研究生面试自我介绍英文(精选20篇)

my name is . i am from . there are people in my family. my father works in a computer company. he is a computer engineer. my mother works in a international trade company. she is also a busy woman. i have a older sister and a younger brother. my sister is a junior in national taiwan university. she majors in english. my brother is an elementary school student. he is 8 years old.

hello,everyone. my name is giffer and im 12-year-old .i am very pleased to be admitted to the xicheng foreign language school. my favourite subject is chinese and english. my hobby is blown flute and reading. there is also a very good orchestra here. the school orchestra and this will allow me to learn a lot of knowledge in this three years. i want to study well. to give our parents and ourselves a satisfactory answer at this holiday. i took part in the training of the orchestra. participated in the torch relay task. i will learn a lot and i hope that i can learn more knowledge at this secondary school.

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大家好，我叫giffer，今年12岁。很高兴今年考上了西城外国语中学。我喜欢的科目是语文、英语、我的爱好是吹长笛、看书。在这里也有一个很好的管乐团.这个学校和这个乐团能让我学习到很多知识.在这三年里。我要好好学习，给自己和家长一个满意的答卷，在这个假期，我参加了管乐团的训练，参加了火炬传递的任务，学到了很多东西，我希望我能在这所中学学到更多的知识。

各位考官大家早上好。我叫XXX， 来自XX大学。本人是机械专业本科学历，具有较强的机械专业理论知识和实际动手力。三年的大学生活为我的人生添加了非常多的色彩，也让我了解很多在社会上 了解不到的知识。我很热爱自己的专业，也了解要适应当今社会激烈的竞争就要全面发展自己，挖掘自身的潜能，所以我积极参加各项课外活动，阅读一些有用的书 籍，提高自我修养，注重身心的共同发展。我将以饱满的热情和十足的信心迎接社会和工作带给我的挑战。

女士们，先生们，早上好！很荣幸有机会参加此次面试。我希望今天我能有好的表现。我希望此次面试能够成功。现在，请允许我自我介绍一下。我今年26岁，出生于山东省。我毕业于青岛大学电子专业。我在20xx年毕业获得学士学位。大学期间，我努力学习，通过了大学英语六级考试，掌握了基本的专业知识。成为电子工程师是我长期渴望的梦想。我渴望有机会施展我的才能。

20xx年七月，我就职于青岛一家小的私人公司担任技术助理工程师。由于我的才能得不到足够的施展，我决定更换工作。在20xx年8月，我前往北京为一家外资企业工作担任自动

软件测试工程师。因为我想更换一下工作环境，想找一个更具挑战性的工作。而且我认为摩托罗拉公司是一个国际公司，我可以在这样的工作环境里收获更多。这就是我来这里面试的原因。我觉得我是一位具有良好团队精神、诚恳的人。而且，我能够在高强度压力下进行工作。我非常有信心我有能力胜任该公司的工程师职位。

感谢各位给我此次机会。

位尊敬的考官：

您们好

我是XX体育职业技术学院体育艺术专业20XX年应届毕业生，很荣幸有机会向您呈上我的个人资料。悉闻贵校有良好的环境，任人唯贤。因此，我郑重地选择贵校作为我的发展之地。

作为一名体育艺术专业毕业的大学生，我热爱自己的专业，并为其投入了巨大的热情和精力。三年里，我认真学习并掌握各项专业，如：篮、排、足、体操、羽毛球等专业技术、技能及理论知识，还系统学习教育学、心理学、教师口语等教师职业技能课程，我深知当今社会需要的是复合型人才，因此在学好专业的前提下，我更重视计算机和外语水平。

在校期间，我不仅掌握了扎实的理论知识，同时注意对自己综合能力的培养和整体素质的提高。积极向党组织靠拢，参加党团校学习，课余时间我曾多次参加院系组织各种文体活动，积极锻炼身体。

三年里扎扎实实的理论学习，为我今后从事教育工作打下了坚实的基础；各类社会活动和丰富的社会实践经验培养了我的团队精神和组织协调能力，同时也增强了我胜任教育教学工作的信心。因此，我希望能够加入贵单位，成为其中的一员，我会踏踏实实地做好领导交给我的工作，竭尽全力在工作中取得好成绩，用能力来证实自己。

长风破浪会有时，直挂云帆济沧海 ，我真诚地希望加盟贵校，我定会以饱满的热情和坚韧的性格勤奋工作，与同事精诚合作，为贵单位的发展尽自己的绵薄之力。

开场：Ok, I am very glad to have such a wonderful chance to apply for the post of English teacher in your company. Now I am going to get straight to the topic.

基本信息：My name is?I am from?and graduate in this past July.

