Chapter 236 Go to the Palace Museum

After sending Jiang Yi to the door of the classroom where she was attending class, Huang Zhu and the others returned.

"Huang Zhu, where are we going now?" Qian Fenglin asked Huang Zhu after arriving at the car again.

Although she had said before that she would follow Huang Zhu wherever he went, she still asked him again.

"Let's buy a transportation map of the capital from the phone booth next to it to see where we can go," Huang Zhu said.

Soon they spent three yuan to buy a map of the capital and started looking at it. This map was the 2000 version.

The map records detailed location information of various places in Beijing, as well as bus routes, long-distance bus list, passenger train timetable from the railway station, service hotlines, etc.

At the same time, Huang Zhu also saw the best tourism in Beijing, including:

The Great Wall, the longest defensive wall in the world.

The Forbidden City is the largest and most complete imperial palace complex in the world, with 9,999 rooms.

Tiananmen Square, the largest city central square in the world.

Summer Palace, the most complete preserved royal garden in the world.

Beihai Park is the earliest royal garden in the world.

Temple of Heaven, the largest complex of buildings dedicated to heaven in the world.

The Ming Tombs are the most complete tombs in the world and contain the largest number of emperors buried there.

Zhoukoudian, the cultural site with the richest ancient human remains in the world.

The Yongle Bell is the bell with the most inscriptions in the world. More than 100 Buddhist sutras and mantras are cast inside and outside the bell, with a total of Chinese characters.

Yunju Temple is the temple with the most Buddhist scriptures in the world.

At the same time, Huang Zhu saw detailed pictures of some major scenic spots listed separately on the map, including:

Forbidden City, Old Summer Palace Heritage Park, Beijing World Park, Beihai Park, Summer Palace, Lama Temple, Badaling Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Tanzhe Temple, Jietai Temple, Xiangshan Park, National Garden, Grand View Garden.

This map really gave Huang Zhu a more detailed and comprehensive understanding of the capital.

"Let's go to the Palace Museum. Let's take a tour there today. It's also close to here." Huang Zhu said after looking at the map.

To engage in collection, you must know how to collect, and visiting museums is definitely essential. Huang Zhu usually goes to the local museum when he goes to a city.

In the Palace Museum, both the buildings and the things inside are collections.

Huang Zhu then drove Qian Fenglin there.

After finding a place to park the car nearby, they walked over there.

Although they heard that the museum only opened at 8:30 in the morning, when Huang Zhu and the others arrived, they saw that there were already many people queuing up to buy tickets.

Most of these people must be people from out of town visiting the capital, and there are also many foreigners who come here to visit!

Huang Zhu and the others spent almost an hour queuing up to buy tickets. Because they came not too late in the morning and it was not a holiday, they still bought the tickets.

After they bought the tickets, they found that there were more people queuing behind them. Seeing so many people queuing up here every day to buy tickets and play, Huang Zhu felt that the income from tourism here was really too high.

After getting the tickets, they followed the flow of people and entered the inner city of the Forbidden City from the Meridian Gate.

When hearing the Meridian Gate, some people may think of "Beheading at the Meridian Gate". In TV dramas, "Beheading at the Meridian Gate" is often mentioned, thinking that it is the place where people are killed. In fact, it is not, that is just a rumor passed down.

"Push out the Meridian Gate and behead" is just what the emperor said not to kill people in his home, let alone in front of his home. The real place must be far away.

Huang Zhu took out the map and looked at it. The locations of the various buildings in the Forbidden City marked on it were very detailed.

Enter from the Meridian Gate, then there is a central axis, Taihe Gate, Taihe Hall, Zhonghe Hall, Baohe Hall, Qianqing Gate, Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Hall, Kunning Palace, Kunning Gate, Imperial Garden, Qin Palace

An Palace, Shunzhen Gate, all the way to Shenwu Gate.

Of course, in addition to the central axis, there are more palaces and the like beside it.

No wonder some people say that the Forbidden City is a city, a city within a city, the Forbidden City. This area is indeed large enough, and its scale can be seen just from the palaces marked on the map.

