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FORBIDDENCITY(紫禁城)
(Infrontofthemeridiangate)
LadiesandGentlemen:
Iampleasedtoserveasyourguidetoday.
Thisisthepalacemuseum;,,,theUnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganizationrecognizedtheForbiddenCitywasaworldculturallegacy.
ItisbelievedthatthePalaceMuseum,orZiJinCheng(PurpleForbiddenCity),gotitsnamefromastronomyfolklore,TheancientastronomersdividedtheconstellationsintogroupsandcenteredthemaroundtheZiweiYuan(NorthStar).The
Ithas9,900roomsunderatotalroofarea150,-meter-wide--meter——:theMeridianGatetothesouth,theShenwuGate(GateofMilitaryProwess)tothenorth,andtheXihuaGate(GateofmilitaryProwess)tothenorth,andtheXihuaGate(WesternFloweryGate)tothewest,theDonghua(EasternFloweryGate)totheeast.
,,processedandhauledfromthenorthwesternandsouthernregions.
PalaceMuseum,asthemostbeautifulspotofinterestthroughoutBeijing,isuniqueforitslocation:tothenorthwestisBeihai(NorthSea)Park,famousforitswhitepagodaandripplinglake;tothewestistheZhongnahai(centralandsouthsea);totheeastliesthetheWangfujingShoppingStreet;(EverlastingSpring)PavilionatthetopofJingshan(CharcoalHill)Park,`anmen(GateofHeavenlyPeace)`sRepublicofChina.
Aworld-famoushistoricalsite,thePalaceMuseumisontheWorldHeritageListofUNESCOandisanembodimentoforientalcivilization.
ThePalaceMuseumisrectangularinshape,960meterslongfromnorthtosouthand750meterswidefromeasttowest,coveringaspaceof720,000squaremetersofwhich150,---meter-hignwallandisaccessedthroughfourentrances,namely,themeridianGateinthesouth,theGateofMilitaryProwessinthenorth,
Donghua(EasternFlowery)Gateinthenorth,Donghua(EasternFlowery)GateintheeastandXihua(WesternFlowery),,800-meter-longand52meter-widemoat,makingthePalaceMuseumaself-defensivecity-within-acity.
ThePalaceMuseumwasmadeacenterofruleduringtheMingDynastybyZhunDi,-kilometers-longcentralaxisthatstretchesfromYongding(ForeverStable)GateinthesouthtoGulou(DrumTower)"threemainfronthalls"and"threebackhalls",thebrickslaidinthehalls,knownas"goldbrick,"underwentcomplex,two-,,thesebrickarecalled"goldenbricks."ThePalaceMuseumservesasalivingembodimentofgoodtraditionandstylesuniquetoChina`
,thePalaceMuseumisaprominenthistoricalandtouristsite.
WhatwearenowapproachingisthemainentrancetothePalaceMuseum-theMeridianGate,whichischaracterizedbyredwalls,yellowglazed-,yellowglazed-,-,,itwasalsoknowaswufenglou(Five-phoenixTower).,drums,bellsandgongswouldbestrucktomarktheoccasion.
Asthelegendgoes,,floggingwascarriedoutherebytheMingemperors,I
facourtierfallsafouloftheemperor,,thisbuildingwasalsousedtoobserveimportantoccasionslikethetraditionalChineseLanternFestival(15thdayofthefirstlunarmonth).Ontheseoccasions,Chineselanternswouldbehangedandsumptuousbanquetswouldbegiveninhonourofthewholecourtofministersandotherrankingofficials.
(GoldenWaterRiver),,accordingtoancientChinesecosmology,theSouthistheabodeoffire,sothisbrookwasd
,thePalaceMuseumreflectstraditionalChineseculture.
,,,,youcanseethatthePalaceMuseumhastwomainparts:,,,
reasure,oronesixthofthetotalnumberinallofChina`,`sarchitectureismadeofwood,,,,.
Inthefrontandoneachflank,thereisapairofgiltbronzevats(caldrons),,,377squaremeters,theHallofSupremeHarmonyisChina`,roundpillarscarvedinadesignof