素质：

学习能力：

After nearly 4 years hard study. I have mastered the basic knowledge and skills about English language and I could proficiently use it.

社团活动：

Besides, I am also very passionate in taking part in all kind of activities on and out of campus. activity, I served as a primary English teacher in a English training institution for one year in the second year of the university.

交际沟通能力

Except what I mentioned on my resume, here I’d like to emphasize that I have extraordinary interpersonal communication skills . On the campus I could get along well with my classmates and roommate,

个性：

My greatest characteristic is enthusiastic, easy-going ,kind-hearted I am also a hard working and patient girl. I have great passion to care about the young .

Base on the above qualities, I have the confidence to do this job.

My room Open the door,oh,the room is very beautiful!Whose room is this?It’s my room. The bed is near the window.a quilt and a doll is on the bed.What color is my bed?It’s my favourite color—purple.It’s very dreamily color.the dresser is next to the bed.There are some books and a pen on the dresser. I like watching TV.The TV is before the bed.I an lie to watch TV on the bed.I have a piano.The piano is near the TV set.Sometimes,I play the piano.And the computer is near the window.I often play the piano. This is my room.Do you like my room?What about your room?

welcome to my room Now I will introduce my room to you .Look ,the bed with a big white bear is my bed.I lay down here everyday.On the left of the bed is my desk .there is a computer ,an notebook,a pen ,a light on it .I learn konwledge every night on the desk .so nothing could seperate me with it. I love it.there is a keyboard beside the desk.I use my computer to skim and play computer games.On the wall, there are many photos.About my friends,my family ,my favourite superstars and I. love it very much

As you enter my room there is a double bed on your right side. There is navy blue bedding on my bed. I have a dresser on the other side of the room. The dresser has five drawers in it. I also have a chest on the end of my bed. The chest is filled with pitchurs. I also have a bathroom conected to my room. the bathroom has a bath and a shower. I have decerated it with the coler green. I like green because it is the coler color of the forest. I also have green drapes hanged up on the windows. That is basically what my bedroom looks like.

各位老师，下午好：

今天能够在这里参加面试，有机会向老师们请教和学习，我感到非常荣幸，同时通过这次面试也可以把我自己展现给大家。

我是这次面试的第*号考生XX，蒙族。2009年7月，我毕业于***大学****学院****专业，在大学的四年里，我学习了经济学，管理学、金融学和法律的基础知识。大学期间表现优秀，曾获得院级优秀假期社会实践论文。20XX年寒假，我曾在福利院和养老院进行假期社会实践，帮助残疾儿童补习功课，照顾孤寡老人的一些生活起居。在这个期间，我提高了与人沟通的能力，同时培养了良好的服务的意识。

我性格开朗为人坦率，有责任感。同时我态度严谨、认真。银行的工作通常比较琐碎，我的优点是能够把琐碎的事情专心致志的做好。我的基本人生观是乐观奋斗，这种人生观使我通常比较重视精神生活，比如：合作无间的工作伙伴和认可我的 工作环境。

爱因斯坦曾经说过：“对一个人来说，所期望的不是别的，而仅仅是他能全力以赴和献身于一种事业。”我认为这份工作能够实现我的人生价值，希望老师们能够认可我，给我这个机会，谢谢。

Hello, nice to meet you.

My name is xxx. I am a sophomore studying in Beijing institute of petrochemical technology. My hobbies are varied from individual to group activities. Such as XXX XXX XXX XXX.

The main reason of applying to be Olympic volunteer of 2008 is that I think this will be my unforgettable and GREat experience in my whole life. This is the first time to hold Olympic Games in china, for every Chinese person, this Olympic game is very important and memorable. Besides, Olympic Games will be held in Beijing. As a citizen of Beijing, I feel very proud. Although I am only a graduate, I think that I must actively contribute to the Olympic Games. Unnumbered people want to be Olympic volunteers, but they have no opportunities.

I am so lucky that I am a graduate, and I have opportunity to work for Olympic. My heart tells me that I cannot lose this GREat opportunity. I have geographical conditions that I live in Beijing and I study in Beijing. I have no reason to give up this opportunity to be Olympic volunteer. Furthermore, I can learn and get exercises in many respects, for example, my language skills, communication skills, association skills and ability to deal with matters of sudden urgency. Of cause I may have opportunity to meet my dream sport stars who are XXX, XXX and XXX. (laughing).

All in all, this experience has great influence on my future life and I have a lot of confidence. ^-^ (laughing again)

I will appreciate it that you give me an opportunity to introduce myself now. My name is yjbys and you can call me yjbys . I come from xxxxxxxx. Now I am a senior student and I will graduate from Nanhai Neusoft Institude of information Technology. My major is Networking . I am not only good at my major but also English . I will do my best in my working if you can give me the chance. Thats all. Thank you for your listening.

