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1、精品TheForbiddenCity（紫禁城）Size:TheforbiddencityislocatedinthecentreofBeijingcity,itusedtobetheimperialpalacefortheMingandQing24emperorstoliveandhandlestateaffairs.Ithasahistoryofabout600years.NameSource:Inthefeudalsociety,emperorwascommonlyconsideredthesonofGod,sohealwayshadthesupremepower
2、andhisresidencewasabsolutelyforbiddentothecommonpeople.WhatisthenamesourceofForbiddenCity.Ofcourse,itisopentothepublictoday,soyouguysareverylucky!Room:Theforbiddencityisrectangularinshapewithatotalspaceofabout163,000squaremeters.Therewasapopularsayingthatithad9,999andahalfroomsintheForb
3、iddencity.Accordingly,thenumberisonlyahalflessto10,000becauseemperoronearthdidnotdaretocomparehimselfwiththeGodofHeaven.Wellinfact,theforbiddencityconsistsof980buildingswith8,700rooms.It’samazing,right?Whatshockedmemostisthattheappearanceisneverdisorderedwithsomanyrooms.Thatismainlybeca
4、usetheforbiddencitywasbuiltalongthecentralnorth-southaxisandshowgreatsymmetry.Path:Todayourpathwayisfromsouthtothenorth,thatis,weenteredtheforbiddencityfromMeridianGateandexitfromtheGateofDivineProwess.Thetotaljourneyinsideisabout2hours.1:TheMeridianGate（午门）Namesource:theemperorbelieved
5、thatthemeridianlinewentthroughtheforbiddencityandhisimperialresidencewasthecenterofthewholeuniverse.Thatisanotherexplanationisthatintheancienttimes,“meridian”means“South”.-可编辑-精品2:ThegateofSupremeHarmony（太和门）Function:Emperorusuallyheldhisimperialaudience,accepteddocumentsfromhisminister
6、sandmadedecisionshere.Thefollowingthreehallsarethemainbuildingsintheoutercourt,successively,theyareTheHallofSupremeHarmony,theHallofMiddleHarmonyandTheHallofPreservingHarmony.3:theHallofSupremeHarmony:（太和殿）Theemperorexercisedhisrole(重大典礼)overthecountryhere.Itisahallforgrandceremoniesasw
7、ellasimportantfestivalcelebrations.4:ThehallofMiddleHarmony（中和殿）ThenameofMiddlecomesfromtheConfuciusideaof“mean”and“impartial”.Itisaplacefortheemperortotakeashortrest.InQingDynasty,theemperorusuallycamehereandexaminedthetoolsforploughing（农耕）inspringtime.Besidesthat,theemperoral
