The meridian gate as viewed from inside the forbidden city 从紫禁城内望午门。
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Built in 1420 , it is 37 . 95 metres high and is the main gate of the forbidden city 午门是紫禁城的正门，高三七点九五米，建于一四二年。
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This is the square between the meridian gate and the gate of supreme harmony , just ahead 太和门前面是午门和太和门之间的广场，皇帝举行大典时在此排列仪仗。
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It is called meridian gate because the emperor believed that the meridian line went right through the forbidden city and his imperial residence was the center of the whole universe 称为午门是因为皇帝想相子午线从紫禁城穿过，且他的居所是宇宙的正中。
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During important ceremonies presided over by the emperor , guards of honour lined up on the square between the meridian gate and the gate of supreme harmony , the largest square in the palace complex 午门与太和门之间的广场是皇宫内最大的广场，皇帝举行大典时在此排列仪仗。
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At the middle of each four walls stands a gate tower ; the meridian gate in the south , the godly prowess gate in the north , the donghua gate in the east , the xihua gate in the west , and at each of the four comers stands a tower 四面正中设城门四座，上建城门楼阁，南为午门，北为神午门东为东华门西为西华门，城垣外环绕宽米深.米的
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Specially forged to mark the marriage of phillip ii and queen mary , the exhibit , which is arranged against the battlefield background of a tapestry hung on the wall , ushers visitors into the gallery of the meridian gate of the palace museum 这套铠甲是为飞利浦二世迎娶玛丽王后而制作，如今作为展品，它被置于一面战场图案的挂毯前，引领着参观者们进入故宫午门。