您好!我叫XXX，我是xx大学学前教育xx届的学生，在校期间刻苦勤奋，不仅在本专业取得优异成绩，而且还在其它的心理学、英语等各方面拓展自己的知识面。四年来，在所修的三十多门专业课中，几乎有三分之二以上是优，学习了心理学专业的所有课程，对于心理学已达到专业水平。另外我也在课下刻苦训练基本功，有较强的语言表达能力、组织管理能力和科学研究能力，能运用现代化教学手段进行教学。在长春师范学校实习期间，充分体现了自己较高的综合素质，得到实习单位的认可。

琐碎繁忙的文学社工作，不仅锻炼了自己良好的文学素养，也培养了自己较高的组织管理能力。在此期间，我曾多次在院文学社的期刊上发表文章，取得征文大赛三等奖的好成绩，而且还在xx《xxxx》上发表文章，受到同学们的好评。

大学生活很快便过去了，我自信以自己坚实的专业知识、丰富的心理学知识、较高的组织管理能力和教学能力，一定能胜任且很好地完成您交给我的工作，请贵校给我一个机会。

本人姓夏，名某某。别小看我的名字，它可是很有来头的。中国的第一个王朝是夏朝，夏朝的所有君主都姓夏。这说明什么，说明我很可能是中国第一个王朝的开国君主的直系的第N代后裔。这是个可以和哥德巴赫猜想想媲美的猜想，为印证这个伟大的猜想 ，我四处搜集证据。皇天不负有心人，终于找到!我的一个堂弟，名字正是叫夏禹。这仅仅是巧合吗?不，这是夏禹老祖宗在天之灵给我的指引。我，夏某某，正是伟大君王夏禹的后人，我比历史上哪个贵族都更贵族，更别消说现代人。

和大家相识已经快两年，两年的算不得长，可也不短，话说解随着时间的推移而增进，但是我觉得大家太不解我。虽说我占座座靠后，上课从来不回答问题成绩倒数来得快，集体活动能逃则逃，见着大家也难得打个招呼，但各位如若因此而忽视我的存在，实在让我心碎。我就像一个荒岛上的囚徒，内心比鲁滨逊还孤独。好容易机会站在台前，不如借此机会加深大家对我的认识。所以今天的演讲题目为：自我介绍。

忘和大家说，本人性别为女，早已过豆蔻年华。古时女子豆蔻之时变可成婚，因系本人是中国史上第一贵族之后，眼光自然不同常人。与我相配者，身高至少一米八，五官不能和王力宏相差太远，体型不可输给模特，学识至少赶上钱钟书，家产不可比陶朱公少，要不怎么配得上我这个史上第一贵族之后呢!前面各位已充分解到我的学识修养，下面就描绘一下我的容貌吧。脸如满月，点缀着繁星点点，身高不长不短，正好合适，体态颇有盛唐遗风。但凭我这姿容，一般的人我都看不上，脑里时常看到自己眼珠上翻，露着眼白，以白眼视人。哎，谁以解忧?唯有嵇康。至今我依然独身，还在寻寻觅觅，冷冷清清，凄凄惨惨戚戚。

good morning, my name is jack, it is really a great honor to have thisopportunity for a interview, i would like to answer whatever you may raise, andi hope i can make a good performance today, eventually enroll in thisprestigious university in september.

now i will introduce myself piefly,i am 21 years old,born in heilongjiangprovince ,northeast of china,and i am curruently a senior student at beijing xxuni.my major is packaging engineering.and i will receive my bachelor degreeafter my graduation in june.in the past 4 years,i spend most of my time onstudy,i have passed cet4/6 with a ease. and i have acquired basic knowledge ofpackaging and publishing both in theory and in practice. besides, i have attendseveral packaging exhibition hold in beijing, this is our advantage study here,i have taken a tour to some big factory and company. through these i have adeeply understanding of domestic packaging industry. compared to developedcountries such as us, unfortunately, although we have made extraordinaryprogress since 1978,our packaging industry are still underdeveloped, mess,unstable, the situation of employees in this field are awkard. but i have fullconfidence in a pight future if only our economy can keep the growth pacestill.

i guess you maybe interested in the reason itch to law, and what is my planduring graduate study life, i would like to tell you that pursue law is one ofmy lifelong goal,i like my major packaging and i wont give up,if i can pursue mymaster degree here i will combine law with my former education. i will work hardin thesefields ,patent ,trademark, copyright, on the base of my years study indepartment of p&p, my character? i cannot describe it well, but i know i amoptimistic and confident. sometimes i prefer to stay alone, reading, listeningto music, but i am not lonely, i like to chat with my classmates, almost talkeverything ,my favorite pastime is valleyball,playing cards or surf online.through college life,i learn how to balance between study and entertainment. bythe way, i was a actor of our amazing drama club. i had a few glorious memory onstage. that is my pride.

