The main buildings in the palace adopt the principle of "facing the front and sleeping at the back", and the palace is divided into two parts, namely, the front and rear courtyard and the inner courtyard, with the walls of Zhumingmen, Zhangsumen and Hua Qian as the boundaries. Zhu Mingmen and Qian Huamen belong to the "former dynasty" outside and the "inner dynasty" inside.

Yangchang-chengtianmen

Chengtianmen and Dongxi Temple are the outer courtyards, which are "places for holding ceremonies and consulting the public"

China and Korea-Taiji Hall

Taking the Taiji Hall as the middle dynasty is the place where the emperor mainly listens to politics and watches the dynasty. On the first day of the first lunar month (the first day of the first lunar month) and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor received the ministers in this temple and looked at the government. In addition, when the emperor ascended the throne, the ceremony of conferring the empresses, princes, kings and princesses and banquets for tribute envoys were also held in this hall, which is the most prestigious hall in Chang 'an Sannei. In order to facilitate the work, there are introspection halls, macro-literature halls and history halls on the east side of Taiji Hall, and introspection halls and Sheren halls on the west side of Taiji Hall, which are the office places for the prime minister and the emperor's cronies, so that the emperor can consult them at any time and write documents and imperial edicts according to the emperor's will.

Neiting-Liangyi Hall

Taking the Hall of Two Instruments in the Imperial Palace as the inner court, it is a place where emperors and clansmen get together to discuss and return medical treatment. Because the Hall of Two Instruments is forbidden to enter, only a few ministers can enter to discuss state affairs with the emperor, so their manners are more casual, and this is often the place where Emperor Taizong banquets ministers and envoys. Emperor Taizong has hosted banquets for officials with more than five items in this hall many times, which is the second hall of Taiji Palace.

On the east side of Liangyi Hall, there is Wanchun Hall, and on the west side, there is a rich ball hall.

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Behind Taijitang is Zhuming Gate, and to the north is Liangyi Gate. The cross street between Zhumingmen and Liangyimen is the dividing line between the court and the bedroom.

The sleeping area is divided into two rows of palaces by a horizontal street (Yongxiang). In the middle of the front row is the building of Liang Yitang, in the north of Hengjie is the Ganlu Gate, and in the door is the sleeping hall Ganlu Hall (there are Shenlong Hall and Anren Hall on the left and right, and then Dajitang, Baifutang Hall and Chengqing Hall on both sides, each with its own courtyard). Yongxiangnan is the emperor's living area, that is, "the emperor's bedroom", and Yongxiangbei is the queen's concubine's living area, that is, "the back bedroom". The foreign minister is absolutely forbidden to enter. Yongxiang has four transverse gates: Donghengmen, Xihengmen, Rihuamen and Yuehuamen. In the middle of the front row is the building of Liang Yi Guild Hall to the north of Hengjie, and in the middle is Ganlu Gate, which is the sleeping hall Ganlu Hall. There are Dragon Hall and Anren Hall around Ganlu Hall, and then there are Daji Hall, Baifu Hall and Chengqing Hall on both sides, each with its own courtyard.

To the north of the sleeping area is Hou Yuan. There are several large ponds in the middle and west of the garden, which are called East, West and South China Sea. There are some gardens around Sanchi, a group of mountain ponds in the northwest corner, and buildings such as Qianbulang. There are a series of pavilions in the east, such as Lingyan Pavilion, Chengong Pavilion, Ziyun Pavilion and Ningyun Pavilion. The inner wall of Lingyan Pavilion is painted with a portrait of the hero of Taizong to express the memory of the founding heroes.

East and west sides of Taiji Palace are East Palace and Ye Ting Palace respectively. These two palaces are smaller in area than Taiji Palace, and they are vertical rectangular buildings, which were built in the early Sui Dynasty.

Yeting Palace is where maids live, and women with criminal bureaucratic families cooperate with anyone. It is roughly divided into three areas, the middle of which is the residential area for ladies-in-waiting, and it also includes the places where women in criminal bureaucratic families are not working. The northern part of Ye Ting Palace is Taicang, and the southwestern part is the seat of the Office of the Interior (eunuch institution).

