【正文】 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 hornor of their also used this place for punishing officals by flogging them with emperors used this building to announce the beginning of the new Emperor Qianglong 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 Emperor` s name, Hongli, which was considered a taboo at that Dynasty emperors also used this place to hold audience and for other important example,when the imperial army returned victoriously from the battlefield ,it was here that the Emperor presided over the ceremony to accept prisoners of war.(After entering the Meridian Gate and standing in front of the Five Marble Bridges on Golden Water River)now we are inside the Forbidden we start our tour, I would like to briefly introduce you to the architectural patterns befour plete this solemn, magnificent and palatial plex, a variety of buildings were arranged on a northsouth axis, and 8kilometerlong invisible line that has bee an inseparable part of the City of Forbidden City covers roughly one –third of this central of the important building in the Forbidden City weree arranged along this design and arrangement of the palaces reflect the solemn dignity of the royal court and rigidly –stratified feudal Forbidden City is divided into an outer and an inner are now standing on the southernmost part of the outer front of us lies the Gate of supreme gate is guarded by a pair of bronze lions ,symbolizing imperial power and lions were the most exquisite and biggest of its one on the east playing with a ball is a male, and ball is said to represent state other one is a one of its fore claws is a cub that is considered to be a symbol of perpetual imperial winding brook before us is the Golden Water functions both as decoration and fire five bridges spanning the river represent the five virtues preached by Confucius :benevolence, righteousness, rites, intellence and river takes the shape of a bow and the northsouth axis is its was meant to show that the Emperors ruled the country on behalf of God.(In front of the Gate of Supreme Harmony)The Forbidden City consists of an outer countyard and an inner out count yard covers a vast space lying between the Meridian Gate and the Gate of Heavenly ―three big halls‖ of Supreme Harmony, Complete Harmony and Preserving Harmony constitute the center of this building them in bilateral symmetry are two groups of palaces: Wenhua(Prominent Scholars)and Wuying(Brave Warriors).The three great halls are built on a spacious ―H‖shaped, 8meterhigh, triple marble terrace, Each level of the triple terrace is taller than the on below and all are encircled by marble balustrades carved with dragon and phoenix are three carved stone staircases linking the three hall of supreme Harmony is also the tallest and most exquisite ancient woodenstructured mansion in all of the palace of Heavenly Purith northward is what is known as the inner court, which is also built in bilaterally symmetrical the center are the Palace of Heavenly Purity, the Hall of Union and Peace and Palace of Earthly Tranquility, a place where the Emperors lived with their families and attended to state these structures are palaces and halls in which concubines and princes are also three botanical gardens within the inner count, namely, the imperial Garden, Caning garden and Quailing inner Golden Water River flows eastwardly within the inner brook winds through three minor halls or palaces and leads out of the Forbidden is spanned by the White Jade river is lined with winding, marble –carved of the structures within the Forbidden City have yellow glazed tile from giving prominence to the northsouth axis, other architectural methods were applied to make every group of palatial structures unique in terms of terraces, roofs, mythical monsters perching on the roofs and colored, drawing these, the grand contour and different hierarchic spectrum of the plex were has it that there are altogether 9,999 roomunits in the Forbidden Paradise only has 10,000 rooms, the Son of Heaven on earth cut the number by half a is also rumoured that this half –room is located to the west of the Wenyuange Pavilion(imperial library).As a matter of fact, although the Forbidden City has more than 9,000 roomunits, this halfroom is Wenyuange Pavilion is a library where ―Si Ku Quan Shu‖China `s first prehensive anthologywas stored.(After walking past the Gate of Supreme Harmony)Ladies and Gentlemen, the great hall we are approaching is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the biggest and tallest of its king in the Forbidden structure covers a total building space of 2,377 square meters, and is know for its upturned, multiple counterpart Hall of Supreme Harmony sits on a triple ―H‖shaped marble terrace the is 8meters high and linked by staircase on the ground floor has 21 steps while the middle and upper stairways each have construction of the Hall of Supreme Harmony began in burned down three times and was severely damaged once during a existing architecture was built during the Qing the corners of the eaves a line of animalnails were usually fastened to the animalnails were later replace with mythical animals to ward off evil are altogether 9 such fasteners on top of this number nine was regarded by the ancients to be the largest numeral accessible to man and