Legends say that there are 10,000 rooms in the palace of the emperor in heaven.

中國神話傳說天上的皇帝有一座皇宮，它由一萬個房間組成。

The emperor in the real world built a palace with 9,999-and-a-half rooms to show his respect to the Heavenly Emperor.

于是人間帝王為了表示自己的謙恭，他的宮殿便減去了半間變成 9999 間半。

600 years ago,100,000 laborers were engaged in building the palace with 100 million bricks and 200 million tiles.

600 年前，為了興建這座世界最大的皇宮，使用了十萬工匠、一億塊磚和兩億塊瓦。

The palace featured vermilion walls and gold-glazed tiles.

深紅色的宮墻和金黃色的琉璃瓦，是這座宮殿最引人注目的特征。

The palace is open to the public and attracts crowds of tourists to experience royal life.

今天的故宮門戶大開，任何人都可以徜徉在昔日皇帝的庭院里，遙想神圣帝國的輝煌與榮耀。