ForbiddenCityThecommonEnglishname,theForbiddenCity,isatranslationoftheChinesenameZijinCheng.ThenameZijinChengisanamewithsignificanceonmanylevels.TheForbiddenCityislocatedonthecentralaxisofoldBeijing.NorthSouthEastTheMeridianGateJinshuiRiverGateofSupremeHarmony太和殿中和殿保和殿PalaceofHeavenlyPurityDeliveryThaiTempleKunningGongImperialGardenTheGateofDevineMight景山FromSouthTothenorthofthatorderTheHallofSupremeHarmonyTheHallofCentralHarmonyTheHallofPreservingHarmonyJingshanHillWestTiananmenAttheendofthedoorAtthedoorJinshuiRiverJinshuiBridgeJinshuiRiverThegateisthelargestpalaceintheforbiddencity,ImperialPalace'sfrontgate.Taihedian,commonlyknownasthethroneroom,theForbiddenCityislocatedinthemainnorth-southaxisoftheprominentposition,MingYongleeighteenyears(1420)built,Mukdenpalace.ThistempleistheForbiddenCity,thelargestvolumeofthehighestlevelofbuildings,constructionspecifications,finedecoration,canChineseancientbuildingthefirstcolumn.Amajorceremonyheldintheemperor.TheHallofSupremeHarmonyLionsGateTaiheDianDianDingAndthetemple,theImperialPalaceisoneofthemainhallislocatedbetweenthethreedynasties,theForbiddenCity,templehall.Duringthetwodynasties,templeheldvariousbeforetheceremony,theemperorbeforeandtemplerest,andaccepttheworshipofDeaconsofficials.Then--heldPalaceThehouseoftheLordWuYingDianThenorthgateoftheForbiddenCity--shenwumen在平面图上指出紫禁城的四座城门和四个角楼TheForbiddenCity,coveringanareaof720,000squaremeters,consistsoftheOuterCourtandtheInnerCourt.ThestructuresoftheForbiddenCity.Somefamouspalaces.SummaryThestructuresofInnerCourtThemainstructuresoftheInnerCourtaretheHallofHeavenlyPurity,theHallofUnionandPeace,andtheHallofEarthlyTranquility.OneithersideofthesehallsaretheEasternSixPalacesandtheWesternSixPlaces,livingquartersfortheimperialconcubines.ThecenteroftheInnerCourtisthepalaceofHeavenlyPurity,ThaiTemple,andKunningGong,afterthese,thereistheImperialGarden.YiKunpalaceisoneoftheMingDynastyHanpalace.LocatedontheImperialPalaceWestopenarea.YongshoupalaceisaMingDynastyHanpalace.AmongtheinnerpalaceWestPalacesix.ItislocatedinthesouthofYiKunpalace,ChangchunPalaceeast.明永乐十八年(1420年)建成嘉靖十四年(1535年)更名景仁宫顺治十二年(1655年)重修道光十五年(1835年)、光绪十六年(1890年)先后修缮。Thereareover8000hallsandroomsintheForbiddenCity,alllaidoutinaprecisemanneralongthecentralaxisortoitssides.ThecolorsoftheforbiddencityYellowandvermilionarethethematiccolorsThebreamcolorisblueandwhite•Thegoldandredbuilding,againstthehugewhitemarbleterracesonwhichtheystand,formastrikingcontrastincolor.Fivemarblebridgesspanthisriver.•ThisistheInnerGoldenRiver.ItislocatedbeforetheGateofSupremeHarmony.ThesymbolofimperialpalaceAteachendofthehallofsupremeharmonyhavebeastofprey.Therearemanypicturesinthepartoftilebuild.Suchasdragonandphoenix,lionandhippocampus.Thesepicturesaresymbolofgoodluckandmajesty.ArchitectsthinkthatthePalaceMuseumisanincomparablemasterpieceofarchitectureanddesign.Thankyou