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1.故宫? 故宫又名紫禁城，位于北京市中心、天安门广场北1km，景山南门对面。故宫外围是一条护城河，河内是周长3km、高近10米的城墙，城墙四面都有门，南有午门，北有神武门，东有东华门，西有西华门；城墙四角还耸立着4座角楼，造型别致，玲珑剔透。? 故宫大体可分为两部分，南为工作区，即外朝；北为生活区，即内廷。其所有建筑排列在中轴线上，东西对称。在居住区以北还有一个小巧别致的御花园，是皇室人员游玩之所。? 现在故宫的一些宫殿中设有综合性展览，收藏有大量古代艺术珍品，是中国文物收藏最丰富的博物馆。? 1.?The?Imperial?Palace? The?Imperial?Palace,?also?known?as?the?Forbidden?City,?is?located?in?the?center?of?Beijing?City,?1?km?north?from?the?Tiananmen?Square,?right?opposite?the?south?gate?of?Jingshan?Mountain.?Outside?the?Imperial?Palace?lies?a?moat,?on?the?inner?side?of?which?there?s?the?city?wall?whose?perimeter?is?3?km?with?a?height?of?nearly?10?meters.?The?wall?has?one?gate?on?each?side:?the?Meridian?Gate?to?the?south,?the?Shenwu?Gate?to?the?north,?the?Donghua?Gate?to?the?east?and?the?Xihua?Gate?to?the?west;?besides,?there?re?four?exquisitely?carved?unique?turrets?standing?at?each?corner?of?the?wall.?The?Forbidden?City?can?be?roughly?divided?into?two?parts:?the?southern?part,?the?working?area,?is?called?“the?outer?court”?and?the?northern?part,?the?living?area,?is?regarded?as?“the?imperial?palace”.?All?the?constructions?of?the?Imperial?Palace?are?arranged?orderly?on?the?central?axis?with?eastwest?symmetry.?To?the?north?of?the?living?area?is?the?small?but?unique?Imperial?Garden?where?the?royal?family?amuse?themselves.? Nowadays,?some?palaces?in?the?Forbidden?City?have?been?equipped?with?comprehensive?exhibitions?where?abundant?ancient?art?treasures?are?collected.?The?National?Palace?Museum?is?the?museum?that?collects?the?most?cultural?relics?in?China.? 2.天坛公园? 天坛位于北京城南端，是明清两代皇帝祭祀天地之神和祈祷五谷丰收的地方。天坛包括圜丘和祈谷二坛，围墙分内外两层，呈回字形。北围墙为弧圆形，南围墙与东西墙成直角相交，为方形。这种南方北圆，通称“天地墙”，象征古代“天圆地方”之说。外坛墙东、南、北三面均没有门，只有西边修两座大门——圜丘坛门和祈谷坛门（也称天坛门）。而内坛墙四周则有东、南、西、北四座天门。内坛建有祭坛和斋宫，并有一道东西横墙，南为圜丘坛，北为祈谷坛。? 2.?The?Temple?of?Heaven? Located?in?southern?Beijing?City,?the?Temple?of?Heaven?is?the?place?where?the?emperors?of?Ming?and?Qing?Dynasties?worshiped?Heaven?and?prayed?for?bumper?crops.?The?Temple?of?Heaven?is?comprised?of?the?Circular?Mound?Altar?and?the?Ha