The Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City rises some 30 meters above the level of the surrounding square. It was the ceremonial center of imperial power, and the largest surviving wooden structure in China. It is nine bays wide and five bays deep, the numbers nine and five being symbolically connected to the majesty of the Emperor.
This view was made famous in the movie <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Emperor" rel="nofollow">The Last Emperor</a> by Steven Spielberg.
Hall of Supreme Harmony (中文: 太和殿) is a tourist attraction, one of the Palaces in Beijing, China. It is located: 328 km from Tianjin, 470 km from Tangshan, 800 km from Shijiazhuang. Read further
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