"Feng Lin, there are many people and this place is big. Don't get lost." After entering, Huang Zhu said to Qian Fenglin.

"Well! Huang Zhu, this place is too big and well built. I used to watch some clips of this place on TV or in movies, but now I see it in person. This kind of shock is unmatched by watching TV or movies.

"Yes." Qian Fenglin said.

"Yes! Only by seeing it in person can you fully appreciate the splendor of this place." Huang Zhuye said.

Then they started touring inside.

Because he was afraid of being separated from Qian Fenglin, Huang Zhu always held Qian Fenglin's hand intentionally or unintentionally in crowded places.

At first, she was a little embarrassed and would pull her hand away, but after being held firmly by Huang Zhu several times, she stopped pulling her hand away.

He would definitely not miss such a good opportunity for the two of them to play alone.

In his heart, Qian Fenglin was the first girl he liked after all, even though he had never met her before, even if she was just a pen pal he met online.

Along the way, all Huang Zhu saw were antique palace buildings. Apart from the people, the objects placed in the Forbidden City, which were stepped on the ground and held on by his hands, were basically historical relics.

And when the things here, even a brick on the ground, were fired, it was said that they were not fired by ordinary people.

Next to the large "square", Huang Zhu saw many "big vats". These vats were either made of iron or gilded copper, and were said to be used to hold water and prevent fire.

In front of the Gate of Taihe, he saw a pair of bronze lions. There were two bronze lions in this pair.

One is a female lion, stepping on a little lion. A tour guide next to her said that it means spreading branches and leaves for the royal family.

One is a male lion with his feet stepping on a ball, which is also said to represent the emperor’s supreme power.

The Gate of Supreme Harmony is the largest palace gate in the Forbidden City, and it is also where the emperor handles political affairs.

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Huang Zhu and the others saw some large nanmu pillars.

It is said that there are 72 pillars in total, with the largest being more than one meter in diameter and more than twelve meters high. These nanmu trees are all straight, dense and corrosion-resistant.

They were all transported from Sichuan, Guangzhou, Yunnan and Guizhou and other places more than 1,800 kilometers away. In ancient times when technology was underdeveloped, it was not easy to transport such a large piece of wood to the capital.

These 72 pillars supported the faces of 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and are also the largest building in the Forbidden City.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony is also known as the "Jinluan Hall". Many people may think that the Hall of Supreme Harmony is where the emperor went to court. In fact, it is not. It is a place used to hold various ceremonies. It is actually used very rarely.

The emperor usually went to court at Taihe Gate and Qianqing Gate, where he called the Royal Gate to listen to government affairs. When there were more urgent or important matters, the emperor summoned ministers at Qianqing Palace.

In the late Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi listened to politics behind the curtain, and the place where she went to court was the Yangxin Hall.

The Hongyi Pavilion and Tiren Pavilion on both sides of the Hall of Supreme Harmony are the silver treasury and satin treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs respectively.

Outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there are bronze turtles, bronze cranes, sundials, and Jialiang, which are known as the four great treasures outside the Hall of Taihe.

Of course, in addition to these, there are 18 tripod-style incense burners on display on the three steps in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, every object, whether on the ground or placed inside, is no ordinary thing. Especially the dragon chair inside is of great value.

In the morning, they sent Jiang Yi to school, and also arrived here from her school, queuing up to buy tickets, and queuing up to enter the Forbidden City, so they only spent more than an hour shopping there before noon.

"Feng Lin, let's go eat first. It's noon. Let's eat before we continue shopping." Huang Zhu looked at the time and saw that it was already 12 o'clock, so he said to Qian Fenglin.

"Time flies so fast! I feel like I have to have lunch before I have even gone shopping for a long time?" Qian Fenglin said.

Maybe it was because it was so big and there were so many places to visit that she lost track of time without realizing it.

"It was already very late when we came in in the morning, but if we go shopping in the afternoon after dinner, we should have more time!" Huang Zhu said.

"Okay, let's go eat first," Qian Fenglin said.

There is a restaurant inside the Forbidden City, so they followed the signs and walked towards the place to eat.
Chapter completed!