The Gate of Divine Might or Gate of Divine Prowess is the northern gate of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. It faces Jingshan Park. A tablet above the doorway reads "The Palace Museum" in Chinese.
The Gate was originally named The Gate , this being the traditional name for the northern gate of a Chinese Imperial Palace. However when the Kangxi Emperor, whose birth name was Xuanye , ascended to the throne, the word Xuán became a sacred . The character "Xuán" also has the meaning of "sacred mystery", which correlates well with the new character , meaning "divine".
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