Jiaotai Palace

Jiaotai Palace is in the Forbidden City in Beijing. It was built in the Ming Jiajing years. It was later rebuilt. It was originally a place where the Queen was celebrated on the Qianqiu Festival. Later, there were Spring Festival and winter solstice. It was also received here. Now this is a display hall of the Forbidden City Museum. You can rent an interpreter. Learn about history.

It belongs to one of the three palaces of the Imperial Palace in Beijing, located between the Ganqing Palace and the Suining Palace. The name of the palace is taken from the Yijing, which contains the meaning of "the intersection of heaven and earth, and the beauty of Kangtai". The 12 years of Shunzhi (1655), Kangxi 8 (1669) rebuilt, Jiaqing 2 (1797) dry Qing Palace fire, the temple was destroyed, the temple was rebuilt. On New Year's Day, Qianqiu (Queen's Birthday), the Queen accepts the congratulations here.

Jiaotai Palace, one of the three palaces of the inner court, is located between the dry Qing Palace and the Suining Palace. Jiaotai Palace was rebuilt in the past two years. Jiaotai Palace is mainly the place where the Queen's Qianqiu Festival is celebrated.

Jiaotai Palace is one of the three major palaces in the Forbidden City of the Forbidden City. It is located between the Ganqing Palace and the Suining Palace. The palace of Jiaotai Palace is obviously much smaller than the Ganqing Palace and the Suining Palace. Historically, this is the place where the queen accepted the congratulations. Now there are 25 insignias symbolizing the imperial power of the Qing Dynasty. There is also a large self-tweeting clock more than 5 meters high in the palace, and all the moments in the palace have been dominated by this clock.

The Jiaothai Palace is square in the plane, with a wide surface and three deep in each. The four corners of the yellow glazed tiles are the tip of the golden treasure top, which is smaller than the Zhonghe Palace. There is a throne in the palace, and there are 4 screens behind the throne, and there is Qianlong Royal Pen "Jiaothai Palace Ming". The center of the palace is the Bazao Well. Single-sided four-corner scorpion spire, copper-plated treasure top, yellow glazed tile, double Ang five step on the bucket, Liang Yu decoration dragon and phoenix and color painting. Open the door on all sides, three-way six-scorpion flowers, dragon and phoenix skirt board partition door 4 each, the south is the threshold window, the other three sides are walls. The top of the hall is the panlong pelagic algae well, and the ground is paved with tiles. There is a throne in the hall, and the Kangxi imperial book is suspended "Nothing". There is a board screen behind the throne, and the imperial book Qianlong imperial system "Jiaotai Palace Ming" is set up in the east. There is a copper pot dripping in the east, which will no longer be used after Qianlong. On the west side of Jiaothai Palace, there is a self-tone bell, which was made by Jiaqing for three years. The time in the palace is based on this. The self-tone bell is about 6 meters high, which is the largest ancient clock in China. The 25 treasures in the palace. The 25 treasures are the seal of the emperor's exercise of power. In the 13th year of Qianlong (1748), the emperor stored the 25 treasures representing the imperial power in Jiaotai Palace. These jade scorpions are controlled by the cabinet and are managed by the palace supervisors. They must be consulted with the emperor when they are used, and can only be used with permission.