The East Palace is the residence of the Prince, also known as the Spring Palace and the Storage Palace. From Emperor Yangdi Yong Yang to Emperor Taizong Li Zhi, they all lived here. Since Xuanzong, the Crown Prince has been living in the palace with his father. The main hall of the East Palace is the Mingde Hall, which is the first main hall of the East Palace. It is the place where the Crown Prince receives ministers and holds important political activities. In addition, the Chongwen Pavilion in the East Palace is also a very important political hall. This is the place where the Crown Prince studies. There is a "Bachelor of Chongxian Pavilion" who entered the palace to listen in. Later, it became an aristocratic school in the Tang Dynasty (the Tang system stipulated: "Chongwentang was twenty students, the royal family was above the royal family, the empress dowager and empress were above the royal family, the prime minister and scattered officials who contributed were the first prize, and the Beijing official was the son of the assistant minister of Huangmen who won the third prize"). In addition, Chongwen Hall is also the place where the palace secrets are sorted out, and it is a large royal library.

In addition, I attach the internal structure diagram of the Imperial City (central office area) I am looking for:

Daming Palace:

Layout of Daming Palace

Daming Palace is located in Longshouyuan, northeast of Miyagi, Chang 'an City in Tang Dynasty. Miyagi is rectangular in the south and trapezoidal in the north.

Imperial troops were stationed on the east and west sides outside the palace gate, and the command organ of the imperial army-"Beiya" was set up at the north gate. The whole palace can be divided into two parts: the former dynasty and the inner court. The former dynasty was dominated by the Chaohui, occupying the highest end of Longshou Mountain (Lu Yong); The inner courtyard is mainly for living and feasting, and the terrain is low.

Danfengmen is the south gate of the main entrance of Daming Palace, in front of which is Danfengmen Street, with a width of176m. North of Danfengmen is the north-south central axis composed of Hanyuan Hall, Zhengxuan Hall, Chenzi Hall, Penglai Hall, Hanliang Hall and Xuanwu Hall, and most other buildings in the palace are also distributed along this axis.

Hanyuan Hall (outer court), Zhengxuan Hall (middle court) and Chenzi Hall (inner court) are the three main halls of Daming Palace, and the main hall is Hanyuan Hall.

The Hall of the Han and Yuan Dynasties is a place where important celebrations and conferences are held. There are three Quexiang Luan pavilions and Qifeng pavilions in the southeast and southwest of the main hall, which are connected with the main hall by rectangular corridors. The whole building is concave. In front of the main hall is a long tail road with alternating steps and slopes, and the road surface is paved with tiles. There is also a palace gate in front of Wei Long Road, with east-west partition walls on the left and right.

Zheng Xuan Dian, located in the north of Han and Yuan Dian, is the place where the emperor listened to politics near the court, which is called "China-DPRK". In front of Zheng Xuan Hall, there are official offices such as Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, Hong Wen Museum, History Museum and Yushitai Museum. There are three parallel Zheng Xuan doors in front of the temple. As the palace of the Chang Dynasty, Zhengxuan Hall is the core of the three halls on the central axis of Daming Palace, from which many important historical events and imperial edicts affecting the historical process of the Tang Dynasty were planned and promulgated. The main purposes of this temple are as follows:

First of all, watch the new moon and accept North Korea: It is a routine activity for the emperor to accept North Korea in Zheng Xuan Palace. This is looking at the new moon and North Korea.

Second, the regular court: Usually, the regular court does not listen to politics every day. Generally, the emperor and the prime minister decided to meet in the court every few days according to the situation.

Third, the emperor's personal bow: the emperor's personal bow ceremony and ceremony are mostly held in Zheng Xuan Hall. After the celebration, Feng Danmen of Daming Palace usually announces the world and Amnesty.

Fourth, teach the national seal and the new emperor acceded to the throne.

Fifth, the imperial examination was held by a juren: for example, in May of the second year of Gan Yuan (759), Su Zong, who had not been in the throne for a long time, conducted the imperial examination for four imperial examiners, including Wen Jing Guo Bang, in Zheng Xuandian.

Six, read the season: founded in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, that is, every year, the five solar terms of beginning of spring, Changxia, Dashu, beginning of autumn and beginning of winter must read the season before the order. On the day of the festival, the emperor ascended the throne and put on clothes corresponding to the solar terms. The following ministers' orders are in place, and the three ministers read them out with the seasons. There is still tradition in the Tang Dynasty, but it is not so strict.

