Forbidden City tourist routes

Tour route of the Forbidden City: Wumen-Taihe Gate-Hongyi Hall-Taihe Hall-Zhonghe Hall-Baohe Hall-Gan Qing Palace.

1. First of all, we entered the Ming and Qing Dynasties from the Wumen Gate of the Forbidden City, also known as Wumen Wufeng Building, following the name of Wufeng Building handed down from Sui and Tang Dynasties. There is a gatehouse on the upper part of the meridian gate, and the two wings are commonly known as the "swallow wing building". The whole building is strewn at random, echoing from left to right, shaped like a suzaku spreading its wings, so it is also called "Wufeng Tower". It can be seen that Wumen was also called Wufenglou in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which was handed down from Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties.

Then, we arrived at Taihe Gate, which is the largest palace gate in the Forbidden City and the main entrance of the Forbidden City. Taihe Gate was built in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420), and was then called Fengtianmen. In the forty-first year of Jiajing (1562), it was renamed as Huang Jimen, and in the second year of Qing Shunzhi (1645), it was renamed as today. It was rebuilt in the third year of Shunzhi (1646) and the seventh year of Jiaqing (1802), burned down in the fourteenth year of Guangxu (1888), and rebuilt the next year.

3. Then we went to Hongyi Pavilion, which is located on the west side of the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, facing east and facing Tijen Pavilion. Founded in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420), it was called Wu Lou in the early Ming Dynasty, Wu Chengge in Jiajing and Hongyi Pavilion in the early Qing Dynasty. In the Qing dynasty, it was the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, keeping gold and silver, coins, jewelry, jade articles, gold and silver utensils and so on. The gold and silver utensils used by emperors and queens for banquets are all prepared by the state treasury, and they are still kept by the state treasury after use.

4. The Hall of Supreme Harmony, which was built in 1805 and rebuilt in 1824, was also overhauled at the beginning of this century. It is the largest building in Hue Imperial City, Vietnam.

5. Zhonghe Hall: (called Gaihua Hall and Relay Hall in Ming Dynasty) is one of the three halls in the Forbidden City and the smallest of the three halls in the outer court, located behind the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

6. Baohe Hall: Behind Zhonghe Hall. Baohe Hall is 29 meters high, rectangular in plan, 9 rooms wide and 5 rooms deep, with a building area of 1240㎡. Baohe Hall is the place where the emperor fetes foreign princes and ministers every New Year's Eve. Baohe Hall is also the place where imperial examinations are held.

7. Gan Qing Palace: Gan Qing Palace is in front of the inner court of the Forbidden City and behind the Baohe Hall. Gan Qing Palace is the main hall of the palace, 20 meters high. There is a throne in the middle of the double eaves hall, and there is a "fair and bright" plaque inside.