Beijing Travels the Forbidden City (3)

Under the Tiananmen Square, the end of the door, they came to the main entrance of the Palace - Meridian Gate. Afternoon about a lot of doors, it is by walls on three sides of the square into a square, facing the three Portal, a portal on both sides of each. Which is the middle of the door, only the emperor could go on weekdays, Queen's wedding day can also take the time, and then there is the Palace examinations champion,bangyan, the third overall pick in the first of three can go. Two doors are about civil and military ministers and kings out of the door of imperial clan. While others can only take the two side door all the officer From the afternoon to see the front door are three doors, from behind the door to see the five, there is "three out of five dark," said. 

 I rent at the entrance door in the afternoon a guided tour of electronic machines, it can help you tour the National Palace, while walking stresses. Door into the afternoon, the real into the Forbidden City, we must first cross the inner golden river, in front is a broad plaza, the center has a palace-style door. Forbidden City is a matter of fact all the doors of a palace-style building, the door is called Wo doors, doors on both sides of squat with a pair of bronze lions, the lion of the of the first so-called Chinese lions, power and prestige in all directions. 

 Wo through the door, but also to see a larger square, in front of the palace is a greater, but also the highest position of the Forbidden City Palace - Hall of Supreme Harmony, commonly known as "golden house" is a place where North Korea increased Emperor. Really magnificent Hall of Supreme Harmony, Forbidden City is the largest number of nine, and the Hall of Supreme Harmony Hall of canopies set up dozens of animals, we can see the status of Hall of Supreme Harmony has already spent nine this figure can not be represented. Hall of Supreme Harmony was built in three-tiered white stone steps, it is Beijing's highest building at that time. Base in the Temple of carved white marble stone has 1142 on the lead, the lead pass on the ground of the mouth, whenever it rains, the water will pass the 1142 leading into the ground, so it is a "spit out the water Qianlong" This One wonders.