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故宫

    故宫,又名紫禁城(Forbidden City),位于北京市中心,今天人们称它为故宫,意为“过去的皇宫”。它是无与伦比的古代建筑杰作,世界现存的最大、最完整的古建筑群,被誉为世界五大宫[北京故宫、法国凡尔赛宫(Versailles Palace)、英国白金汉宫(Buckingham Palace)、美国白宫(White House)、俄罗斯克里姆林宫(Kremlin)]之首。故宫建成于明代。在当时落后的社会生产条件下,能建造这样宏伟高大的建筑群,充分反映了中国古代劳动人民的高度智慧和创造才能。
 
【正确答案】The Palace Museum The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, is located in the center of Beijing. Today, people name it Gu Gong in Chinese with the meaning of 'palace in the old times'. It's an unprecedented masterpiece of ancient construction, and the biggest and most complete ancient architectural complex existing in the world as well. It's honored as top one among the five grand palaces in the world: the other four being the Versailles Palace in France, the Buckingham Palace in Britain, the White House in America and the Kremlin in Russia. The Palace Museum was built in the Ming Dynasty. The construction of such a grand and huge architectural complex under the poor social production condition then fully reflects the great intelligence and creativity of ancient Chinese working people.
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