Gate of Divine Prowess(Shenwumen)Ⅱ

Shenwumen(Gate of Divine Prowess)as the back gate of Forbidden City was the important channel for entrance and exit. Both in Ming and Qing Dynasties, the empresses would come and go through this gate for official ceremony or rite that the Empresses nurtured silkworm by themselves to show the importance of raising silkworm. As we all know, the gates of Forbbiden City were also regulated by many rites and rules, and it is not anybody that can be qualified to enter or exit the gates, especially some main gates like Shenwumen. In Qing Dynasty, the Miss Contest for Emperor was held once every three years, and only the selected were qualified to enter the palace through the subsidiary gate of Shenwumen. In 1924, Emperor Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China in feudalistic period, was expelled out of the Forbidden City through this gate.