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What do I need to prepare to go to the Forbidden City?

Need to prepare identity documents, drinking water, sunscreen, etc. Go to the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City in Beijing is one of the largest and best-preserved ancient wooden structures in the world. It is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction and was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units in 196 1. 1987 is listed as a world cultural heritage.

You need to use your ID card to buy tickets before entering the Forbidden City. Valid identity documents that can guarantee the identity of residents include household registration book, ID card, temporary id card, military officer's card, armed police officer's card, soldier's card, military school student's card, military civilian cadre's card, etc.

Drinking water drinking water refers to the water that can be directly supplied to the human body without treatment, that is, drinking water and cooking water. Drinking water includes clean natural spring water, well water, river water and lake water, treated mineral water and pure water.

Sunscreen If you want to go to the Forbidden City in summer, you must be prepared for sun protection and heatstroke prevention. Sunscreen refers to cosmetics added with a sunscreen that can block or absorb ultraviolet rays and prevent the skin from being tanned and sunburned. According to the principle of sunscreen, sunscreen can be divided into physical sunscreen and chemical sunscreen.

The construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing began in the fourth year of Yongle (1406), based on the Forbidden City in Nanjing, and was completed in the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420). It is a rectangular city with a length of 96 1 m from north to south and a width of 753 m from east to west. Surrounded by a wall with a height of 10 meter, there is a moat with a width of 52 meters outside the city. The architecture of the Forbidden City is divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court. The center of the outer court is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe and the Hall of Baohe, which are collectively called the three halls, and are the places where the country holds ceremonies. The center of the Forbidden City is Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace, collectively referred to as the last three palaces, which are the main palaces where emperors and empresses live.