The tour routes and attractions of the Forbidden City are explained in detail as follows:

Route introduction

Enter from Tiananmen Square, come to the end gate, pass through the end gate, and come to the meridian gate. The meridian gate is concave, which means that all rivers flow into the sea. Therefore, when the emperor sent a letter or received the "prisoner offering" from the victorious army, it was at the meridian gate to show his royal majesty, and the minister who "bangda" was also at the meridian gate.

Now the Wumen Gate is the ticket gate of the Palace Museum, which leads to the Palace Museum. On the east side of the Wumen Gate is the ancestral hall (now renamed the Working People's Cultural Palace), and on the west side is the social altar (now renamed Zhongshan Park). These two places can be accessed from the east and west sides in front of the noon gate, so they do not belong to the Palace Museum and need to purchase tickets separately.

Ancestral temples were places where ancestors were sacrificed in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and national altars were places where land gods and valley gods were sacrificed. Now both places have basically become leisure parks, with many ancient tree relics. It is worth mentioning that in Sun Yat-sen Park, you can see the national altar composed of five-color soil, each of which represents a different place in Kyushu and symbolizes the land of the world. You can also see statues and monuments related to Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

Entering the museum from the noon gate is the Taihe Gate. There are three doors in front of the meridian gate and five doors behind it, which is called "Sanming and Five Darkness". Now the two secret doors seem to be places for luggage and staff to rest. You can climb the wall from behind the meridian gate, and you can circle the Forbidden City from the wall.

Entering the Taihe Gate, there is the famous huge Hall of Supreme Harmony Square, and there are three main halls in the center of the Forbidden City: Hall of Supreme Harmony, Hall of Zhonghe and Hall of Baohe. They are located on a platform surrounded by three layers of white marble railings, symbolizing the supremacy of imperial power through the image of lotus platform in Buddhism. The faucet on the white marble railing is both a decoration and a drain. When it rains, water will come out of the dragon's mouth.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony is commonly known as the Golden Throne Hall, but the Hall of Supreme Harmony and the Hall of Supreme Harmony Square will only be used in large-scale celebrations, and it is not a place where civil and military officials go to court every day.

Behind the Baohe Hall is Tianjie, and Tianjie and the Gan Qing Gate in the middle are the dividing lines between the outer court and the inner court. The foreign court is the country and the imperial court is the home. After Ganqingmen, officials of civil and military affairs are not allowed to enter the imperial palace, and people in the harem before Ganqingmen are not allowed to break into the outer court. Wenwu Baiguan listened to politics in the open-air street in front of Gan Qing, aiming at listening to state affairs.

Introduction of scenic spots

Three main halls (Hall of Supreme Harmony, Hall of Zhonghe and Hall of Baohe)

On the west side of Tianjie is the military department, which was established by Yongzheng. As an organization trusted by the emperor, only imperial envoys can cross the threshold of the military department.

Behind the Gan Qing Gate are three palaces of the Forbidden City: Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace. Gan Qing Palace is the residence of the emperor, and Kunning Palace is the residence of the queen. The Jiaotai Hall in the middle means Gankun Jiaotai, and it is also the first palace with a phoenix pattern painted on its central axis.

On the east and west sides of the Three Palaces are the East, West and Sixth Palaces respectively, and in front of them are hall of mental cultivation and Zhai Palace. The arrangement of the six palaces is like Kun Gua in the Eight Diagrams, symbolizing women. The six palaces of East and West are the residences of ancient concubines. Today, some of these twelve palaces have become exhibition areas for cultural relics and Chinese and foreign cultures, while others are not open.

The last three palaces (Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace)

In front of the West Sixth Palace is hall of mental cultivation, which is the residence of Yongzheng and his later emperors (the emperor before Yongzheng lived in Gan Qing Palace, and hall of mental cultivation was a warehouse and craft workshop). To the west of the main hall of hall of mental cultivation is the famous Sanxi Hall, which means "virtue, virtue and bliss". In front of the East Sixth Palace is Zhai Palace.

Behind the Kunning Palace is the Kunning Gate, and behind it is the Royal Garden. There are many rockeries, pavilions and ancient trees in the garden, but tourists are not allowed to climb or drill holes in the rockeries. Behind the garden are Qin 'anmen and Qin 'an Hall, which are unique in shape and dedicated to Emperor Xuanwu representing the north.

Then the Shenwumen, the last emperor escaped from the palace gate of the Forbidden City and the exit of the Palace Museum. Opposite Shenwumen Road is Jingshan, and to the west of Jingshan is Beihai Park. They are all separate scenic spots and need to buy tickets separately. Before leaving Shenwumen, you can also go up the city wall, bypass the meridian gate, or get off at Donghuamen halfway.

