Zhongnanhai facts for kids
Zhongnanhai is in the Imperial City which is inside Beijing.
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Images for kids
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A schematic diagram of Zhongnanhai. At the bottom (south) of the diagram is Xinhua Gate. The island on the foreground lake is Yingtai Island. To the northeast of Yingtai is Qinzheng Hall while to the northwest is Beneficence Garden. Huairen Hall is in the center-west and Ziguang Hall is in the north.
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Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi and Zhang Wentian outside of Dianxu Hall in the Garden of Abundant Beneficence
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A map of Zhongnanhai from the Republic of China era, with the two lakes colored green in the center. The western edge of the Forbidden City is shown at right.
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The Pavilion of the Water and Cloud, on the eastern bank of the Central Sea.
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The Hall of Purple Light (Ziguang Ge) today, used for state receptions.
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The Empress Dowager Cixi and servants on a boat in Zhonghai in the early 1900s.
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Leaders of the People's Republic, from left, Zhu De, Mao Zedong, Chen Yun and Zhou Enlai outside the Hall of Purple Light (Ziguangge) in 1954.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao with U.S. President George W. Bush and former U.S. President George H. W. Bush in Zhongnanhai on August 10, 2008.
