General Introduction of the Forbidden City The Gates,Wall and Surrounding Water of the Forbidden City The Meridian Gate: the Gate with Five Phoenixes /29 The Gate of Spiritual Valor /31 The Gate of Eastern Flower /33 The Gate of Western Flower /35 City Wall and Corner Tower /36 Moat /39 Golden Water River /40 The Middle Route The Square before the Gate of Supreme Harmony /44 Inner Golden Water River /45 The Gate of Supreme Harmony /45 The Three Front Halls /47 The Pavilion of Manifesting Benevolence and the Pavilion of Expanding Justice /49 The Hall of Supreme Harmony /50 The Hall of Middle Harmony /53 The Hall of Preserving Harmony /54 The Square before the Gate of Heavenly Purity /59 The Department of Military Affairs /60 The Gate of Flourishing Posterity /61 The Gate of Prospering Fortune /62 The Three Rear Palaces /62 The Palace of Heavenly Purity /64 The Hall of Luminous Benevolence /70 The Hall of Expanding Virtue /71 The Hall of Union and Peace /72 The Palace of Earthly Tranquility /74 The Wings of the Palace of Heavenly Purity /77 Upper Study /77 South Study /78 The Room of Meticulous Working /79 The Place for Worshiping Confucius /80 Imperial Medicine Room /81 Imperial Tea Room /82 The Hall of Uprightness /83 The Place for Inner Report /83 The Hall of Diligence /84 Imperial Garden /85 The Lodge of Crimson Snow /87 Cypresses with Entwined Branches /88 The Hall of Imperial Peace /89 Pebble Paths with Colored Patterns /90 The West Route The Palace of Concentrated Beauty /94 The Hall of Manifesting Harmony /95 The Palace of Assisting the Earth /96 The Palace of Everlasting Spring /97 The Hall of Ultimate Supremacy /99 The Palace of Eternal Longevity /99 The Palace of Universal Happiness /100 The Hall of Mental Cultivation /101 The Hall of Military Glory /105 The Chamber of Immersing in Virtue /106 The East Route The Palace of Cherishing Essence /110 The Palace of Revering Yang /111 The Palace of Obeying the Heaven /112 The Palace of Eternal Harmony /113 The Palace of Revering Benevolence /114 The Palace of Extending Happiness /114 The Palace of Abstinence /116 The Outer East Route The Screen Wall of Nine Dragons /121 The Hall of Ancestral Worship /121 Arrow Pavilion /122 The Hall of Imperial Supremacy and the Palace of Tran- quil Longevity /123 The Hall of Character Cultivation /124 The Tower of Pleasant Sounds /125 The Chamber of Joyful Longevity /126 The Well of Concubine Zhen /127 The Qianlong Garden /128 Exhibition Galleries The Gallery of Treasures /131 The Gallery of Clocks and Watches /135 The Gallery of Paintings /138 The Gallery of Bronzes /141 The Gallery of Ceramics /144 The Gallery of Jade /146 The Gallery of Enamel and Cloisonne /150 The Gallery of Court Operas /152 Unopened Areas The Hall of Literary Brilliance /157 The Pavilion of Literary Profundity /158 The Palace of Benevolent Tranquility /160 The Hall of Eminent Flowers /163 The Hall of Central Uprightness /164 The Pavilion of Rain of Flowers /166 The Palace of Double Glories /168 The Lodge of Fresh Fragrance /170 The Garden of Creating Happiness /171 The Three Southern Courtyards /173 The Hall of Gathering Fragrance /174 The Important Scenic Spots Near the Palace Museum The Gate of Heavenly Peace /176 The Gate of Origination /177 The Imperial Ancestral Temple /178 The Altar to the Gods of Earth and Grain /179 Imperial Archives /180 North Lake /181 Appendix The Ming Emperors /182 The Qinq Emperors /182