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Are dragons in Hall of Supreme Peace too many to count?

Different kinds of dragon ornaments in the Hall of Supreme Peace can be found everywhere. People say there are too many to count. . However, after a lot of hard work, experts figured there were 13,844 altogether.

How much does the Yunlong Stone Strip weigh?

The famous Yunlong Stone Strip paved on the Imperial Palace road in the Forbidden City is the biggest carved stone in China. Records show it was carved from a 300-ton rough stone, weighing 239 tons after roughhewing and 200 after intensive carving.

How many copper jars are there in the Forbidden City?

Historical records show that once there were 308 copper jars in the Forbidden City including 22 gold-plated ones.

Other places in Beijing

How long is Chang'an Avenue?

Chang'an Avenue, referring to the place between Dongdan and Xidan in stricter sense or Jianguo Gate to Fuxing Gate in general, was usually called "The 10-li (a traditional Chinese length unit, 1/2 km) avenue". But the streets in stricter sense and in general are actually 7.4 or 13.4 li long respectively. As for the latest saying of "the 100 li long avenue", it indicates the avenue from Tongzhou to Shijingshan with the length of 84 li. It is thus clear that 10 and 100 li here are not the exact number, but rather a general term.

Is Qianmen Gate 99 feet tall?

An old saying goes in Beijing that Qianmen Gate is 99 feet tall. As a matter of fact that is only a guess as to the height of Qianmen Gate, for nine is the largest yang number under ten, so people assumed the Gate's height would correspondingly incorporate the number nine. .But when measured, it was found that Qianmen Gate is 40.94 meters high, the highest among all the 16 gates in Beijing.

How long is the Long Corridor of the Summer Palace in Beijing?

It is 728 meters long from the Yaoyuemen in the east to the Shizhang kiosk in the south and includes 273 rooms and more than 14,600 paintings.

How much does the copper kiosk in the Summer Palace weigh?

The copper kiosk was built in 1755 with almost 207, 000 kilograms of copper.