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The Imperial Palace Museum
- Nei Ting - West Parallel Corridor -
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The Official schematic Map of The Forbidden City, by The Palace Museum.
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Gate into access Alley to Kun Ning Gong, the Palace of... and adjacent Chang Chun Gong.
The Western Long Corridor continues past multiple gates to Palaces, all the way to the South-West Gate of the Imperial Palace Gardens. On the right hand (East) lies the Larger Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Gate number two leads to a passage running due West, giving access to Yung Shou Gong - Palace of Immortality and Tai Yi Dian(=Hall) beyond.
Quite some distance past Gate number lies Western Gate number 3 which gives access through to Kun Ning Gong and Chang Chun Gong further West.
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Enter into the southern stretch of the Western Long Corridor. The first gates lead East to the courtyard of the Palace of Heavenly Purity (usually closed off) and left and West to the Palace of Mental Cultivation, Yang Xin Gong(=Palace).
After passing through a Gate inside the Western Corridor one enters the main central section of the Corridor.