The Palace of the Heavenly Kingdom, Nanjing can be easily located at 292 Changjiang Road. From the year 1853 to 1864, it was during the reign of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that it established its capital in Tianjing. It is Tianjing that is known as modern day Nanjing. The place is really fascinating and when you are touring the place do not miss the Palace of the Heavenly Kingdom, Nanjing.
The Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan had built the Palace of the Heavenly Kingdom, Nanjing. Just opposite to it is the archway and a screen wall. When you go inside there is a memorial tablet that commemorates the hundredth anniversary of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Just behind this archway is a house that has 17 bays on either of the sides.
Within the compound of the Palace of the Heavenly Kingdom in Nanjing there is the palace of 5 bays. Each of the bays each has a width of 35.2 meters and a depth of 13.4 meters. In front of the palace is a house that has a width of 26 meters and a depth of 4.6 meters. There is a platform in front of the house that has a width of 26 meters and a depth of 10 meters. The side walls of this raised platform have been made of limestone and it is lined with city wall bricks that belonged to the Ming Dynasty. These bricks have been glued together with lime and yellow clay.
What is surprising about the Palace of the Heavenly Kingdom, Nanjing is that just behind the palace there is a hallway and also a room for keeping warm. On all the sides of the hallway there are three rows of halls that are in the form of the alphabet I. On the western part of the axis of the palace there is an architectural group. This is known as the West Garden and this replicates the Xiyuan Garden in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty.
The garden is beautiful too with a pool that is shaped like a vase. There is also a waterside pavilion, a marble boat, the Yilan Pavilion, the Banting Pavilion and the Mandarin Pavilion. Therefore do not miss this popular tourist destination of Nanjing.
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