Hall of Union and Peace interior 2010 April

The Hall of Union (;

Manchu The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized ethnic minority in China and the people from whom Manchuria derives its name. The Later Jin (1616–1636) and ...

: ''giyoo tai diyan'') is a building in the

Forbidden City The Forbidden City () is a Chinese palace, palace complex in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, at the center of the Imperial City, Beijing, Imperial City of Beijing. It is surrounded by numerous opulent imperial gardens and temples includ ...

, in

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. It stands between the

Palace of Heavenly Purity The Palace of Heavenly Purity, or Qianqing Palace (; Manchu:; Möllendorff: ''kiyan cing gung'') is a palace in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. It is the largest of the three halls of the Inner Court (the other two being the Hall of Union ...

and the

Palace of Earthly Tranquility The Palace of Earthly Tranquility (; Manchu: ''kun ning gung'') is the northernmost of the three main halls of the Inner Court of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. The other two halls are the Palace of Heavenly Purity and Hall of Union. Th ...

. These three halls together constitute the centre of the Inner Court of the palace complex. The hall is square in shape with a pyramidal roof. Stored here are the 25 Imperial Seals of the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

, as well as other ceremonial items, including the clocks that set the official time in the palace (first a

water clock A water clock or clepsydra (; ; ) is a timepiece by which time is measured by the regulated flow of liquid into (inflow type) or out from (outflow type) a vessel, and where the amount is then measured. Water clocks are one of the oldest time-m ...

, later a mechanical clock, both still displayed in the hall.

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Forbidden City Royal residences in China Qing dynasty architecture {{PRChina-museum-stub

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