7. Convene ministers on May 1st every year: From the seventh year of Zhenyuan in Dezong (79 1) to the third year of Zongyuan in Xian (808), the emperor always convenes ministers in this hall on May 1st every year. There are more than nine officials in Beijing, including foreign officials gathered in Beijing for North Korea. The scene is extremely grand.

8. Meeting with the diplomatic envoys of Fanbang.

Chen Zitang, located in the north of Zheng Xuantang, is the inner court in the three dynasties system, that is, the place where "always listens to the court and looks at things", also known as Tian Zi Convenient Hall. Ministers appeared in front of the emperor here, called "entering the cabinet." When Tang Xuanzong looked at the DPRK, the practice was not seriously implemented. On the contrary, while officials were waiting for orders and summonses outside Zheng Xuan Hall, he was listening to politics in Chenzi Hall. In the east of Chenzi Hall, there are a bathing hall and a greenhouse hall, and in the west, there are a hall for prolonging the life of heroes and an elephant hall, which are juxtaposed and become the place for the emperor's daily activities. There is a street in the north of Chenziting, which is the bedroom where empresses live.

North of Longshou Mountain is the backyard, which is low-lying. Longshou Canal water enters the city to form a lake, that is, Taiye Pool. Most of the sleeping halls and toilet halls in Tian Zi are concentrated in the Longshou Mountain highland in the southeast of Taiye Pool. In the backyard, the emperor arranged political affairs and hosted banquets for ministers, which were placed in the highland of Longshou Mountain on the southwest bank of Taiye Pool. On the other hand, in the north of Taiye Pool, the terrain is broad and flat, and some entertainment places and ancillary landscapes of Taiye Pool are inserted, such as Cuidian, Racecourse Building and Cockfighting Platform. Linde Hall was built in Linde period of Tang Gaozong. It is located in the highland west of Taiye Pool in the north of Daming Palace. It is the largest hall in the palace and the most complex building complex in the Tang Dynasty. It is also a place for banquets, informal interviews and entertainment of the emperor.

During the banquet in Linde Hall, history can seat 3,000 people in front of the hall and under the porch, perform hundreds of plays and play polo in front of the hall. In addition, there are more than 30 other halls, pavilions and temples.

Daming Palace follows the architectural layout pattern of Taiji Palace to a great extent, namely:

First, face to face;

Second, the central axis is symmetrical;

Third, the three-hall system;

Fourth, multiple palace wall defense system;

Fifth, the courtyard layout.

The pattern of outer, middle and inner dynasties composed of Yuan, Yuan and Yuan was mostly imitated by later palaces, and the three halls of the Forbidden City in Beijing, namely the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe and the Hall of Baohe, were the embodiment of this pattern.

Xingqing Palace:

After the expansion of Xingqing Palace, the east-west length of Miyagi is1080m, and the north-south length is1250m, with a total area of 2016mu. The plane is rectangular, and is divided into a palace area in the north and a garden area in the south by an east-west wall (opposite to Taiji Palace and Daming Palace). * * * There are six city gates: the main entrance is Xiyuan-north of Xingqing Gate and Xiyuan-south of Jinming Gate; Opposite the East Garden is Xingqing Gate-Jinhua Gate, and the southeast corner-Chuyang Gate; Gong Bei is in the middle of the Great Wall-Yuelongmen; The south wall is in the middle, the outer wall is Yangtongmen, and the inner wall is Mingguang Gate.

Bei Gong District:

Xingqing Hall complex: It faces south, with Datong Gate in front, Bell and Drum Tower on the left and right, Datong Hall in the back, Xingqing Hall in the main hall and Jiaotai Hall at the end.

On the central axis of Yuelongmen in the North Gate, the main hall is Nanxun Hall, and there are buildings such as Xinshe Hall and Jinhua Luo in the northeast of Miyagi.

Southern garden area:

With Longchi as the center, there are Chenxiang Temple and Baihua Gardens on the northeast bank of the pond, Wulongtan and Longtang on the south bank, and the Huaxianghui Building and Diligent Service Building in the southwest. According to legend, there are lotus, water chestnut and various algae cryptophytes in Longchi, and Buddleja is also planted in the south bank of the pond. On the east side of the East Palace, there is a double-wall highway connecting Daming Palace and Furong Garden.

The above content is compiled from three entries of Baidu Encyclopedia Taiji Palace, Daming Palace and Xingqing Palace.