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故宫 (紫禁城)图片Gugong Palace (The Forbidden City) Pictures

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  The 午门Wumen(Meridian Gate) is the main south gate to the palace.

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  太庙 Taimiao is the royal temple for making offerings to ancestors. Located to the east of 端门 Duanmen, the gate after Tiananmen.

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  North side of 天安门Tiananmen viewed from atop the 端门Duan Gate.

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  The brilliant dome-shaped interior of the pavillion.

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  端门Duan Gate is the gate after 天安门Tiananmen and before the 午门Wumen(The Meridian Gate). What you see here is the freshly repainted colorful decorations on its hallway.

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  The gate tower's hall.

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  One of the pavillions over the stream.

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  As the name implies, 太和门 Taihemen is the gate to the 太和殿 Hall of Supreme Harmony.

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  The royal throne in the court hall

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  The north entrance of the Gugong.

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  The palace was under major renovation while I was there. And this building, which is the 太和殿 Hall of Supreme Harmony(the largest and most important of the three main halls of architectural complex), was screened with a life-size image of itself.

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