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The weather is clear, with you and me, everything in the world, everything is beautiful! The Palace Museum Beijing's Palace Museum, established on October 10, 1925, is a large comprehensive museum built on the foundation of the Ming and Qing imperial palaces and their collections, integrating ancient architectural complexes, court collections, and cultural and artistic heritage from various dynasties. It is also the largest museum of ancient culture and art in China. The Palace Museum in Beijing covers an area of over 1 million square meters, preserving about 9,000 ancient buildings, making it the largest and most intact ancient palace architectural complex existing in China. The predecessor of the Palace Museum was the Forbidden City of the Ming and Qing dynasties, which was completed in the 18th year of Yongle of the Ming Dynasty (1420), and was the residence of 24 emperors from the Ming and Qing dynasties. After the abdication of Emperor Puyi in 1912, the history of the Forbidden City as an imperial palace came to an end. In 1914, the Antiquities Exhibition Hall was established in the outer court area; in 1925, the Palace Museum was established in the inner court area; in 1948, the Antiquities Exhibition Hall was merged into the Palace Museum. The Palace Museum in Beijing has a complete collection system, with a total of more than 1.8 million pieces (sets) of artifacts, divided into 25 major categories, among which there are more than 8,000 first-grade artifacts (sets). Depending on different materials and forms, they can be divided into 25 categories, including paintings, calligraphy, steles, bronzes, gold and silver wares, etc., with precious artifacts accounting for 90% of the total collection. Through the Ming and Qing imperial palace buildings, the original display of court historical traces, and the permanent exhibitions of treasures, clocks, paintings, ceramics, sculptures, and other art collections, the Palace Museum also regularly holds temporary special exhibitions every year. In 1961, the Palace Museum was listed by the State Council as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, and in 1987, it was included in the 'World Heritage List' by UNESCO, and is known as the 'foremost of the world's five great palaces.' In 2007, the Palace Museum was rated as a national 5A-level tourist attraction, and in 2008, it was rated as one of the first batch of national first-level museums.