The Danbi Pavilion of the Purple Forbidden Enclosure, a casual shot in the early spring at the Palace Museum

The Palace Museum, located at No. 4 Jingshan Front Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, is a national first-class museum. It was the residence of 24 emperors from Emperor Yongle (Zhu Di) of the Ming dynasty to the last emperor Xuantong (Puyi) of the Qing dynasty, ruling China for a total of 491 years. The museum was established on October 10, 1925, and is a large-scale comprehensive museum of ancient art based on the Ming and Qing imperial palace—the Forbidden City and its collections. It covers an area of about 720,000 square meters, with a building area of about 150,000 square meters, and has 9,371 rooms. According to reports on September 28, 2023, after a general survey of movable cultural relics, the Palace Museum's collection totals 1,862,690 items. This includes 53,000 paintings, 75,000 calligraphic works, 28,000 steles and inscriptions, as well as 156,000 paper-based paintings and calligraphic works, etc.