Ask and answer some valuable questions about the Forbidden City.

1 What are the characteristics of the Forbidden City?

The Forbidden City is 96 1m long from north to south, 753m wide from east to west, and covers an area of 720,000 ㎡. There are 980 houses, including 8704 rooms. Surrounded by a 10m high fence and a 52m wide moat. There are gates on all sides of the city wall, of which the Wumen Gate in the south and the Shenwu Gate in the north are now exclusively for tourists to visit. The layout of the palace buildings in the city extends along the central axis to the east and west sides. Red walls and yellow tiles, colorful buildings and carved beams, resplendent and magnificent. The halls and terraces are patchwork and magnificent. In the evening, it is like a fairyland on earth. The south half of the city is centered on the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe and the Hall of Baohe, with Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall on both sides. It is the place where the emperor held a court meeting, which is called "the former court". The northern half is centered on Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, Kunning Palace, East-West Palace and Imperial Garden. There are Fengxian Temple and Huangji Temple on the east, and hall of mental cultivation, Yuhua Pavilion and Cining Palace on the west. It is the place where emperors and queens live, hold sacrifices and religious activities, and deal with daily affairs, which is called "post-bedroom". In addition, there are Zhaigong, Yuqing Palace and Zhonghua Palace. The total area of the front and rear palaces is163000m2. The layout of the whole palace is rigorous and orderly, and every inch of bricks and tiles follow the feudal hierarchical etiquette system, which embodies the supreme authority of the emperor. In the era of feudal monarchy, ordinary people can't and dare not go any further.

Looking at the Forbidden City from the direction of Shenwumen

The Forbidden City is located in the center of Beijing. It is now called the Forbidden City, which used to mean the Imperial Palace. It is the imperial palace of Ming and Qing dynasties, and it is also the largest, grandest and best-preserved ancient palace and ancient architectural complex in the world today. Among them, the Hall of Supreme Harmony is the highest and most brilliant, and grand ceremonies are held here for the emperor's accession to the throne, wedding, canonization, command and expedition. The most famous in the Forbidden City is hall of mental cultivation. There are two Forbidden Cities built in the Ming Dynasty, one in Beijing and the other in Nanjing.

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