Massive doors at entrance - The raised red section is to keep out evil spirits. It is bad luck to step on it.

Large Stone Carving - The largest in the palace - 16.75 meters long, 3.07 meters wide, and 1.7 meters thick, weighing over 200 tons. It was quarried and carved in the early Ming Dynasty and transported to the palace in the winter by sprinkling water on the road to create ice. The whole process took 3 months and one of our group commented that it would take that long to get a permit at home.

The Imperial Garden - This hill was created for the concubines to climb since it was considered good luck to climb a hill at least once per year, and the concubines could not leave the area to climb a hill elsewhere.