Where do you want to go on the Mid Autumn Festival? The Forbidden City is the most famous large-scale ancient architectural complex in China. It's the most famous one in the world. It's the imperial palace of Ming and Qing Dynasties. It's of great value both in size and architectural style. What's the Forbidden City closing at 5 p.m?
Opening hours of the Forbidden City
(closed on Monday afternoon except holidays and summer holidays)
Peak season (April 1 to October 31)
Ticket selling and opening time: 8:30
Ticket stop time: 16:00
Stop time: 16:10
Clearing time: 5:00
Off season (November 1 to March 31)
Ticket selling and opening time: 8:30
Ticket stop time: 15:30
Stop time: 15:40
Clearance time: 4:30
Why does the Forbidden City close at 5pm
The Forbidden City, which is listed as the top five palaces in the world, receives about 100000 visitors every day. People who come back from the Forbidden City know that the Forbidden City is closed at 5 p.m. in the off-season and at 4:30 in the peak season. What's the reason?
It's a pleasure for you to visit the Forbidden City. You have talked with your guide about the reasons for closing the gate of the Forbidden City. So you can share the details here:
1. Closed at five o'clock for the sake of tourists and the protection of the Forbidden City
It is a Grand Palace Museum, covering an area of 720000 square meters, which is equivalent to 100 international football fields. There are 9999 and a half palaces in the Palace Museum. Tourists travel there.
Some people like to explore and forget the time when they play. However, once so many pavilions, palaces and temples lose their way, it's hard to find the original way at once.
So before entering the Forbidden City, I knew that it would close at five o'clock, so I would arrange the route, and I would not be too late to find the way back. If I lost my way, the staff should clean up one by one to help tourists out of the palace.
In addition, in order to prevent thieves or lawbreakers from secretly staying in a hidden corner of the Forbidden City, avoiding the surveillance and trying to steal national treasures or destroy cultural relics of the Forbidden City in the dark, the blind area should be specially monitored, and the staff should check one by one. If it is not closed at five, it is likely that they will not be able to work at night.
After all, since the founding of the people's Republic of China, there have been five cases of theft in the Forbidden City. The staff have to do a good job in security every day, and have more time to clean up the site to ensure that there is no risk.
In order to clear the site in time and protect the cultural relics and buildings of the Forbidden City, the Forbidden City was closed at 5:00 p.m.
2. Closed at five to reduce stress and protect staff
The imperial palace is the imperial palace of Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are more than 600 years of 24 emperors and tens of thousands of concubines living here. Since ancient times, there have been countless enemies here. It is said that after 5 p.
Although there are no ghosts in the world, there is a legend in every scenic spot of the Forbidden City, especially in some places, such as the princess well.
When Cixi escaped from the palace, she did not forget to throw the princess into the well, and only a year later did she salvage the body.
It is said that the well is filled with water in the daytime and a figure in the evening. However, the figure is not the reflection of the viewer.
It's the face of a woman in the Qing Dynasty after soaking. Some people say that it's the ghost of the princess. She tells the grievance with the shadow.
If you are alone at four or five o'clock in the afternoon to see if the princess well will feel the ghost blowing in the back of your head, and you will be scared out of your wits.
Moreover, there are ten miraculous events in the Forbidden City, each of which is passed on to the supernatural, such as the passing of Yin soldiers, the walking of palace maids, and the event of Chu Xiu Palace & hellip; & hellip;
And the staff are very familiar with each legend, which inevitably leads to psychological pressure and fear during work. The Forbidden City is closed at five o'clock, and the early end of work is also a kind of protection and decompression for the staff.
3. In order to leave time for staff to check and clean
The Forbidden City has a large scale, and the flow of tourists is large. It usually has 70000 visitors and 100000 visitors on holidays.
The task of cleaning the domestic garbage left by tourists is not small, and the garbage should be collected and transported away to ensure the smooth progress of the next day's visit and reception.
As for the stains left on the wall by some tourists and the damage of some objects, they have to be cleaned, replenished and repaired by the staff.
In order to meet the needs of the work, the staff have enough time to check and clean the articles, so the Forbidden City is closed at five.