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ThepalaceTheForbiddenCity08英语2班孙慧心NO：13contents•Introduction•ensemble(整体布局）•somefamoushallsIntroduction•Amongthefivegreatestpalacesintheworld,theForbiddenCityranksfirst.LyingatthecenterofBeijing,theForbiddenCity,wastheimperialpalaceduringtheMingandQingdynasties.Rectangularinshape,itistheworld'slargestpalacecomplexandcovers74hectares.ensemble(整体布局）Theensemble(整体布局）•Traditionally,theForbiddenCityisdividedintotwoparts.TheOuterCourtandInnerCourt.•TheInnerCourtincludesthenorthernsections,andwastheresidenceoftheEmperorandhisfamily,andwasusedforday-to-dayaffairsofstate.•TheOuterCourtwaswheretheemperorexercisedhissupremepoweroverthenation.Somefamoushalls•TheHallofSupremeHarmony(太和殿）•TheHallofCentralHarmony(中和殿）•TheHallofPreservingHarmony(保和殿）TheHallofSupremeHarmony（太和殿）EnteringTaihemen,youwillseeTaihedian(HallofSupremeHarmony)acrossthespacioussquare,whichcoversof30,000squaremeters.Standingonathree-tiermarbleterrace,thisgrandesttimberframeworkeverinChinaisoverwhelming.TheHallofCentralHarmony（中和殿）•TheZhonghedianislocatedbetweentheTaihedianandtheBaohedian.Thesethreehalls,knownastheThreeGreatHallsoftheOuterCourt,areonthecentralaxis（轴）oftheForbiddenCity.•TheZhonghedianservedasaplaceforrestfortheemperorwhenhewasonhiswaytoholdceremoniesinZhonghedianTheHallofPreservingHarmony（保和殿）•Baohedian,theHallofPreservedHarmony,standsatthenorthernendofthethree-tiermarbleterrace.SimilarinstylebutsomewhatsmallerthantheHallofSupremeHarmony，itislargerthantheHallofCentralHarmony.Itwasbuiltin1420,rebuiltin1625andrenovatedin1765.•.•In1789,themidpointoftheQingdynasty,EmperorQianlongdecidedthefinalstageofthePalaceExaminationshouldbetransferredfromtheTaihediantotheBaohedian.•Thiswasthehighestlevelofthenation-wideimperialexaminationsystemandtheemperorwouldhonourthetoptensuccessfulcandidatesbyreadingthepaperstheyhadsubmitted