introduction of the Forbidden City

The Gates,Wall and Surrounding Water of the Forbidden City

The Meridian Gate: the Gate with Five Phoenixes /29

The Gate of Spiritual Valor /31

The Gate of Eastern Flower /33

The Gate of Western Flower /35

City Wall and Corner Tower /36

Moat /39

Golden Water River /40

The Middle Route

The Square before the Gate of Supreme Harmony /44

Inner Golden Water River /45

The Gate of Supreme Harmony /45

The Three Front Halls /47

The Pavilion of Manifesting Benevolence and

the Pavilion of Expanding Justice /49

The Hall of Supreme Harmony /50

The Hall of Middle Harmony /53

The Hall of Preserving Harmony /54

The Square before the Gate of Heavenly Purity /59

The Department of Military Affairs /60

The Gate of Flourishing Posterity /61

The Gate of Prospering Fortune /62

The Three Rear Palaces /62

The Palace of Heavenly Purity /64

The Hall of Luminous Benevolence /70

The Hall of Expanding Virtue /71

The Hall of Union and Peace /72

The Palace of Earthly Tranquility /74

The Wings of the Palace of Heavenly Purity /77

Upper Study /77

South Study /78

The Room of Meticulous Working /79

The Place for Worshiping Confucius /80

Imperial Medicine Room /81

Imperial Tea Room /82

The Hall of Uprightness /83

The Place for Inner Report /83

The Hall of Diligence /84

Imperial Garden /85

The Lodge of Crimson Snow /87

Cypresses with Entwined Branches /88

The Hall of Imperial Peace /89

Pebble Paths with Colored Patterns /90

The West Route

The Palace of Concentrated Beauty /94

The Hall of Manifesting Harmony /95

The Palace of Assisting the Earth /96

The Palace of Everlasting Spring /97

The Hall of Ultimate Supremacy /99

The Palace of Eternal Longevity /99

The Palace of Universal Happiness /100

The Hall of Mental Cultivation /101

The Hall of Military Glory /105

The Chamber of Immersing in Virtue /106

The East Route

The Palace of Cherishing Essence /110

The Palace of Revering Yang /111

The Palace of Obeying the Heaven /112

The Palace of Eternal Harmony /113

The Palace of Revering Benevolence /114

The Palace of Extending Happiness /114

The Palace of Abstinence /116

The Outer East Route

The Screen Wall of Nine Dragons /121

The Hall of Ancestral Worship /121

Arrow Pavilion /122

The Hall of Imperial Supremacy and the Palace of Tran-

quil Longevity /123

The Hall of Character Cultivation /124

The Tower of Pleasant Sounds /125

The Chamber of Joyful Longevity /126

The Well of Concubine Zhen /127

The Qianlong Garden /128

Exhibition Galleries

The Gallery of Treasures /131

The Gallery of Clocks and Watches /135

The Gallery of Paintings /138

The Gallery of Bronzes /141

The Gallery of Ceramics /144

The Gallery of Jade /146

The Gallery of Enamel and Cloisonne /150

The Gallery of Court Operas /152

Unopened Areas

The Hall of Literary Brilliance /157

The Pavilion of Literary Profundity /158

The Palace of Benevolent Tranquility /160

The Hall of Eminent Flowers /163

The Hall of Central Uprightness /164

The Pavilion of Rain of Flowers /166

The Palace of Double Glories /168

The Lodge of Fresh Fragrance /170

The Garden of Creating Happiness /171

The Three Southern Courtyards /173

The Hall of Gathering Fragrance /174

The Important Scenic Spots Near the Palace Museum

The Gate of Heavenly Peace /176

The Gate of Origination /177

The Imperial Ancestral Temple /178

The Altar to the Gods of Earth and Grain /179

Imperial Archives /180

North Lake /181

Appendix

The Ming Emperors /182

The Qinq Emperors /182