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1、TheForbiddenCity（紫禁城）Size:TheforbiddencityislocatedinthecentreofBeijingcity,itusedtobetheimperialpalacefortheMingandQing24emperorstoliveandhandlestateaffairs.Ithasahistoryofabout600years.NameSource:Inthefeudalsociety,emperorwascommonlyconsideredthesonofGod,sohealwayshadthe
2、supremepowerandhisresidencewasabsolutelyforbiddentothecommonpeople.WhatisthenamesourceofForbiddenCity.Ofcourse,itisopentothepublictoday,soyouguysareverylucky!Room:Theforbiddencityisrectangularinshapewithatotalspaceofabout163,000squaremeters.Therewasapopularsayingthatithad9
3、,999andahalfroomsintheForbiddencity.Accordingly,thenumberisonlyahalflessto10,000becauseemperoronearthdidnotdaretocomparehimselfwiththeGodofHeaven.Wellinfact,theforbiddencityconsistsof980buildingswith8,700rooms.It’samazing,right?Whatshockedmemostisthattheappearanceisneverdi
4、sorderedwithsomanyrooms.Thatismainlybecausetheforbiddencitywasbuiltalongthecentralnorth-southaxisandshowgreatsymmetry.Path:Todayourpathwayisfromsouthtothenorth,thatis,weenteredtheforbiddencityfromMeridianGateandexitfromtheGateofDivineProwess.Thetotaljourneyinsideisabout2ho
5、urs.1:TheMeridianGate（午门）Namesource:theemperorbelievedthatthemeridianlinewentthroughtheforbiddencityandhisimperialresidencewasthecenterofthewholeuniverse.Thatisanotherexplanationisthatintheancienttimes,“meridian”means“South”.2:ThegateofSupremeHarmony（太和门）Function:Emperorus
6、uallyheldhisimperialaudience,accepteddocumentsfromhisministersandmadedecisionshere.Thefollowingthreehallsarethemainbuildingsintheoutercourt,successively,theyareTheHallofSupremeHarmony,theHallofMiddleHarmonyandTheHallofPreservingHarmony.3:theHallofSupremeHarmony:（太和殿）Theemp
7、erorexercisedhisrole(重大典礼)overthecountryhere.Itisahallforgrandceremoniesaswellasimportantfestivalcelebrations.4:ThehallofMiddleHarmony（中和殿）ThenameofMiddlecomesfromtheConfuciusideaof“mean”and“impartial”.Itisaplacefortheemperortotakeashortrest.InQingDynasty,theemperorusually
8、camehereandexaminedthetoolsforploughing（农耕）inspringtime.Besidesthat,theemperoralsoheldcer
