【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 called ―golden bricks.‖ the palace museum serves as a living embodiment of good tradition and styles unique to china` s ancient reflects to the full the ingenuity and creativity of the chinese working carefully preserved and plete group of royal residences, the palace museum is a prominent historical and tourist we are now approaching is the main entrance to the palace museumthe meridian gate, which is characterized by red walls, yellow glazed –tile roofs and upturned top of this walls, yellow glazedtile roofs and upturned top of this magnificent building ,there stand five lofty halls with a main hall in the main hall is roofed by multiple eaves and covers a space of 9 is flanked by two wings on each wings are square in shape ,plete with multiple and four edged eaves and of these structures are connected by a these halls resemble a soaring bird, it was also know as wufenglou(fivephoenix tower).inside the main hall there is a and bells were stored in the the emperor presided over grand ceremonies or observed rites in the hall of upreme harmony, drums, bells and gongs would be struck to mark the the legend goes, the meridian gate used to be a place where condemned ranking officials would be not , flogging was carried out here by the ming emperors ,if a courtier falls afoul of the emperor, he would be stripped of his court dress and flogging with a one point the punishment became so harsh that a total of 11 people died from fatal wound on a single the other hand, this building was also used to observe important occasions like the traditional chinese lantern festival(15th day of the first lunar month).on these occasions, chinese lanterns would be hanged and sumptuous banquets would be given in honour of the whole court of ministers and other ranking entering the meridian gate we began our tour of the palace river foowing in front of us is known as jin shui he(golden water river)and the five marbles bridges spanning it are known as the inner golden water on in the middle was used exclusive by the emperor and its banisters were carved with dragon and phoenix bridges flanking the imperial one were reserved for princes and other royal rest were used by from decoration, the golden water river was also dug as precaution against of the structures within the palace museum are made of is more ,according to ancient chinese cosmology, the south is the abode of fire, so this brook was dug on the southern tip of the this way, the palace museum reflects traditional chinese building is called the gate of supreme the foreground stand two bronze anybody tell which is male and which is female? the one on the east playing with a ball is male, symbolizing power and universal other on the west with a cub cuddling underneath its claw is female? the one on the east playing with a ball is male, symbolizing power and universal other on the west with a cub cuddling underneath its claw is female, representing prosperity the endless layout of the palace museum is posted by the it ,you can see that the palace museum has two main parts: the forecourt and the inner three main halls constitute the mainstay of the forecourt, and it was here that the emperor announced decisions and observed the forecourt there is the inner court, consisting of major halls and the imperial was where the emperor attended state affairs, lived and enjoyed his luxurious exhibition system of the palace museum involves historical court relics and articles of ancient art and palace museum houses nearly one million articles of rare treasure, or one sixth of the total number in all of china `s are the three main halls of the palace museum, built on a triple marble most of china `s architecture is made of wood, the buildings cannot be too gain the height of the architecture, ingenious ancient artisans built the hall on a gigantic stone is also to this end that not a single plant was grown in the stairways of triple marble terrace there are 18 bronze verandah is flanked by bronze tortoises and cranes, which served as symbols of the east is a sundial, an ancient the west there is a grain measure suggesting that the emperor was just and the front and on each flank ,there is a pair of gilt bronze vats(caldrons)molded during the reign of emperor qianlong of the qing of these weights 2 tons and is filled with water as a precaution in the event of a structure in the very middle is the hall of supreme harmony ,also known as the throne is 64 meters in width and is 38 meters from entrance to terrace exclusive ,the hall is meters in height and is meters in and areaof 2,377 square meters, the hall of supreme harmony is china` s largest exiting wooden hall is supported by 6 thick ,round pillars carved in a design of coiling the holiest place in the hall, the ceiling and colored patterns were made of the finest material available at that throne was placed on a terrace and is flanked by statues of elephants, luduan(a unicorn which could travel 18,000 kilometers a day and understand all languages), cranes and incense the throne there is the caisson ,or covered ceiling ,which consists of a coiling dragon playing with a ball in its ball is known as xuanyuan mirror ,and was supposedly made by a chinese emperor of remote times to serve as a reminder that thee rulers to follow were his hereditary throne is made of nanmu and painted in built and luxuriously decorated ,this hall did not serve as a place in which the emperor attended to daily used his hall for major events such as his birthday, conferral of title of empress or dispatch of generals to the hall of supreme harmony ,there sits the hall of plete structure is square in side is was the place where the emperor relaxed and greeted his courtiers before proceeding to the hall of supreme harmony to observe was also the place where the emperor prepared prayers or examined seeds and sowers before he attended ancestral sacrifices or participated in snowi