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This is the Palace Museum, also known as the Purple Forbidden City、 It is the largest and most well reserved imperial residence in China today、 Under Ming Emperor , construction began in 1406、 It took 14 years to build the Forbidden City、The red and yellow used on the palace walls and roofs are also symbolic、 Red represents happiness, good fortune and wealth、 Yellow is the color of the earth on the Loess Plateau, the original home of the Chinese people、 Yellow became an imperial color during the Tang dynasty, when only members of the royal family were allowed to wear it and use it in their architecture、The Forbidden City is rectangular in shape、 It is 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meters wide from east west、 It has 9900 rooms under a total roof area 150000 square meters、 A 52-meter-wide-moat encircles a 9、9 –meter- high wall which encloses the complex、It is believed that the Palace Museum got its name from astronomy folklore、 The ancient astronomers divided the constellations into groups and centered them around the Ziwei Yuan、 The constellation containing the North Star was called the Constellation of Heavenly God and star itself was called the purple palace、The Forbidden City is divided into an outer and an inner count、 We are now standing on the southernmost part of the outer count、 In front of us lies the Gate of supreme Harmony、 The gate is guarded by a pair of bronze lions, symbolizing imperial power and dignity、 The lions were the most exquisite and biggest of its kind、 The one on the east playing with a ball is a male, andball is said to represent state unity、 The other one is a female、 Underneath one of itsfore claws is a cub that is considered to be a symbol of perpetual imperial succession、The Forbidden City consists of an outer count and an inner enclosure、 The outer count yard covers a vast space lying between the Meridian Gate and the Gate of Heavenly Purity、 The “three big halls of Supreme Harmony, Complete Harmony and Preserving Harmony constitute the center of this building group、 The great three halls are built on a spacious “H”-shaped,8-meter-high, triple marble terrace、 Each level of the triple terrace is taller than the on below and all are encircled by marble balustrades carved with dragon and phoenix designs、This area is called the Hall of Supreme Harmony Square, which covers a total of 30000 square meters、 Without a single tree or plant growing here, this place inspires visitors to feel its solemnity and grandeur、 In the middle of the square there is carriageway that was reserved for the Emperor、 On both sides of the road the ground bricks were laid in a special way seven layers lengthwise and eight layers crosswise,making up fifteen layers in all、 这以前做的PowerPoint，可太连贯，见谅

参观故宫博物院导游词各位游客：大家好

我们热忱欢迎你们来到故宫参观游览，请让我向大家介绍故宫的有关情况：故宫是我国目前现存的最大最完整的古代建筑，已经有五百多年的历史了。

它位于北京城的中心，是一座城中之城。

它具有独特的建筑风格：规模宏大，布局统一。

在故宫的周围有高大坚固的城墙，城墙的四角都有一个瞭望台；城的四面都有一个城门，城东有东华门，城西有西华门，城南有太和门，城北有神武门；故宫里面从南往北分别是前朝、后庭和御花园。

其中，最主要的建筑是前朝和后庭：前朝分太和殿、中和殿、保和殿，其内景主要以龙为主，前朝中最主要的是太和殿，它是皇帝行使皇权和举行大典的地方；后庭又分乾清宫、交泰殿、坤宁宫，内景主要以凤为主，它是后妃们居住的地方，也是皇帝结婚的地方。

御花园是皇帝和皇后休闲的地方，环境优雅、舒适、恬静。

御花园后面是神武门，你出了神武门，登上神武门对面的景山公园，再回望故宫博物院，一定会觉得它是那么宏伟壮丽、金碧辉煌

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各位游客，我们真诚地希望你们此次观光愉快，并期待着你们再一次故地重游

The Palace Museum is also called the Forbidden City, which started to be built in 1407、 It took 200,000 people fourteen years to build it、 It was finished in 1420、 There are 9,999 rooms in all the palaces、 In China, nine is regarded as a lucky number traditionally、 At present, it is free for Chinese students to visit every Tuesday、The Palace Museum has treasures of over 5,000 years' history、