北京故宮是中國明清兩代的皇家宮殿，舊稱紫禁城，南北長961米，東西寬753米，四面圍有高10米的城牆，城外有寬52米的護城河,真可謂有金城湯池之固。Beijing Imperial Palace is a royal palace of Ming and Qing Dynasties in China, formerly known as the Forbidden City.
It is 961 meters long from north to south, 753 meters wide from east to west, surrounded by 10 meters high walls, and 52 meters wide moat outside the city. It is really a golden city.
The Forbidden City has four gates, the Meridian Gate in the south, the Shenwu gate in the north, the Donghua gate in the East and the Xihua gate in the West.
In the four corners of the city wall, there is a graceful turret. There are 72 ridges of nine beams and eighteen columns in the folk, which describe the complexity of its structure.
The buildings in the Forbidden City are divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court.
The center of the outer Dynasty is Taihe hall, Zhonghe hall and Baohe hall, collectively referred to as the three halls, which are the places where the state holds grand ceremonies.
The left and right wings of the three halls are supported by two groups of buildings: Wenhua hall and Wuying hall.
The center of the inner court is Qianqing palace, Jiaotai palace and Kunning palace, collectively referred to as the back three palaces, which are the main palace where the emperor and the empress live.
Then there is the imperial garden. There are six palaces in the East and West on both sides of the rear three palaces, which are the places where the empresses live and rest.
On the east side of the six Eastern Palaces is the temple of heaven and other Buddhist buildings, and on the west side of the six Western palaces is the main hall and other Buddhist buildings.
Besides the outer court and inner court, there are two parts of buildings, namely, the outer East Road and the outer West Road.
北京故宮是中國明清兩代的皇家宮殿，舊稱紫禁城，南北長961米，東西寬753米，四面圍有高10米的城牆，城外有寬52米的護城河,真可謂有金城湯池之固。Beijing Imperial Palace is a royal palace of Ming and Qing Dynasties in China, formerly known as the Forbidden City.
It is 961 meters long from north to south, 753 meters wide from east to west, surrounded by 10 meters high walls, and 52 meters wide moat outside the city. It is really a golden city.
紫禁城有四座城門，南面為午門，北面為神武門，東面為東華門，西面為西華門。城牆的四角，各有一座風姿綽約的角樓，民間有九梁十八柱七十二條脊之說，形容其結構的複雜。
The Forbidden City has four gates, the Meridian Gate in the south, the Shenwu gate in the north, the Donghua gate in the East and the Xihua gate in the West.
In the four corners of the city wall, there is a graceful turret. There are 72 ridges of nine beams and eighteen columns in the folk, which describe the complexity of its structure.
紫禁城內的建築分為外朝和內廷兩部分。外朝的中心為太和殿、中和殿、保和殿，統稱三大殿，是國家舉行大典禮的地方。三大殿左右兩翼輔以文華殿、武英殿兩組建築。
The buildings in the Forbidden City are divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court.
The center of the outer Dynasty is Taihe hall, Zhonghe hall and Baohe hall, collectively referred to as the three halls, which are the places where the state holds grand ceremonies.
The left and right wings of the three halls are supported by two groups of buildings: Wenhua hall and Wuying hall.
內廷的中心是乾清宮、交泰殿、坤寧宮，統稱後三宮，是皇帝和皇后居住的正宮。其後為御花園。後三宮兩側排列著東、西六宮，是后妃們居住休息的地方。
The center of the inner court is Qianqing palace, Jiaotai palace and Kunning palace, collectively referred to as the back three palaces, which are the main palace where the emperor and the empress live.
Then there is the imperial garden. There are six palaces in the East and West on both sides of the rear three palaces, which are the places where the empresses live and rest.
東六宮東側是天穹寶殿等佛堂建築，西六宮西側是中正殿等佛堂建築。外朝、內廷之外還有外東路、外西路兩部分建築。
On the east side of the six Eastern Palaces is the temple of heaven and other Buddhist buildings, and on the west side of the six Western palaces is the main hall and other Buddhist buildings.
Besides the outer court and inner court, there are two parts of buildings, namely, the outer East Road and the outer West Road.