1、 The palace The Forbidden City 电子商务 41216102 张星星 contents?Introduction?ensemble?some famous halls Introduction?Among the five greatest palaces in the world,the Forbidden City ranks first.Lying at the center of Beijing,the Forbidden City,was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties.Squa
2、re in shape,it is the worlds largest palace complex and covers 74 hectares.ensemble(整体布局）The ensemble?Traditionally,the Forbidden City is divided into two parts.The Outer Court and Inner Court.?The Inner Court includes the northern sections,and was the residence of the Emperor and his family,and was
3、 used for day-to-day affairs of state.?The Outer Court was where the emperor exercised his supreme power over the nation.?Splendid and maginficent Some famous halls?The Hall of Supreme Harmony?The Hall of Central Harmony?The Hall of Preserving Harmony The Hall of Supreme Harmony Entering the door of
4、 the Hall of,you will see the Hall of Supreme Harmony across the spacious square,which covers of 30,000 square meters.Standing on a three-tier marble terrace,this grandest timber framework ever in China is overwhelming.The Hall of Central Harmony?located.?These three halls,known as the Three Great H
5、alls of the Outer Court,are on the central axis of the Forbidden City.?Central harmony served as a place for rest for the emperor when he was on his way to hold ceremonies in central harmony.The Hall of Preserving Harmony?the Hall of Preserved Harmony,stands at the northern end of the three-tier mar
6、ble terrace.Similar in style but somewhat smaller than the Hall of Supreme Harmony，it is larger than the Hall of Central Harmony.It was built in 1420,rebuilt in 1625 and renovated in 1765.?.?In 1789,the midpoint of the Qing dynasty,Emperor Qianlong decided the final stage of the Palace Examination should be transferred from the supreme to the preserving.?This was the highest level of the nation-wide imperial examination system and the emperor would honour the top ten successful candidates by reading the papers they had submitted