The west axis can be accessed from the west side of Taihe Gate. In front is the Furniture Pavilion, which displays all kinds of exquisite furniture, and behind it is the Wuying Pavilion, which used to be the place where royal books were printed. On the west side of the main hall of Wuying Hall is Yude Hall, which is a rare bathhouse with European architectural style. There is a lot of controversy about its use.

There is 18 locust tree behind Wuying Hall, and there is an ice room behind it, which is used to store the ice cubes dug by Jinshui River and Beijing, used in winter and refrigerated in summer. Now it has become a tourist service area, a place for drinking tea and shopping.

Behind the ice room is the Cining Palace area, including the Imperial Garden of Cining Palace, the main hall of Cining Palace and Shoukang Palace. It is the place where Empresses and Toffees of past dynasties lived, worshipped Buddha and lived. At present, taking Empress Dowager Chongwen, the mother of Emperor Qianlong, as an example, this paper introduces the happy life of Empress Dowager Cixi in her later years in the form of unit exhibition. In addition, the Buddha Pavilion in the imperial garden is particularly beautiful.

The east line can also be accessed from the east side of Taihe Gate. On the east side of the three halls are Wenhua Hall and Wenyuan Pavilion, which are also the seat of the Cabinet. Unfortunately, neither of these two palaces has been developed. Behind the east road is the arrow pavilion, which displays the armor and weapons of emperors of past dynasties. Behind the Arrow Pavilion are Fengxian Hall and Ningshou Palace, so you need to buy tickets separately.

Fengxian Temple is near the northwest end, similar to the ancestral hall, and is usually a place to pray for ancestors. The clock hall should be exhibited in Fengxian Hall, but when I visited it, it was exhibited in the small hall in front of Fengxian Hall. The clocks and watches presented by various countries to the Qing court are exhibited in the Clock Hall. They are very exquisite, magical and ingenious, and worth seeing.

Zhong, a writer in the Palace Museum, will automatically write down specific words on paper when telling the time. To the southeast of Ningshou Palace District, treasures of various countries and cultural relics of the Forbidden City are displayed. The palaces in the palace area include the Imperial Palace, Ningshou Palace, Yihexuan, hall of mental cultivation, Stage and Yueshi Building.

The famous Nine Dragon Wall is in front of the Forbidden City. Zhen Fei Jing is at the end of the palace. Ningshou Palace is the place where Qianlong was ready to abdicate when he became the emperor's father. However, due to his lust for power, in the first few years of Jiaqing's accession to the throne, he was still an actual political manipulator and actually did not live in Ningshou Palace. However, Cixi later lived for a while.

Ningshou Palace mainly highlights the elegance of "self-cultivation, harmony and tranquility". The third-floor stage is located in the east of hall of mental cultivation, and there are plaques and couplets on the third floor, which is very magnificent. People can sit on the north side of the stage and watch Lou Guan Opera. The stage is also a rare building facing north in the Forbidden City. Come out from the back of the palace area and go west to Shenwumen.

For a more detailed introduction of the history of turrets, imperial roads, lions, water tanks, doornails, beasts and palaces, you can go to see the documentary "Forbidden City 100".

Introduction to the visit sequence of the Forbidden City in Beijing

The tour order of the Forbidden City can be as follows: Meridian Gate → Wenhua Hall → Taihe Gate → Taihe Hall → Zhonghe Hall → Baohe Hall → Dongliugong → Guanyin Hall → Gan Qing Palace → Kunning Palace → Imperial Garden → Shenwumen. The Forbidden City can only be entered from the meridian gate. Wumen is the south gate of the Palace Museum, with a one-way tour route from south to north. The meridian gate (south gate) is only used as the entrance to visit, and all visitors will enter the Forbidden City from the meridian gate; Shenwumen (North Gate) is only used as an exit. After the visit, the audience can leave the Forbidden City through Shenwumen or Donghuamen (East Gate). There is no special parking lot in the Palace Museum. The nearest public parking lot is outside Donghuamen, Jingshan Back Street and Beihai South Gate, with limited parking spaces. Visitors are advised to visit the Palace Museum by public transport.

Tour order of the Forbidden City

The visiting sequence of the Forbidden City: Wumen-Hall of Supreme Harmony-Zhonghe Hall-Baohe Hall-Gan Qing Palace-Jiaotai Hall-Kunning Palace-Royal Garden-Shenwumen.

Tour route: Wumen-Hall of Supreme Harmony-Zhonghe Hall-Baohe Hall-Gan Qing Palace-Jiaotai Hall-Kunning Palace-Royal Garden-Shenwumen; Suitable for age groups: old people and children, and people who are in a hurry; Watching time: about 2 hours.

