Where is the Palace Garden?

The Imperial Garden is located at the northernmost part of Otani on the central axis of the Forbidden City in Beijing, behind the Kunning Palace. The imperial garden was originally built for the rest and enjoyment of emperors and queens, but it also has the functions of offering sacrifices, offering sacrifices, collecting books, reading and so on. The appearance is as follows:

The whole park is 80m long from north to south and 140m wide from east to west, covering an area of 12000m2. The main building in the park, Qin 'an Hall, is a double-eaved roof, which is located on the north-south axis of the Forbidden City and spreads to the front and sides with the pavilion as the center. The park is dotted with pines, cypresses and bamboos, forming an evergreen garden landscape.

architectural style

The imperial garden takes Qin 'an Hall as the center, and the garden architecture adopts the pattern of complementary primary and secondary, symmetrical left and right, with compact layout and rich classicality. Qin 'an Hall, with double eaves, is located on the north-south central axis of the Forbidden City, with pavilions spreading forward and both sides. The park is dotted with pines, cypresses and bamboos, forming an evergreen garden landscape.

There are four pavilions around Qin 'an Hall: Fu Bi Pavilion and Cheng Ruiting Pavilion in the north, both square pavilions, which straddle the pool and only extend out of Baoxia in the south; The Wanchun Pavilion and the Qian Qiu Pavilion in the south are polygonal pavilions, the corners and planes are folded, and the roof is round with double eaves, with delicate and exquisite shapes. The two pavilions are exquisite and beautiful, adding a lot of color to the imperial garden.