[ 7° 6 ] 
north, you enter into the beautiful and vaft court 
1 Tay lo tier?, the gates and galleries of which, with 
the balconies, make a fine appearance. In this court, 
on the firft day of the year, and on other fixed days, 
the mandarins, according to their ranks, perform 
the ceremony to the emperor, who is leated on his 
throne in the hall called Tay ho tie??. This hall is a 
vaft and magnificent one. The princes, minifters, 
and great men of the firft order, place themfelves 
there by the emperor. It is in this hall, that the 
emperor gives audience to foreign princes and their 
ambafi'adors. You go up to this hall by magnificent 
fteps. 
To the north of Tay ho tier? is a large court, whither 
the princes, great men, minifters, and principal man- 
darins, go in turns every day, to receive the emperor’s 
orders, or to prefent their petitions. To the north of 
this court are the apartments of the emperor, the 
emprefis, the queens, and ladies. The great gate of 
the place, where thefe apartments are, is N°. 23. 
All thefe apartments are in the fpace contained with- 
in the walls, which have this figure 
At A is a beautiful gate to the fouth. The walls of 
the inclofure of the apartments of the emperor and 
emprefs are higher than thofe of the inclolurcs of the 
queens and ladies. In them are orchards, jets d’eau, 
flowering fhrubs, and a great number of fmall cham- 
bers for the eunuchs. 
To the weft of the court Tay ho tier? is the fine 
palace Tji ning kong. The emprefs-mother lives 
there at prefent. Every thing in this palace is beau- 
tiful. There are little gardens very neat and well 
kept. 
