Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Forbidden City-The Palace Museum, No.4 Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100009 China
Meet your guide at selected time and start to explore the largest Imperial Palace in the world thoroughly. During this tour, you will also have a very unique lunch experience at one of the Imperial Ice Houses of the Emperor. Those are some of the important places you will see:
Duration: 5 hours
Pass By: Turret of The Palace Museum, Inside The Palace of Museum, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China
Part of the defensive construction of the Forbidden city at each corner of the Wall. You will get inside one of them if the Wall is open.
Pass By: Meridian Gate (Wu Men), The Entrance Gates Of Gugong, Beijing 100006 China
South gate and main entrance to the Forbidden City. The emperor used to believe the Meridian Line went right through it.
Pass By: Hall of Great Harmony (Taihe Dian), Inside The Palace Museum, Beijing China
The the most important building in the Forbidden City and the largest wooden structure in the world, where the Emperor used to work and hold important ceremonies.
Pass By: Hall of Preserving Harmony (Baohedian), Inside The Palace of Museum, Beijing China
Used for banquets and later for imperial examinations. The exam was under the supervision of the emperor, which tested candidates’ understanding of classical and Confucian literature. Then they were either assigned to the provinces or selected to work in the central government ministries.
Pass By: Inner Court, No.4 Jingshanqian Street, Within the Imperial Palace , Dongcheng District, Beijing 100000 China
It was the place where the emperor used to handle daily affairs and the living quarter for the emperor, empress and imperial concubines.
Pass By: Palace of Heavenly Purity, Inside The Palace of Museum, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China
The largest building in the Inner Court, the residence of the Emperor.
Pass By: The Antiquarium of The Palace Museum, Inside The Palace of Museum, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China
Also known as Treasure Hall, it is actually made of several buildings which were built for the abdicated Emperor Qianlong. Now they are exhibition rooms with several theme halls and the largest imperial theatre in the Forbidden City.
Pass By: The Nine Dragon Screen of The Palace Museum, 4 Jingshan Front St Inside The Palace of Museum, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100009 China
Just nearby the entrance of Treasure Hall, it is one of the three Nine Dargon Screens in China, the other two are in Beihai Park and Datong respectively. The nine dragons engraved on the screen are different in color and posture. No matter where you start to count the nine dragons, from left or right, the first one and fifth one and ninth one would be a yellow color dragon which represents the supreme power of the emperor.
Pass By: The Imperial Garden of The Palace Museum, Inside The Palace of Museum, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China
Rectangular in shape, containing more than 20 different types of buildings, pavilions, terraces, towers and rockeries. Also, there are four pavilions in the garden, symbolizing the four seasons in a year.