The Imperial Palace Museum
- Inner Court (Nei Ting) -
Hall of Union (Jiao Tai Dian) -
Inside JiaoTai Hall, adjacent the Throne stand two magnificient clocks. A large chiming clock stands west and left of the Throne. It was originally constructed in the year 1798 AD of the Ching Dynasty. This unique contraption, produced by the Palaces' own Department of Works of the Board of the Imperial Household, surprisingly is still in working order today.
On the very right and east stands a large waterclock (Clepsydra) built in 1745 AD. This ancient waterclock, adhering to an invention now over 2500 years old, was abondonned during the reign of Qianlong, when the mechanical clock was introduced into China by western nations.
