Exhibition Halls
These halls at either side of the palace complex display traditional Chinese artwork, porcelain wares, bronze wares, watches, clocks, brush paintings, calligraphies, and other valuable treasures. Among these exhibition rooms, two are the most popular: the Clock and Watch Exhibition Hall (in the eastern part of the inner court), and the Exhibition Hall of Treasures (in the northeast of the inner court).
Forbidden City Attraction List
- Meridian Gate
- Hall of Supreme Harmony (Taihedian)
- Hall of Central Hall (Zhonghedian)
- Hall of Preserving Harmony (Baohedian)
- Gate of Heavenly Peace (Qianqingmen)
- Palace of Heavenly Peace (Qianqinggong)
- Palace of Union and Peace (Jiaotaidian)
- Hall of Terrestrial Tranquility(Kunninggong)
- Hall of Mental Cultivation(Yangxindian)
- Imperial Garden
- Exhibition Halls
- Office of Privy Council
- Zhen Concubine Well
- Hall of Imperial Zenith
Collections inside the immense complex cover all the possible categories of artifacts from ancient times and they rank number 1 in terms of distinction, variety and quantity. These historical relics are of great historical and tourist value. They rekindle a sense of historical continuity among all the changes over China's over 5,000 years of civilizations. About 85% of the 1,500,000 exhibits are the arts of work from the Qing court. The ancient treasures carry the weight of Chinese tradition and are the embodiment of China's glorious history.
Relics displayed at the Beijing Forbidden City Exhibition Halls only part of the original imperial collections and another part was removed to Taiwan during the civil war and is now on display at the Taibei Forbidden City Museum.
The Hall of Clock and Watch
This exhibition hall houses over 200 clocks and watches
from the imperial collection. These watches and clocks were made mostly in Switzerland, England, France, the U.S. and Japan, presented as gifts to the Emperors by foreign envoys. The 51 Chinese clocks were either made by imperial clockmakers given as tributes from Guangzhou or Suzhou. Although they were made over 200 years ago some of the clocks on display still work.
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