Introduction and information about the Forbidden CityIntroduction to the Forbidden City

1. The Forbidden City (Forbidden City in Beijing) generally refers to the Forbidden City in Beijing. The Forbidden City in Beijing is the royal palace of China's Ming and Qing dynasties. It was formerly known as the Forbidden City and is located at the center of Beijing's central axis. The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on the three main halls, covering an area of ??about 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of ??about 150,000 square meters. There are more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9,000 houses.

2. The construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing began in the fourth year of Yongle (1406), and was modeled on the Nanjing Forbidden City. It was completed in the 18th year of Yongle (1420) and became the twenty-fourth imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The emperor's palace. On the National Day of the 14th year of the Republic of China (October 10, 1925), the Palace Museum was officially established and opened. The Forbidden City in Beijing is 961 meters long from north to south and 753 meters wide from east to west. It is surrounded by 10-meter-high city walls and a 52-meter-wide moat outside the city. There are four gates in the Forbidden City, the Meridian Gate in the south, the Shenwu Gate in the north, the Donghua Gate in the east, and the Xihua Gate in the west. Each of the four corners of the city wall has a graceful turret. There is a folk saying of nine beams, eighteen columns and seventy-two ridges to describe the complexity of its structure.

3. The buildings in the Forbidden City in Beijing are divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court. The center of the outer dynasty is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe, and the Hall of Baohe, collectively referred to as the three main halls. They are the places where the country holds major ceremonies. The left and right wings of the three main halls are supplemented by two groups of buildings: Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall. The center of the inner court is the Qianqing Palace, the Jiaotai Palace, and the Kunning Palace, collectively known as the Back Three Palaces. They are the main palace where the emperor and queen live. Behind it is the Imperial Garden. On both sides of the Housan Palace are the East and West Sixth Palaces, where the concubines lived and rested. To the east of the East Sixth Palace are Buddhist temple buildings such as the Tianqiong Palace, and to the west of the West Sixth Palace are Buddhist temple buildings such as the Zhongzheng Hall. In addition to the Outer Court and the Inner Court, there are two buildings on Outer East Road and Outer West Road.

4. The Forbidden City in Beijing is one of the largest and best-preserved wooden structure ancient buildings in the world. It is a national AAAAA tourist attraction and was listed as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units in 1961; It was listed as a world cultural heritage in 1987.