The Hall of Supreme Harmony, also known as the Golden Hall on TV, is the most spectacular building in the central city of the Forbidden City, and its function is also the most solemn. Emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties held ceremonies here, where the emperor ascended the throne and the emperor's marriage events were held, and it was often used as a place to go to court with the emperor and announce important events.
Baohe Hall is located at the back of Zhonghe Hall, and the uses of the two dynasties are different. Most emperors of the Ming Dynasty held banquets here to entertain foreign guests and Korean ministers. In the Qing Dynasty, more emperors will live here, and the emperor shunzhi, the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty, once lived here.
Zhonghe Hall is located between Taihe Hall and Baohe Hall, and its functions were roughly the same in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the place where the emperor rests before attending the ceremony.
In addition to the three most famous halls, there are palaces such as Wenhua Hall, Wuying Hall, Jiaotai Hall and hall of mental cultivation, as well as places where emperors and empresses live, such as Gan Qing Palace, Ningshou Palace, Shoukang Palace and Cining Palace.
From Judy, the first emperor of Ming Dynasty, to Aisingiorro, the last emperor of China, there were twenty-four emperors in Ming and Qing Dynasties? Puyi lived in it, bearing the ups and downs of two generations of royalty. Perhaps the most familiar ones are the grandchildren of Kangxi, Qianlong and Yongzheng. In many TV dramas of the Qing Dynasty, more than half of them are playing these three emperors. As the last emperor, Puyi was probably the most miserable one. Shortly after he ascended the throne, the biggest coup in human history broke out. During the Republic of China, although Puyi still lived in the Forbidden City and lived a nominal emperor's life, he had nothing to do with state affairs and was a veritable puppet emperor.
Initially, the Forbidden City could accommodate the 25th emperor. Yuan Shikai tried to restore the imperial society and became emperor for 83 days, but he never lived or worked in the Forbidden City. So it is not a person who lives in the Forbidden City.