Outer Court of the Forbidden City

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ceremonial complex palace precinct

The Outer Court of the Forbidden City is the grand southern ceremonial precinct of Beijing’s imperial palace complex, where Ming and Qing emperors conducted major state rituals and governance.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Outer Court of the Forbidden City canonical	4
Hall of Supreme Harmony	3
Gate of Supreme Harmony	1
Three Great Halls of the Forbidden City	1
乾清宫	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ceremonial complex ⓘ palace precinct ⓘ
accessControlledBy	Meridian Gate ⓘ
administeredBy	Palace Museum (Beijing) ⓘ surface form: Palace Museum
architecturalStyle	Chinese imperial architecture ⓘ
currentUse	museum ceremonial space ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
designedFor	New Year and winter solstice rituals ⓘ enthronement ceremonies ⓘ grand imperial audiences ⓘ imperial weddings ⓘ proclamations of imperial edicts ⓘ
directionFromCityCenter	north of Tiananmen Square ⓘ
hasFeature	golden-yellow glazed roof tiles ⓘ large ceremonial squares ⓘ raised three-tier terraces ⓘ red-painted palace walls ⓘ stone imperial ramps with dragon carvings ⓘ triple-hall arrangement ⓘ
hasLayout	axial north–south symmetry ⓘ
hasMainFunction	imperial governance ⓘ state ceremonies ⓘ
hasSubstructure	East Glorious Gate ⓘ Gate of Supreme Harmony ⓘ Hall of Central Harmony ⓘ Hall of Preserving Harmony ⓘ Hall of Supreme Harmony ⓘ Meridian Gate ⓘ West Glorious Gate ⓘ imperial throne platform in Hall of Supreme Harmony ⓘ marble balustrades ⓘ southern ceremonial courtyards ⓘ stone terraces ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang" ⓘ
locatedIn	Beijing ⓘ China ⓘ Dongcheng District, Beijing ⓘ
partOf	Forbidden City ⓘ
periodOfUse	Ming dynasty ⓘ Qing dynasty ⓘ
relativeLocation	southern part of the Forbidden City ⓘ
separatedBy	Gate of Heavenly Purity area ⓘ
separatedFrom	Inner Court of the Forbidden City ⓘ
symbolizes	cosmic order in traditional Chinese political thought ⓘ imperial authority ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince	1987 ⓘ
usedBy	Ming emperors ⓘ Qing emperors ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hall of Central Harmony → locatedInComplex → Outer Court of the Forbidden City ⓘ

Hall of Preserving Harmony → partOf → Outer Court of the Forbidden City ⓘ

Hall of Preserving Harmony → neighboringStructure → Outer Court of the Forbidden City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hall of Supreme Harmony

Zijincheng → hasHall → Outer Court of the Forbidden City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hall of Supreme Harmony

Meridian Gate → leadsTo → Outer Court of the Forbidden City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gate of Supreme Harmony

Palace of Heavenly Purity → ChineseName → Outer Court of the Forbidden City ⓘ

this entity surface form: 乾清宫

Palace of Heavenly Purity → nearbyStructure → Outer Court of the Forbidden City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hall of Supreme Harmony

Baohe Dian → partOf → Outer Court of the Forbidden City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Three Great Halls of the Forbidden City

Inner Court of the Forbidden City → separatedFrom → Outer Court of the Forbidden City ⓘ