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The Forbidden City in Beijing is the royal palace of China's Ming and Qing dynasties. It was formerly known as the Forbidden City and is located at the center of Beijing's central axis. The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on the three main halls, covering an area of ??720,000 square meters, with a construction area of ??about 150,000 square meters. There are more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9,000 houses.

The front palace of the Forbidden City. At that time, the architectural shape required grandeur and the courtyard was clear and open, symbolizing the supremacy of the feudal regime. The Hall of Supreme Harmony is located in the center of the diagonal line of the Forbidden City, with ten auspicious beasts on each of the four corners.

The designers of the Forbidden City believed that this would show the majesty of the emperor and shock the world. The inner court at the rear is required to be deep and compact, so the six east and west palaces are self-contained, each with its own gates and walls, arranged relative to each other in an orderly manner. After the inner court is the palace garden.

The Forbidden City palaces are arranged along a north-south central axis. The three main halls, the back three palaces, and the Imperial Garden are all located on this central axis. And spread out to both sides, straight from north to south, symmetrical from left to right. This central axis not only runs through the Forbidden City, but also reaches Yongding Gate in the south and the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north, running through the entire city.

Extended information:

The Forbidden City is about 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meters wide from east to west. It covers an area of ??more than 720,000 square meters and has more than 8,000 existing houses. It is surrounded by a 10-meter-high city wall and a 52-meter-wide moat outside the wall. There is a gate on each side, the Meridian Gate is in the south, the Shenwu Gate is in the north, the Donghua Gate is in the east, and the Xihua Gate is in the west.

The Forbidden City is composed of two parts: the outer court and the inner court. The outer dynasty has the Taihe Hall, the Zhonghe Hall, and the Baohe Hall as the center, with the Wenhua Hall in the east and the Wuying Hall in the west as its two wings. It is the place where the imperial court holds grand ceremonies.

Behind the outer dynasty is the inner court, which includes Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, Kunning Palace, Imperial Garden, and the East and West Sixth Palace. It is where the emperor handles daily government affairs and where the emperor and his concubines live. In addition, there is the Ningshou Palace area on the east side, which was the place where Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty abdicated and retired as the Supreme Emperor.