Beijing Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City in central Beijing, the Forbidden City today, people call it, meaning past the Royal Palace. Incomparable masterpiece of ancient architecture, the world's largest existing, most complete ancient buildings. Known as the world's top five first Palace (Forbidden City in Beijing, the Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace, the White House, the Kremlin Russia).

Imperial Palace was built in the year 1406, in 1420 the basic completion of the Ming emperor Zhu Di built. Forbidden City north to south and 961 meters east to west and 753 meters wide, covering an area of ​​approximately 723,600 square meters. Construction area of ​​155,000 square meters. According to legend, the Forbidden City, a total of 9,999 rooms, according to the 1973 actual expert on-site measuring size of the Palace courtyard more than 90 blocks, 980 houses, a total of 8707 (and this concept of "time" now is not the room, where "between" refers to four root space formed by the room and pillar). Miyagi surrounded by 12 meters, 3400 meters long wall, in the form of a rectangular city, wall surrounded by a moat 52 meters wide, forming a fortified castle barriers. Forbidden City palace are wood, yellow glazed tile roof, green Whitehead base, decorated with magnificent painting. Imperial Palace has four doors, the main entrance of the Meridian Gate, East Gate name Donghuamen, Simon name West Gate, North Gate name Shenwu. The face of the north gate Shenwu useful soil and stone built into the Jingshan, the mountain pine forest. In the overall layout, Jingshan can be said barrier Forbidden City complex.

Palace of the building is divided into two parts, "toward the outside" and "inner court," according to its layout and function. "Outer Court" and "inner court" to dry clean the door for community south of dry clear the door for outside toward the north for the inner court. Forbidden City Outer Court building Neiting very different atmosphere.

Ethernet and outside North Korea, and, Paul, and the three main hall as the center, it is the place where the emperor would hold North Korea, also known as "former." Local feudal power Emperor grand ceremony was held. In addition there are two wings of East Wenhua, Wen Yuan Ge, Si hospital, south three; west Wu Ying, the Imperial Household Department and other buildings.

Netting to Palace of Heavenly Purity, delivery Thai Temple, Sannomiya after Kunning center, two wings for the Hall of Mental Cultivation, East and West Liu, Itsuki, Yuqing Gong, after the Imperial Garden. Is the residence of emperors and empresses. Qianlong eastern part of the inner court after the abdication of Emperor Qianlong construction and endowment. Neiting Xi Department has Cining Gong, life safety and Temple. There are also heavy Chinese palace, the North five other buildings.

Building history

Imperial Palace was built in the year 1406 (Yongle four years), 1420 (Yongle eighteen years) basically completed, which lasted 14 years, is the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di built, built on the basis of the Yuan Dynasty palace. Covers an area of ​​720,000 square meters (960 meters long, 750 meters wide), construction area of ​​150,000 square meters,: Forbidden City Shenwu designer Kuai Xiang (1397-1481 years, the word Ting Rui, Suzhou), covers an area of ​​780,000 square meters, with 30 million migrant workers, 14 years to build, there is a housing half 9999, the main building is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, successful candidates was held in the Hall of Preserving Harmony and Preserving Harmony is the place where the imperial examination, successful candidates of one to three names are known champion, second place, third overall.

After the completion of the Forbidden City, through the Ming and Qing dynasty, about five hundred years to the Qing emperor abdicated in 1911, after the Ming and Qing dynasties 24 emperors. It is the highest rule of the core of the Ming and Qing dynasties synonymous. Ming and Qing court 500 years of history, including the Empress activities, hierarchy, power struggles, religious worship and so on. Ordinary people even approached the place was near the wall of the Forbidden City is considered a crime. Since the Ming and Qing court is highly feudal system complete reign supreme center, unusual events, often around the heritage of imperial power and expanded safety. As emperor of the Ming Dynasty orthodox restoration of the change in the running for the door, Emperor Jia Jing was changed to assassinate the ladies Renyin palace, Wanli forty-three years too uterus club hit "club hit case", Taichang emperor clothes Dan Wan died due to "red pill case ", after Taichang emperor died around the new emperor Teng pole" move house "storm. Minister for the establishment of the Qing dynasty imperial power of the kings of Sanguanmiao dispute, the late Qing Dynasty Empress Dowager Cixi of the Xin You coup to seek power and so on.

1911 After the Revolution, the Forbidden City Palace as a whole nationalized, were it not for the "Qing Shi preferential conditions," Johnson Emperor Pu Yi Aixinjueluo be allowed to "temporarily Gong Jin", or "post-sleep" section . In 1924, Feng Yuxiang launched the "Beijing coup", Pu Yi expelled from the palace, while the establishment of "Qing Shi rehabilitation committee" took over the National Palace. On October 10, 1925 announced the formal establishment of the National Palace Museum, open. After 1925, the Forbidden City was only known as the "Forbidden City." With the decline of the Qing Dynasty, especially the 38 years before 1949, the Forbidden City increasingly dilapidated buildings, there are many palaces group collapsed, garbage mountain.

After the founding of People's Republic of China in 1949, 1961, the State Department announced the first batch of the National Palace as "national cultural heritage." A large-scale trimming from the fifties and sixties. In 1988 the Forbidden City was listed by UNESCO as "World Heritage." Turned into "National Palace Museum."

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Palace Museum is located in the center of Beijing, surrounded by other famous tourist sites are: Tiananmen Square, Tiananmen Square, National Theater, National Museum, Labor People's Cultural Palace (Tai Miao), Zhongshan Park (Ji Tan), Beihai Park, Jingshan Park and Palace wells commercial Street.

Meridian Gate (Gate of the Palace Museum, visitors enter the main channel): It can be reached by the end of the Tiananmen gate, or from the gate of the Forbidden along the East or West Gate, west front row cheese River Road can be reached.

Meridian Gate Zhou Bian public transport station: Tiananmen East

parked vehicles: 1,2,10,20,82,120,37,52,126,802,203,205,210,728 bus and subway lines No. 1

afternoon door around public transport stations: Tiananmen West

parked vehicles: 1,5,10,22,37,52,205,802,728 bus and the No. 1 subway line

Shen - Wu Gate (North Gate of the Palace Museum, visitors and out second best channel): Jingshan Park and across the street from the relative

Shenwu around public transport stations: The Imperial Palace

parked vehicles: 101,103,109,124 and 202,211 trolleybus , 685,810,814,846 bus

Shenwu around public transport stations: Jingshan East Gate

parked vehicles: 111 trolleybus

Donghua Gate (East Gate of the Palace Museum, the staff usually do only channel): westbound from Wangfujing Shopping Street, the curb Dong'anmen 800 m can be reached.

Donghuamen Zhou Bian public transport station: donghuamen

parked vehicles: 2,82,210 bus