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General Introduction of the Forbidden City

The Gates,Wall and Surrounding Water of the Forbidden City

The Meridian Gate: the Gate with Five Phoenixes /29
The Gate of Spiritual Valor /31
The Gate of Eastern Flower /33
The Gate of Western Flower /35
City Wall and Corner Tower /36
Moat /39
Golden Water River /40

The Middle Route

The Square before the Gate of Supreme Harmony /44
Inner Golden Water River /45
The Gate of Supreme Harmony /45
The Three Front Halls /47
The Pavilion of Manifesting Benevolence and
the Pavilion of Expanding Justice /49
The Hall of Supreme Harmony /50
The Hall of Middle Harmony /53
The Hall of Preserving Harmony /54
The Square before the Gate of Heavenly Purity /59
The Department of Military Affairs /60
The Gate of Flourishing Posterity /61
The Gate of Prospering Fortune /62
The Three Rear Palaces /62
The Palace of Heavenly Purity /64
The Hall of Luminous Benevolence /70
The Hall of Expanding Virtue /71
The Hall of Union and Peace /72
The Palace of Earthly Tranquility /74
The Wings of the Palace of Heavenly Purity /77
Upper Study /77
South Study /78
The Room of Meticulous Working /79
The Place for Worshiping Confucius /80
Imperial Medicine Room /81
Imperial Tea Room /82
The Hall of Uprightness /83
The Place for Inner Report /83
The Hall of Diligence /84
Imperial Garden /85
The Lodge of Crimson Snow /87
Cypresses with Entwined Branches /88
The Hall of Imperial Peace /89
Pebble Paths with Colored Patterns /90

The West Route

The Palace of Concentrated Beauty /94
The Hall of Manifesting Harmony /95
The Palace of Assisting the Earth /96
The Palace of Everlasting Spring /97
The Hall of Ultimate Supremacy /99
The Palace of Eternal Longevity /99
The Palace of Universal Happiness /100
The Hall of Mental Cultivation /101
The Hall of Military Glory /105
The Chamber of Immersing in Virtue /106

The East Route

The Palace of Cherishing Essence /110
The Palace of Revering Yang /111
The Palace of Obeying the Heaven /112
The Palace of Eternal Harmony /113
The Palace of Revering Benevolence /114
The Palace of Extending Happiness /114
The Palace of Abstinence /116

The Outer East Route

The Screen Wall of Nine Dragons /121
The Hall of Ancestral Worship /121
Arrow Pavilion /122
The Hall of Imperial Supremacy and the Palace of Tran-
quil Longevity /123
The Hall of Character Cultivation /124
The Tower of Pleasant Sounds /125
The Chamber of Joyful Longevity /126
The Well of Concubine Zhen /127
The Qianlong Garden /128

Exhibition Galleries

The Gallery of Treasures /131
The Gallery of Clocks and Watches /135
The Gallery of Paintings /138
The Gallery of Bronzes /141
The Gallery of Ceramics /144
The Gallery of Jade /146
The Gallery of Enamel and Cloisonne /150
The Gallery of Court Operas /152

Unopened Areas

The Hall of Literary Brilliance /157
The Pavilion of Literary Profundity /158
The Palace of Benevolent Tranquility /160
The Hall of Eminent Flowers /163
The Hall of Central Uprightness /164
The Pavilion of Rain of Flowers /166
The Palace of Double Glories /168
The Lodge of Fresh Fragrance /170
The Garden of Creating Happiness /171
The Three Southern Courtyards /173
The Hall of Gathering Fragrance /174

The Important Scenic Spots Near the Palace Museum

The Gate of Heavenly Peace /176
The Gate of Origination /177
The Imperial Ancestral Temple /178
The Altar to the Gods of Earth and Grain /179
Imperial Archives /180
North Lake /181

Appendix

The Ming Emperors /182
The Qinq Emperors /182