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Gate of Divine Prowess

神武門
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Open year round, 24/7
Recommended sightseeing time:10-20 minutes
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Inside The Palace of Museum, Dongcheng District | Inside The Palace of Museum, Beijing 100006, ChinaMap
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Shenwumen is the north gate of the Forbidden City. Ming Yongle was built in 18 years (1420), and it was known as Xuanwumen. When the Qing Kangxi year was rebuilt, it was renamed Shenwumen because of the name of avoiding the Kangxi emperor Xuanxuan. The total height of the door is 31m, and the plane rectangular. The base is the Han white jade Sumizu, and the city platform has 3 coupons for the gate hole and the city building is built. The building was built on the Han Baiyu base, with 5 wide faces, 1 deep into the depths, surrounded by Han Baiyu railings. Open the door between the front and the back of the building and the left and right, and the door is separated by the flower. There are double gates in the east and west mountains, which lead to the city wall and the left and right horse roads. Each step out in front of the four doors. The building is the top of the palace, the lower floor is single-sided and single-ang five steps on the bucket, the upper floor is single-sided and heavy-ang seven steps on the bucket, and the beams are decorated with ink lines. The blue bottom of the bucket is hung with gold and bronze characters in the Chinese text "Shenwumen" Huazhao. The top is covered with yellow glazed tiles. The top of the building is a golden lotus water grass ceiling, the ground is paved with gold bricks. The old bell and drums of Shenwumen are managed by Fu Yiwei. The Qin Tianjian instructions are more points, and the doctor is rotated every day. The bell rings 108 after dusk every day, and the drums are more drummed after the bell. After each more bells and drums, the bells will be ringed to announce the dawn when the emperor is in the palace. Shenwumen, as the back door of the palace, is an important access control for daily access in the palace. The two generations of queens in the Ming and Qing Dynasties will enter and exit the gate. The Qing Dynasty draft women every three years, the alternative candidates through this door into the palace. In 1924, the emperor Puyi was expelled from the palace, that is, the sunrise palace also left the door.

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