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Hall for Ancestral
Worship
Fengxiandian, Hall for Ancestral
Worship, was built in 1656 during the Qing dynasty. It has a front hall
and a rear hall, which are connected, by a lobby. Its main function was to
offer sacrifices to imperial ancestors. Grand sacrifices ceremonies would
be held in its front hall on important occasions. On the days of their
ancestors' birth, death and traditional festivals, ceremonies would be
held in the rear hall.
Shrines and statues
in the hall were destroyed in the Cultural Revolution and the lobby has
been expanded. Now the hall looks almost square inside and is open to the
public as Clock and Watch Exhibition Hall. Different kinds of clocks and
watches were given as gifts to the imperial family by foreign envoys in
the Qing dynasty, worth seeing.
Go east
to visit Ningshougong (Palace of Tranquil Longevity).
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SECTION 1
Introduction
Guide
Meradian Gate
SECTION 2
Taihemen
Supreme
Harnony
Central
Harmony
Preserved
Harmony
SECTION 3
Huge Stone Carving
Gate of
Celestial Purity
Palace of
Celestial Purity
Palace of Terrestrial Treanquility
Hall of Mental Cultivation
SECTION 4
Six Western
Palaces
Hall for
Ancestral Worship
Six Eastern Palaces
Nine Dragon Screen
Palace of
Tranquil Longevity
Hall of Joyful Longevity
Imperial Garden
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