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When was the Forbidden City built?
It was founded in the fourth year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1406) and completed in the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420), with a history of about 600 years.

The Forbidden City in Beijing is the imperial palace of China in Ming and Qing Dynasties, formerly known as the Forbidden City, located in the center of Beijing's central axis, which is the essence of ancient court architecture in China. The Hall of Harmony and the Hall of Baohe are collectively called the Three Great Halls, which are the places where the state holds ceremonies. ?

The establishment of the Palace Museum has two meanings: one is another victory of the democratic revolution and a fatal blow to the restoration forces; Second, the great achievements in China's cultural and artistic history.

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1. Tiren Pavilion is located on the east and west sides of the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Founded in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420), it was called Wenlou in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhaowenge in Jiajing period, and Tiren Pavilion in the early Qing Dynasty. Tijen Pavilion, 25 meters high, is located on Chongji, with two floors and a yellow glazed tile roof. The lower floor is 9 rooms wide and 3 rooms deep.

During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, ministers at home and abroad were invited to recommend learned people to try poems at Tijen Pavilion, where the imperial capacity of the Qing Dynasty was also collected. After the renovation in Qianlong period, as the satin warehouse of the Qing Dynasty, there was a 143 wooden frame to store satin embroidery. ?

Baohe Hall (Shenshen Hall and Jianji Hall) is also one of the three halls of the Forbidden City, behind Zhonghe Hall. Baohe Hall is 29 meters high, rectangular in plan, 9 rooms wide and 5 rooms deep, with a building area of 1 240 square meters.

The yellow glazed tile rests on the top of the mountain with double eaves. There is a positive ridge in the middle of the roof, with two vertical ridges in front and two vertical ridges in the back. The lower part of each vertical ridge is inclined with a fork ridge, which, together with nine positive ridges, vertical ridges and fork ridges, is called inclined mountain type in architectural terminology. Baohe Hall is the place where the emperor fetes foreign princes and ministers every New Year's Eve. Baohe Hall is also the place where imperial examinations are held.

Kunning Palace is one of the last three palaces in the Forbidden City. It was built in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420), rebuilt in the 2nd year of Shunzhi (1645) and rebuilt again in the 12th year of Shunzhi (1655). Located in the north and south, Kunning Palace has 9 wide corridors and 3 deep corridors, and the roof of the palace is covered with yellow glazed tiles. The Ming Dynasty was the queen's bedroom.

After the reconstruction of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty for twelve years, it became the main place for shamanism to worship gods. The original open room was changed to the east room, and the four rooms on the west side of the gate were set with south, north and west kang as places to worship the gods. Emperor Kangxi, Emperor Tongzhi and Emperor Guangxu got married here, and Puyi got married in Kunning Palace. Now is the original display of court life.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Beijing Forbidden City