The first three halls of the Forbidden City are the emperor's office areas, namely: Taihe Gate-the place where the emperor listens to politics; Hall of supreme harmony-the place where the emperor held the great dynasty, that is, the Golden Hall; Zhonghe Hall-besides the emperor's temporary rest, there is also a royal jade plate, that is, a royal genealogy; Baohe Hall-the place that scholars all over the world yearn for. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, a grand court examination was held here every three years, and the "son of heaven's protege" was hand-picked by a special person.

The former dynasty represented the majesty of the emperor, so it was also the only place for all tourists to visit the Forbidden City. The overall architectural system of the Forbidden City is "axis layout, left and right symmetry". Therefore, the best place to watch the Hall of Supreme Harmony Square is the platform of Hongyi Pavilion and Tijen Pavilion on both sides. Similarly, it is also an excellent place to shoot the Hall of Supreme Harmony and the Hall of Supreme Harmony Square.

Walking down the single pen behind Baohe Hall, you can see the inner left door, the dry clean door and the inner right door. Inside Sanmen is the palace where the emperor and his family lived, which is also the "harem".

Gan Qing Palace-the residence of the emperor before Yong Zhengdi; Kunning Palace-the residence of the Empress of the Ming Dynasty; In the Qing Dynasty, in order not to forget the ancestral beliefs, the left side of Kunning Palace was changed to a place of shamanism sacrifice, and the right side was the emperor's wedding room. Between "Gan" and "Kun", it is the "Jiaotai Hall" symbolizing the harmony of Empress Dowager Cixi. The Imperial Garden-a leisure place, I think everyone knows that in those palace fights, the queens and concubines all relax here, and sometimes they meet on the road, and the brave wins.

After visiting the last three halls, the traditional tour group will directly enter the Imperial Garden, and then exit the Shenwumen to end the tour of the Forbidden City.

The best tour route of the Forbidden City

Tour route of the Forbidden City: Wumen-Taihe Gate-Hongyi Hall-Taihe Hall-Zhonghe Hall-Baohe Hall-Gan Qing Palace.

1. First of all, we entered the Ming and Qing Dynasties from the Wumen Gate of the Forbidden City, also known as Wumen Wufeng Building, following the name of Wufeng Building handed down from Sui and Tang Dynasties. There is a gatehouse on the upper part of the meridian gate, and the two wings are commonly known as the "swallow wing building". The whole building is strewn at random, echoing from left to right, shaped like a suzaku spreading its wings, so it is also called "Wufeng Tower". It can be seen that Wumen was also called Wufenglou in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which was handed down from Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties.

Then, we arrived at Taihe Gate, which is the largest palace gate in the Forbidden City and the main entrance of the Forbidden City. Taihe Gate was built in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420), and was then called Fengtianmen. In the forty-first year of Jiajing (1562), it was renamed as Huang Jimen, and in the second year of Qing Shunzhi (1645), it was renamed as today. It was rebuilt in the third year of Shunzhi (1646) and the seventh year of Jiaqing (1802), burned down in the fourteenth year of Guangxu (1888), and rebuilt the next year.

3. Then we went to Hongyi Pavilion, which is located on the west side of the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, facing east and facing Tijen Pavilion. Founded in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420), it was called Wu Lou in the early Ming Dynasty, Wu Chengge in Jiajing and Hongyi Pavilion in the early Qing Dynasty. In the Qing dynasty, it was the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, keeping gold and silver, coins, jewelry, jade articles, gold and silver utensils and so on. The gold and silver utensils used by emperors and queens for banquets are all prepared by the state treasury, and they are still kept by the state treasury after use.

4. The Hall of Supreme Harmony, which was built in 1805 and rebuilt in 1824, was also overhauled at the beginning of this century. It is the largest building in Hue Imperial City, Vietnam.

5. Zhonghe Hall: (called Gaihua Hall and Relay Hall in Ming Dynasty) is one of the three halls in the Forbidden City and the smallest of the three halls in the outer court, located behind the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

6. Baohe Hall: Behind Zhonghe Hall. Baohe Hall is 29 meters high, rectangular in plan, 9 rooms wide and 5 rooms deep, with a building area of 1240_. Baohe Hall is the place where the emperor fetes foreign princes and ministers every New Year's Eve. Baohe Hall is also the place where imperial examinations are held.

7. Gan Qing Palace: Gan Qing Palace is in front of the inner court of the Forbidden City and behind the Baohe Hall. Gan Qing Palace is the main hall of the palace, 20 meters high. There is a throne in the middle of the double eaves hall, and there is a "fair and bright" plaque inside.