Build your visit route according to your interests, your time schedule and the season.

From the East gate：

• 1.5 hours

  East Palace gate — The Hall of Benevolence and Longevity — The Garden of Virtue and Harmony — The Hall of Jade Ripples — Yiyun Hall — The Hall of happiness and longevity — Long Corridor — The gate of Dispelling Clouds   illustraution>>

• 2 hours

  East Palace gate — The Hall of Benevolence and Longevity — The Garden of Virtue and Harmony — The Hall of happiness and longevity — Long Corridor — The gate of Dispelling Clouds — Qingyanfang — Zhongyu road — Suzhou Street Bridge   illustraution>>

• 2.5 hours

  East Palace gate — The Hall of Benevolence and Longevity — The Garden of Virtue and Harmony — The Hall of Jade Ripples — Yiyun Hall — The Hall of happiness and longevity — Long Corridor — The temple of Dispelling Clouds — Tower of the Fragrance of the Buddha — Suzhou Street Bridge   illustraution>>

From the North gate:

• 1.5 hours

  The North gate — Suzhou Street Bridge — Zhongyu road — Tower of Cloud-Retaining Eaves — Qingyanfang — Long Corridor — Gates of parting clouds   illustraution>>

• 2 hours

  The North gate — Suzhou Street Bridge — Zhongyu road — Tower of Cloud-Retaining Eaves — Qingyanfang — Long Corridor — Gates of parting clouds — The Hall of happiness and longevity — The Garden of Virtue and Harmony — The Hall of Benevolence and Longevity   illustraution>>

• 2.5 hours

  The North gate — Suzhou Street Bridge — Tower of the Fragrance of the Buddha — The temple of Dispelling Clouds — Long Corridor — The Hall of happiness and longevity — Yiyun Hall — The Hall of Jade Ripples — The Garden of Virtue and Harmony — The Hall of Benevolence and Longevity   illustraution>>

From the Xinjiangongmen gate:

• 1.5 hours

  Xinjiangongmen — Bronze Ox — East Causeway — Wenchang Tower — Hall of Benevolence and Longevity — Garden of Virtue and Harmony — Hall of Jade Ripples — Yiyun Hall — Hall of Happiness in Longevity — Gate for Greeting the Moon   illustraution>>

• 2 hours

  Xinjiangongmen — Bronze Ox — East Causeway — Wenchang Tower — Hall of Benevolence and Longevity — Garden of Virtue and Harmony — Hall of Jade Ripples — Yiyun Hall — Hall of Happiness in Longevity — Long Corridor — The gate of Dispelling Clouds   illustraution>>

• 2.5 hours

  Xinjiangongmen — Bronze Ox — East Causeway — Wenchang Tower — Hall of Benevolence and Longevity — Garden of Virtue and Harmony — Hall of Jade Ripples — Yiyun Hall — Hall of Happiness in Longevity — The temple of Dispelling Clouds — Tower of the Fragrance of the Buddha — Suzhou Street Bridge   illustraution>>