【正文】 dian Gate to the south, the Shenwu Gate(Gate of Military Prowess)to the north, and the Xihua Gate(Gate of military Prowess)to the north, and the Xihua Gate(Western Flowery Gate)to the west, the Donghua(Eastern Flowery Gate)to the and materials throughout the country were used to build the Forbidden total of 230,000 artisans and one million laborers were was quarried from fangshan Country Mount Pan in Jixian County in Hebei was quarried in Quyang County in Hebei blocks were fired in kilns in Suzhou in southern and scarlet pigmentation used on the palatial walls came from linqing in Shandong was cut, processed and hauled from the northwestern and southern structure in front of us is the Meridian is the main entrance to the forbidden is also knows as Wufenglou(FivePhoenix Tower).Ming emperors held lavish banquets here on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar year in honor of their also used this place for punishing officials by flogging them with emperors used this building to announce the beginning of the new Emperor Qianlong changed the original name of this announcement ceremony from ban li(announcement of calendar)to ban shou(announcement of new moon)to avoid coincidental association with another Emperor39。s birthday, conferral of the title of empress, the announcement of new laws and policies, and dispatches of generals to such occasions, the Emperor would hold audience for his court officials and receive their area is called the Hall of Supreme Harmony Square, which covers a total of 30,000 square meters, Without a single tree or plant growing here, this place inspires visitors to feel its solemnity and the middle of the square there is a carriageway that was reserved for the both sides of the road the ground bricks were laid in a special way seven layers lengthwise and eight layers crosswise, making up fifteen layers in purpose of this was to prevent anyone from tunneling his way into the the count yard there are iron vats for storing water to fight the whole plex there are altogether 308 water wintertime, charcoal was burned underneath the vats to keep the water from so vast a square? It was designed to impress people with the hall39。s Republic of China in 1949 the throne was found in a shabby furniture repaired and returned to the hall.(Leading the tourist to the bronze vats either on the east or the west)the water vats in front of the palaces or house were called ―menhai,‖ or sea before the door by the ancient believed that with a sea by the door, fire could not wreak vats served both as a decoration and as a fire were kept full of water all year the Qing Dynasty, they were altogether 308 vats in the palace were made of gilt bronze or course, the gilt bronze vats were of the best the allied forces(Britain, Germany, France, Russia, the United States, Italy, Japan and Austria)invaded Beijing in 1900 under the pretext of suppressing the Boxer Rebellion, the invaders ransacked the imperial pound and scraped and gold off the vats with their the Japanese occupation of Beijing, many vats were trucked away by the Japanese to be made into bullets.(In front of the Hall of Complete Harmony)The square architecture before us is called the Hall of Complete served as an Emperor came here to meet with his countiers and add his final touches to the prayers which would be read at the ancestral seeds, snowers and prayer intended for spring sowing were also examined two Qing sedan chairs here on display were used for traveling within the palace during the reign of Emperor Qianlong.(In front of the hall f Preserving Harmony)This is the Hall of Preserving the Qing Dynasty, banquets were held here on New Year39。s continue with our will take us to the Hall of heavenly purity, the hall of union and peace, the palace of earthly tranquility, and the imperial B(Inside the Hall of heavenly Purity)Ladies and Gentlemen:We are now entering the inner the Gate of Heavenly Purity northward lies the inner court where the emperors and empresses once Hall of heavenly Purity is the central hall of the inner court, and was pleted during the Reign of Emperor Yongle of the Ming are 10 pillars supporting the entire structure and the hall is 20 meters in the center of the hall there is a it hangs a plaque with an inscription that reads ―Be open and aboveboard,‖ written by Shenzhi, the first emperor of the Qing with Qianlong39。an in the centralnorthern part of the garden, this hall is flanked by other halls and pavilions on the east and hall sits on a marble Taoist deity of Zhenwu is enshrined here and emperor would pay homage here a quarterly rites were held during the reign of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming front of the hall there is a cypress that is 400 years all there are a dozen such rare trees in the garden, and most of them are cypresses or the northwest of the hall, there is the Yanhui(Sustaining Sunshine)Pavilion and to the northeast there lies the Duixiu(Accumulated Refinement) Hill was built over the foundation of the Guanhua(Admiring Flowers)Hall of the Ming is 14 meters in height and made of al kinds of rocks quarried in Jiangsu its base stand two stone lions, each carrying a dragon shooting water 10 meters up into the air from its are meandering paths leading to the the top of Duixiu Hill sits the Yujing(Imperial Viewing), On the day of the Double Ninth Festival(the ninth day of the ninth lunar month), the emperor, his consort, and his concubines would climb up to Yujing Pavilion to enjoy the the southeastern corner of the Garden is Jiangxue(Crimson Snowy) to the southwest lies Yangxing Study(study of the cultivation of nature).The yangxing study was used as a royal library during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Puyi once studied English front of the Jiangxue Verandah some Chinese flowering crabapples structure got its name from the crabapples who blossoms from crimson to snowy front of the V