·The Hall of Supreme Harmony, commonly known as the Jinluan Hall, is the highest-standard existing palace in China and is known as the first of the “Three Oriental Palaces”.
·The interior of the palace is very luxuriously decorated, with gold bricks paving the floor and a gold painted cloud and dragon pattern throne, inlaid with thousands of gold dragon patterns, which is extremely exquisite.
·There are also sundial, bronze turtle, bronze crane, etc. in front of the hall, as well as stone faucets for drainage. During the rainy season, the spectacle of thousands of dragons spitting water can be seen.
·At the same time, it is also the center of gravity of the Forbidden City, used to hold various grand ceremonies, such as the emperor’s coronation, the emperor’s wedding, the appointment of the queen, etc.
Telephone
010-85007938;010-85007421
Reference when using
1-3 hours
transportation
Subway: Take Metro Line 1, get off at Tiananmen East Station or Tiananmen West Station, and walk from Tiananmen Square.
Bus: Take bus 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 52, 57, 22, 54, 120, 802, Special 1 and get off at Zhongshan Park Station or Tiananmen Station (main entrance)
Tickets
Tickets for the Forbidden City are 60 yuan
Opening hours
08:30-16:30 (January 1st - December 31st Tuesday - Sunday) 08:30-17:00 (January 1st - December 31st Tuesday - Sunday) Not open to the public (all day not open)
(January 1 - December 31, Monday) 08:30-16:30 (New Year’s Day, Spring Festival) (January 1 - December 31, Monday - Sunday) 08:30-17:00 (Qingming Festival , Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day) (January 1st - December 31st, Monday - Sunday)