This Official Forbidden City Map gives a schematic overview of The Forbidden City area.
The Map includes to the North and Top of this Map: The Palace Museum ( Forbidden City ) within its walls and surrounding moat , to the South and bottom of this Map: Wumen or the Official South Gate of the Palace Museum and Forbidden City Grounds. The most Southern Gate depicted is Wu Men ( or the Gate of the Meridian ) that historically served as the Palaces Main Gate and is now The Palace Museum Main Gate. Wu Men stands at the North of Tian An Men at TiananMen Square and DuanMen North of TiananMen. The entire map area is locally referred to as Forbidden City or GuGong. The Palace Grounds proper are known as the Palace Museum. The Palace Museum is China's number one tourist attraction, a United Nations World Heritage Site and the largest preserved group of wooden buildings in the World.
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Introduction to the Forbidden City (The Palace Museum) Official Schematic Map
