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ThePalaceMuseum,formerlyknownastheForbiddenCity,istheimperialpalaceofChina'sMingandQingdynasties,locatedatthecenterofBeijing'scentralaxis.
Withthreemainhallsasthecenter,thePalaceMuseuminBeijingcoversanareaofabout720,000squaremeters,withabuildingareaofabout150,000squaremeters.
TheConstructionoftheForbiddenCityinBeijingbeganinthefourthyearofYongle(1406)andwascompletedinthe18thyearofYongle(1420).
TheImperialPalaceisarrangedalonganorth-southaxis,wherethethreemainhalls,thelatterthreepalaces,andtheimperialgardenarelocated.Itextendssymmetricallytoboththenorthandsouth,formingastraightlineonbothsides.
Surroundedbya12-meter-highand3400-meter-longpalacewall,thePalacecitytakestheformofarectangularcity.Itissurroundedbya52-meter-widemoatoutsidethewall,creatingafortifiedcastle.
ThePalaceMuseumhasfourgates,withthemaingatecalledtheMeridianGate.BehindtheMeridianGatearefivemarblearchbridgesleadingtotheGateofSupremeHarmony.TheeastgateisnamedDonghuamen,thewestgateisnamedXihuamen,andthenorthgateisnamedShenwuGate.
TheImperialPalaceinBeijingisoneofthelargestandbest-preservedancientwoodenstructuresintheworld.
TheImperialPalaceinBeijingisanationalAAAAAtouristattraction.
In1961,theImperialPalaceinBeijingwaslistedasoneofthefirstnationalkeyculturalrelicsprotectionsites.
TheForbiddenCityinBeijingwaslistedasaWorldCulturalHeritagein1987.
