Tourist routes and exhibition information of Beijing Forbidden City

Although the Forbidden City is not yet open, please consult the guide of the Forbidden City. Where there is an exhibition in the Forbidden City, you can know what there are first, and then go directly to the exhibition. As for the tour route of the Forbidden City, it is also necessary to know about it.

Tour routes

The Forbidden City has a large area. When making a tour route, we should first understand the open area of the Forbidden City, and then make a choice according to the time. There is no best route, only the most suitable route.

about two hours.

Palace on the central axis of the Forbidden City: the three main halls (Hall of Supreme Harmony, Hall of Zhonghe and Hall of Baohe), the last three palaces (Gan Qing Palace, Hall of Jiaotai and Palace of Kunning), and the royal gardens are a must-see series.

Therefore, the central axis tour is the route for most people to go to the Forbidden City for the first time, and it is suitable for small partners who have a tour time of less than 2 hours, such as group tours. Don't worry about getting lost. Go straight through the door and don't turn. It's right to squeeze people.

Half a day (about 4 hours)

If you have half a day, you can consider visiting outside the central axis. Xiaomi suggested that you can choose two or three favorite palaces and exhibitions in Cining Palace, Southeast Corner Building, Treasure Hall, Watch Hall and Painting and Calligraphy Hall.

Recommended route: Painting and Calligraphy Hall (Wenhua Hall)/Ceramic Hall (Wuying Hall) in the southeast corner of Wumen, Cining Palace/Treasure Hall (Ningshou Palace), Shenwumen exit of Shenwumen Tower of Housangong Royal Garden.

1 day (5~8 hours)

If you decide to spend a day visiting the Forbidden City, you should first choose a pair of comfortable and good quality shoes. Xiaomi only walked for 6 hours, and the sandals were scrapped directly, which is no exaggeration.

In terms of route, you can choose to take the whole palace in the open area of the Forbidden City from south to north; You can also pick some palaces and exhibitions you like and savor them.

recommended route: the Donghua Gate exit of Jinshui Bridge in the painting and calligraphy hall (Wenhua Hall), the clock hall, the treasure hall (Ningshou Palace), and the ceramic hall (Wuying Hall) in the third hall of Cining Palace, the back three palaces of the royal garden.

PS: Most tourists go out at Shenwumen. The reason why Donghuamen went out was because there were fewer tourists in the area around the Three Halls and Neijinshui Bridge near the closing time, which was very suitable for taking photos. (People who choose to spend a day in the Forbidden City are actually a little masochistic, but Xiaomi appreciates this masochistic spirit inexplicably.)

As for those palaces and exhibitions that you haven't had time to visit, you are welcome to visit the Forbidden City again!

Exhibition information

Permanent exhibition

Watch Hall: Fengxian Hall (used to be a place of worship)

Treasure Hall: Ningshou Palace (used to be the palace of the Emperor)

Stone Drum Hall: East Hall of the Forbidden City (in Ningshou Palace)

Opera House: Yin Chang Pavilion Reading Room (used to be a theater and observation deck, In Ningshou Palace)

Painting and Calligraphy Hall: Wenhua Hall (used to be a marking place for imperial examinations)

Ceramics Hall: Wuying Hall (used to be responsible for the printing and decoration of books)

Sculpture Hall: Cining Palace (used to be the living room of Empress Dowager Cixi)

Bronze Museum: Chenggan Palace and Yonghe Palace (used to be the residence of concubines) < Watch Museum and Treasure Museum each need to purchase additional tickets for 1 yuan. If you want to visit the Stone Drum Museum, the Opera Museum, the Nine Dragons Wall, Zhenfeijing and Gan Long Garden, you must buy tickets for the Treasure Museum.

It is recommended to visit the official website in the Forbidden City before departure. The permanent exhibition hall is sometimes closed for maintenance. For example, the Jade Museum (Zhongcui Palace) and the Gold and Silver Museum (Jingyang Palace) not mentioned above have been closed to the public for a long time.

Temporary exhibitions

In addition to permanent exhibitions, the Forbidden City often cooperates with institutions from all walks of life at home and abroad to launch various interesting exhibitions, such as the high-tech interactive art exhibition "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival 3." in Nian Pavilion Square.

The Palace Museum itself is an "exhibit". Considering the maintenance of ancient buildings, the exhibition hall in the palace is not as comfortable and bright as the modern exhibition hall, but it can be arrived as early as possible even on weekdays. Xiaomi arrived at 1 am on weekdays and waited in line at the ticket gate for 4 minutes.

4. The Forbidden City is definitely a scenic spot worth doing your homework. Official website gave a detailed introduction to the Forbidden City. You can learn about the history of the Forbidden City, the current situation of the Forbidden City, inquire about the collections and the latest exhibitions.

5. Every open day of the Forbidden City is crowded with tourists all year round. There is no need to complain. After all, it is the museum that receives the most tourists in the world. It's strange that there are fewer people!

6. In order to take a "clean" picture of the Forbidden City, many people stayed at the door and tried to get into the Forbidden City before other tourists. This method used to be useful, but now more and more people follow suit, which requires luck and leg speed.

7. The Forbidden City provides luggage storage service. Baggage stored at the meridian gate (entrance) can be directly picked up at the Shenwumen (exit).

Parking guide of the Forbidden City: /trip/15555.html

Opening hours of the Forbidden City: /trip/3555.html

Ticket information: /trip/17331.html

Tour route of the Forbidden City: /trip/16441.html

Food recommendation of the Forbidden City.