Taking the Qing Dynasty as an example, the palace distribution:
The Empress Dowager's Palace: Ning Sheng Palace.
The Emperor's Palace: the Imperial Qian Palace, including the Hall of Nourishing Heart and the Hall of Imperial Hunger.
Empress Palace: Kunning Palace, including the main hall, Yongshou Hall, Wutai Hall, Shu Jingxuan, Huamuyuan, Jinmoju, Listen to the Snow Hall, Wang Xianglou.
Low concubines residence: the Palace. Including four halls, six Xuan, six courts, six halls, six residences, six pavilions, six floors, six fasting.
East six palaces:
Ruyue Palace: the main hall, Yalan Hall, amazing Hall, Yinshang Xuan, the first cloud garden, Yuexiu Residence, Bright Moon Hall, Luoying House.
Changxin Palace: the main hall, the Hall of Containing Virtue, the Hall of Bright Light, the Xuan Jiangxue Xuan, the Court of Leaning Plum, the Ningxin Residence, the Hall of Whispering Cherries, and the House of Heavenly Coquettishness.
Zhao Yang Palace: the main hall, Fei Yu Hall, Yu Hall, Miao Yun Xuan, Jin Si Yuan, He Huan Residence, Cun Ju Hall, Nian Feng Building.
Yuande Palace: the main hall, Jingfu Hall, Yufu Hall, Chengrui Xuan, Drunken Flower Garden, Taoran Residence, Miaoyin Hall, and Fubi House.
Hsien Yin Palace: the main hall, the Hall of Joy and Harmony, the Hall of Splendid Brocade, Taiping Xuan, Ling Nymphaea Court, Ying Lip Residence, Ling Yue Hall, Cloud Smoke House.
Bingquan Palace: the main hall, Ripples Hall, Jiyue Hall, Fuxiang Xuan, Yungui Yuan, Liu Shangju, Tiren Hall, Yongchang Building.
Six Western Palaces:
Jianzhang Palace: the main hall, Yongyan Hall, Jinhua Hall, Xinhai Xuan, Ruiheyuan, Painted Eyebrows Residence, Anhe Hall, Yi Evening House.
Yuxiu Palace: the main hall, Nanxun Hall, Xiyi Hall, Yunyan Xuan, Piusu Yuan, Qiushui Residence, Picking the Moon Hall, Zijing Building.
Huayang Palace: Main Hall, Qingyan Hall, Cold Fragrance Hall, Jiayan Xuan, Warm Makeup Court, Chengxiang Residence, Binxie Hall, Qinyun Building.
Yongning Palace: the main hall, Mingluan Hall, Pinghong Hall, Shuimo Xuan, Evening Garden, Slanting Sun Residence, Water Shadow Hall, Muyun House.
Yudie Palace: Main Hall, Fine Dish Hall, Caiyong Hall, Drunken Xia Xuan, Yue Li Yuan, Fei Mo Residence, Jen Poetry Hall, Flower Shadow House.
Yafeng Palace: the main hall, the Hall of Hianjin, the Hall of Yaoguang, the Hibiscus Xuan, the Shuiyan Yuan, the Diffractive Celebration Residence, the Jingping Hall, and the Chongyun Building.
Expanded Information:
Overall Layout of the Forbidden City
The Forbidden City is surrounded by a 12-meter-high, 3,400-meter-long wall, in the form of a rectangular city, with a 52-meter-wide moat, which is located just outside the wall. There are 52-meter-wide moat around, forming a fortress of strict walls. The Forbidden City has four gates, the main gate named Wumen, the east gate named Donghuamen, the west gate named Xihuamen, the north gate named Shenwumen.
Facing the north gate of the Shenwu Gate, Jingshan, built of earth and stone. In the overall layout, Jingshan can be said to be the barrier of the Forbidden City complex. The Forbidden City is about 960 meters long from north to south and about 750 meters wide from east to west, with an area of more than 720,000 square meters and more than 8,000 existing houses. It is surrounded by a 10-meter-high wall with a 52-meter-wide moat.
There is a gate on each of the four sides, with the Noon Gate in the south, the Shenwu Gate in the north, the Donghuamen Gate in the east and the Xihuamen Gate in the west. The Forbidden City consists of two major parts: the outer court and the inner court. The outer court is centered on the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Central Harmony and the Hall of Preservation of Harmony, with the Hall of Wenhua in the east and the Hall of Wuying in the west as the two wings, where the court holds its great ceremonies.
Behind the outer court is the inner court, with the Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Hall, Kunning Palace, the Imperial Garden, and the six palaces in the east and west, where the emperor dealt with his daily political affairs and where the emperor and the consorts lived. In addition, the east side of the Ning Shou Palace area, is the Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong to do the supreme emperor abdicated retirement.
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