Material 1 A detailed introduction of the main building of the Forbidden City; The second material introduces the story about Taihe Gate. Material 3 introduces the contents of official website in the Palace Museum; Material 4 introduces the schematic plan of the Palace Museum.

This text consists of four reading materials and belongs to discontinuous text. The first material is selected from Huang Chuanti's Palace Museum, which is an article illustrated by spatial order.

According to the tour route from south to north, this paper briefly introduces the main buildings, layout and functions of the Forbidden City. The second material is a story about Taihe Gate, which praises the skillful craftsman who tied the color shed.

The third material captures a picture, which is a brief introduction of the Palace Museum and a tour guide presented by official website of the Palace Museum. The fourth material is a schematic plan of the Palace Museum, which distinguishes the open area and the unopened area of the Palace Museum. Learning this text can not only have a general understanding of the Forbidden City, but also enhance our pride in the traditional architectural art of the motherland.

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1, historical background:

The Palace Museum was founded in 1925, formerly known as the Forbidden City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Forbidden City was built in the fourth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1406). After the expansion and renovation in Ming and Qing Dynasties, by the end of Qing Dynasty, the Forbidden City had become a large-scale building complex, with more than 9,000 houses and an area of 720,000 square meters.

2. Architectural style:

The architectural style of the Palace Museum is unique, combining the essence of ancient palace architecture. The buildings represented by the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Gan Qing Palace and the Forbidden City wall are dignified and elegant, with yellow tiles and red walls, resplendent and magnificent, showing the outstanding achievements of ancient architectural art in China.

3. Treasures in this series:

The Palace Museum has a large collection of precious cultural relics, including ceramics, calligraphy and painting, jade, gold and silver wares, clocks and watches, jewelry, lacquerware, sculptures and so on, many of which are of high historical, artistic and scientific value. Such as "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" and other famous paintings, as well as various court ceramics and jade articles.

4. Exhibition activities:

The Palace Museum regularly holds various exhibitions, such as ancient calligraphy and painting exhibitions, ceramics exhibitions and jade exhibitions, to show its rich collections to the public. At the same time, the Palace Museum also cooperates with museums at home and abroad to hold exchange exhibitions to promote the spread of Chinese culture.