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		-- Introduction -- Virtual Guide -- Wumen(Meridian Gate) -- Taihemen (Gate of Supreme Harmony) -- Taihedian (Hall of Supreme Harmony) -- Zhonghedian (Hall of Central Harmony) -- Baohedian (Hall of Preserved Harmony) -- Huge Stone Carving -- Qianqingmen (Gate of Celestial Purity) -- Qianqinggong (Palace of Celestial Purity) -- Jiaotaidian (Hall of Celestial and Terrestrial Union) -- Kunninggong (Palace of Terrestrial Tranquility) -- Yangxindian (Hall of Mental Cultivation) -- Xiliugong (Six Western Palaces) -- Fengxiandian (Hall for Ancestral Worship) -- Dongliugong (Six Eastern Palaces) -- Nine Dragons Screen -- Ningshougong (Palace of Tranquil Longevity) -- Leshoutang (Hall of Joyful Longevity) -- Yuhuayuan (Imperial Garden) Beijing Hotels

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The Hall for Ancestral Worship

Fengxiandian, Hall for Ancestral Worship, was built in 1656 during the Qing dynasty. It has a front hall and a rear hall, which are connected, by a lobby. Its main function was to offer sacrifices to imperial ancestors. Grand sacrifices ceremonies would be held in its front hall on important occasions. On the days of their ancestors' birth, death and traditional festivals, ceremonies would be held in the rear hall.

Shrines and statues in the hall were destroyed in the Cultural Revolution and the lobby has been expanded. Now the hall looks almost square inside and is open to the public as Clock and Watch Exhibition Hall. Different kinds of clocks and watches were given as gifts to the imperial family by foreign envoys in the Qing dynasty, worth seeing.

Go east to visit Ningshougong (Palace of Tranquil Longevity).