1、,The Forbidden City,Introduction,This is the palace museum; also know as the Purple Forbidden City. It is the largest and most well reserved imperial residence in China today. Under Ming Emperor Yongle, construction began in 1406. It took 14 years to build the Forbidden City. 譯,（the Hall of Supreme

2、Harmony） 太和殿,The Hall of Supreme Harmony, rectangular in shape, 27 meters in height, 2300 square meters in area, is the grandest and most important hall in the Palace complex. It is also Chinas largest existing palace of wood structure and an outstanding example of brilliant color combinations. 譯,（t

3、he Hall of Complete Harmony ）中和殿,The Hall of Complete Harmony is smaller and square with windows on all sides. Here the emperor rehearsed for ceremonies. It is followed by the Hall of Preserving Harmony in which banquets and imperial examinations were held. 譯,（the Hall of Preserving Harmony）保和殿,：Bao

4、he temple is a place where the annual New Years Eve kings and emperors entertain the other kings and is also the place where examinations held and successful candidates. 譯,Theforbidden city Sightseeig map,午 門,the Meridian Gate to the south,The shape of the gate is the most high-level form. Wumen gat

5、e where the emperor ordered the expedition, and few people can walk through this gate. 譯,東華門,The Dong Hua Gate to the east,西華門,The Xi Hua Gate to the west,神武門,the Spiritual Valour to the North,Shenwumen is a daily access gate. Now this gate is the main entrance. 譯,the Palace of Heavenly Purity 乾清宮,P

6、alace of Heavenly Purity in the Forbidden City in top court. There is a throne in the middle of the temple. There are aboveboard plaque, two sides of the this court are the places where emperor reading and sleeping. The south of the court is a room that the son of emperor can reading and studying. 譯

7、,the Hall of Union,This temple in the Palace of Heavenly Purity and between Kunning Gong. The temple is the Queens Birthday Celebration birthday activities. 譯,the Palace of Earthly Tranquility 坤寧宮,Kunning gong in the last surface of the Forbidden City in chambers. Kunning Gong is the Queens chambers

8、 in the Ming Dynasty. And then it turns to be a ritual place. 譯,Introduction,Among the five greatest palaces in the world, the Forbidden City ranks first. Lying at the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City , was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Rectangular in shape, it is the

9、worlds largest palace complex and covers 74 hectares. 譯,The ensemble (整體布局）,Traditionally, the Forbidden City is divided into two parts：The Outer Court and Inner Court. The Inner Court includes the northern sections, and was the residence of the Emperor and his family, and was used for day-to-day af

10、fairs of state.,The Outer Court was where the emperor exercised his supreme power over the nation. 譯,中和殿,太和殿,乾清宮,Thank watch! 英文來源：外語教育網(wǎng),故宮博物院；也被稱為紫禁城，是中國現(xiàn)存最大、保存最完好的宮殿。明朝皇帝朱棣（1406年）開始建造。耗時14年。 BACK,太和殿，長方形，高27米，占地面積2300平方米，是故宮最宏偉和最重要的建筑。這也是中國現(xiàn)存最大的木結(jié)構(gòu)宮殿和絢麗的色彩組合的一個突出的瑰寶。 BACK,中和殿的四周都有窗戶?；实墼谶@里舉行儀式，同時也是舉辦宴會和科舉考試的地方。 BACK,保和殿是每年除夕皇帝賜宴的場所。保和殿也是科舉考試舉行殿試的地方。 BACK,午門的形狀是最高級別的形式。午門是皇帝下令出征的地方，僅有很少一部分人可以通過這個門。 BCAK,神武門是日常出入的門?，F(xiàn)在是故宮的正門。 BACK,乾清宮在在故宮內(nèi)庭最前面，殿的正中有寶座，內(nèi)有“正大光明”匾。乾清宮的兩頭是皇帝讀書、就寢之地。廳的南面是皇子讀書學(xué)習的地方。 BACK,交泰殿在乾清宮和坤寧宮之間該殿是皇后生日舉辦壽慶活動的地方。 BACK,坤寧宮坤寧宮在故宮“內(nèi)庭”最后面，坤寧宮是明朝皇