Different from the other three gates, Donghuamen is close to Taiyin Palace, which is specially designed for the prince to enter and leave the Forbidden City, so there are only eight rows of doornails on Donghuamen. In the early Qing dynasty, only cabinet officials were allowed to enter and leave Donghuamen, and in the middle of Qianlong period, senior first-and second-class officials were allowed to enter and leave.
2. Nearby characteristic Donghuamen: There is a Xiamabei outside the gate, and the Jinshui River in the gate flows northward, and it is put on the 1 stone bridge, and there are three gates in the north of the bridge.
Third, architecture represents architecture and pays attention to gossip and geomantic omen. Naturally, the doornails at the entrance of the Forbidden City are not set at will, and certain rules must be followed. The Qing Dynasty stipulated that the entrance to the Forbidden City should be "decorated with nine gold nails". The reason for this setting is that the ancients thought that the odd number was a positive number and the number nine was the largest number, so 998 1 doornail was used at the entrance of the Forbidden City to show the emperor's respect for the Ninth Five-Year Plan and reflect its most expensive position. For example, when you enter the Forbidden City from the meridian gate, you will find that the golden doornail is very imposing. But if you come to Donghuamen, you will find that the doornail of Donghuamen is missing a vertical row: it has become a vertical row.