Use a frame-within-a-frame composition, with doorframes and tree branches serving as natural frames to enhance the depth of the image. Employ a symmetrical composition with the palace as the central focus, flanked by symmetrically arranged stone railings on both sides, and steps leading the viewer's gaze upward to the roof tablet. Shoot from a low angle inside the doorframe, capturing the foreground doorframe, overhanging branches, and the complete structure of the palace and stone railings. Travel Tip: Admission is 60 RMB.

The Palace Museum - Palace Architecture and Stone Railings

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Inside the Imperial Garden, The Palace Museum, No. 4 Jingshan Front Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing.

Photography Tips

Use a frame-within-a-frame composition, with doorframes and tree branches serving as natural frames to enhance the depth of the image. Employ a symmetrical composition with the palace as the central focus, flanked by symmetrically arranged stone railings on both sides, and steps leading the viewer's gaze upward to the roof tablet. Shoot from a low angle inside the doorframe, capturing the foreground doorframe, overhanging branches, and the complete structure of the palace and stone railings. Travel Tip: Admission is 60 RMB.

Walking Guide

Walk 12 meters east, then turn left.

Walk north for 73 meters, then turn right.

Walk north to the Inner Left Gate (on your right) and then turn left.

Walk west along Donghua Gate Road for 79 meters, then turn right.

Walk 73 meters straight to the northeast.

Walk 11 meters west, then turn right.

Walk west and pass through the Kunning Gate (on your left), then turn right.

Walk straight for 51 meters to the north.

Walk north to the Palace Museum Chinese Character Hall (on your right) and then continue straight.

Walk straight north for 23 meters.

Walk north for 11 meters straight.

Walk straight north for 66 meters.

Walk straight for 24 meters to the north.

Walk straight north for 12 meters.

Walk 29 meters east, then proceed forward to the left.

Walk 24 meters north and then turn right.

Walk north to the Inner Golden Water Bridge (on your left) and then continue straight.

Walk west along Donghua Gate Street to the Donghua Gate of the Palace Museum (on your left), then turn left.

Walk west along Wusi Avenue to the emergency shelter (on your left) and then turn left.

Walk north to the China Art Museum's Cultural and Creative Center (on your right), then turn left.

Take the Subway Line 8 to the National Art Museum of China Station, and exit from the D2 Southwest exit.

Walk north past the Heavenly Gate (on the left) to reach your destination. — step-by-step photo guide

Walk north past the Heavenly Gate (on the left) to reach your destination.

Walk north and pass Dongmen of Qiongyuan (on your right), then turn left.

Walk north to the Palace Museum - Middle Left Gate (on the left side of the road), then proceed straight.

Walk north to the Palace Museum - Zhaode Gate (on the right side of the road), then continue straight.

Walk southwest along Donghua Gate Road, and after passing the ticket office of the Beijing Labor People's Cultural Palace on your left, turn right.

Walk south along Donghuangchenggen South Street, and after passing the site of Dong'an Gate of the Ming Imperial City (on your right), turn right.