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of N°. 260. The inclofure extends to the eaft, then 
to the fouth, and continues to the eaft, pafiing by 
• 3 • 
I. is the great gate Hien men . As you go on to 
the north, 2, 143, 214, are three gates of a great 
court with magnificent walls. Thro’ the gate 3 you 
enter into a court, where is the Tay miao N°. 7. 
There are repofited the tablets of the anceftors of the 
reigning emperor, and of the illuftrious fubjedts de- 
ceafed, who have ferved the dynafty. This miao 
or palace is a vaft one, and well kept. At regular 
times the emperor, princes, and great men, go thither 
to perform ceremonies. 
N°. p is the Che tfi tan, where are performed, at 
regular times, the ceremonies to the ancients, who 
have taught the art of agriculture. This palace is a 
very beautiful one. 4, 5, 6, are the gates of a court, 
where the reguli and princes go frequently to receive 
the emperor’s orders. There are halls for their re- 
ception. The mandarins give them tea to drink, 
and mark their names in a regifter. When pon 
the fixed days they cannot attend, they a*e re- 
quired to give notice of it. It is in this court, that 
the tributary princes, or their envoys, do homage, 
and receive the prefents of the emperor ; which pre- 
fents are confidered as rewards. 
N°. 11 is Ou men , the great gate with a beautiful 
pavillion of a confiderable height, in which is a large 
bell *. This gate, with thofe marked N°. 12, 13, 
are thofe of the great court ; whence going to the 
* When the emperor goes out or comes into the palace, this 
bell is rung. 
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