9月29日,故宫博物院正式新开放西部断虹桥至慈宁宫区域,将两处之间的南北向通道打开,进一步扩大了开放面积,使观众能够在参观休憩、游赏古迹的同时,更多领略到皇家宫殿的神秘精彩。 请看相关报道: The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, opened more areas to the public on Thursday. 9月29日,故宫博物院进一步扩大对公众开放区域。 The Broken Rainbow Bridge and the Eighteen Ancient Pagoda Trees in the west of the palace compound opened to the public for the first time. 故宫西区的断虹桥和十八槐古迹都是首次对外开放。 Seventy-six percent of the Forbidden City will be open by the end of this year, and more areas are waiting to receive visitors. 故宫的开放面积将在今年年底前达到76%,未来将有更多区域对游客开放。 故宫(the Palace Museum),也叫紫禁城(the Forbidden City),是中国明清两代的皇家宫殿(the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty),也是游客来北京的必游之地。北京故宫以三大殿为中心,占地72万平方米,建筑面积约15万平方米,有大小宫殿七十多座,房屋九千余间,是世界上现存规模最大、保存最为完整的木质结构古建筑之一(the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world)。 |