个人登记照旁写着“此图仅供参考”、自我介绍是“我喜欢数钱、喜欢化妆……”近日，华中科技大学文华学院学生会、学生社团陆续开始招新，在报名者个人信息登记表上，不少“90后”大一新生填写的内容让人忍俊不禁。

据该院院学生会秘书部部长潘娅介绍，她手头的信息表中，超过45%的新生登记照都是“ps”(修改)过的，更有同学在自己的照片旁边标注“此图仅供参考”的字样。有一名08新闻专业吴同学的自我简介写着：“我喜欢数钱，我也喜欢化妆，这些都是精细活，可以看出我是个细心的人，且干劲十足。”

Hi， boys and girls, good morning, it is my plearsure to take this change to introduce myself, my name is ***, i am 10 years old. About my family, there are 4 people in my family, father, mother, brother and me, my father and mother are all very kind, welcome you to visit my family if you have time!

尊敬的各位评委老师：

您好！我叫刘悦，悦是喜悦的悦，1995年那个满是阳光和绿树的季节里，我来到了这个世界。

父亲常说，如果以后女儿能像主持人那样主持节目该多好呀！于是，我渐渐地喜欢上了播音主持。

希望评委老师们能给我一次机会！一次让我实现自身价值，圆我梦想的机会！我相信未来的优秀播音主持就是我，就是从您笔尖里流淌出来的我，请做我的伯乐，我会在以后的工作里让您感到欣慰和自豪！

请记住我，刘悦，一个俏皮又不失仗仪的女孩！谢谢！

[2017最新大学生求职自我介绍

Good morning/afternoon everyone! It is my honor to be here and I really appreciate you offer me the chance of interview .Now I will introduce myself first .My name is……from Xiangfan in Hubei province. Im an honest, responsible, and warm-hearted person. I can adapt different environments quickly .Second I like this kind of field very much and I take it as my career .Till now I have one year experience in this field. As a 21 years man, Id like to experience more to enrich myself and then it can help me to laid good foundation for my future career .There is no use doing what we love ,we must love we do just like the field. At the same time, I am really proud of myself applying for this job. I hope you can give me a chance and I will try my best to do it better. Finally , I hope your hotel can become the best one among hotel industry。 Thanks for your time.

早上/下午好，各位考官。我很荣幸在这应聘这个职位，并且很感谢该酒店给我提供一个面试的机会。现在，我首先来介绍我自己：我叫……，来自湖北襄樊。我是一个诚实、富有责任感、待人热情的人。我能够在短期内适应各种不同的环境。第二，我非常喜欢饮食这个行业，并且我把它当成我的终身职业。到目前为止，我在饮食行业有一年的经验。作为一个已过21岁的成年人，我想要体验的更深来丰富我的生活，并且在那个时候，饮食工作能帮我未来的职业规划奠定一个好的基础。做我们喜欢做的事情往往没有用，我们必须热爱上我们要做的事情，就好像饮食这个领域一样。同时，我以应聘这份工作而感到自豪，希望贵店能给我一个展示的平台，我将全力以赴将它做到更好。最后，我希望贵店的事业如日中天，做饮食行业的领头人。谢谢您抽出时间来面试。

大家好，我叫李。能有这样的机会真是莫大的荣幸，我相信我今天能取得好成绩。现在我将简要地介绍一下我自己。我今年20岁，出生在广东省，南中国，我是一名学生在广东* *大学。我的专业是英语。我将在六月毕业后获得学士学位。在过去的四年中，我把大部分时间花在学习上。我通过了CET4和CET6的方便和获得基本的理论知识和实用的语言。此外，我还参加了在北京举行的几次演讲比赛，这真的显示了我们的专业优势。我参观了一些大的工厂和公司，通过这些我对英语有了深刻的理解。遗憾的是，与发达国家相比，虽然我国自1998以来取得了非凡的进步，但我国包装工业还不发达、混乱、不稳定，从业人员的处境十分尴尬。但我对它的光明前景充满信心，只要我们的经济能保持增长速度。我想你可能对我为什么选择这份工作感兴趣。我想告诉你，这份工作是我终生的目标之一。如果我能在这里工作，我会努力工作。至于我的性格，我不能很好地描述它，但我知道我是乐观和自信的。有时我喜欢独处，看书和听音乐，但我并不孤独，因为我喜欢和我的同学谈论几乎所有的事情。我最喜欢的消遣是打排球、打牌或上网冲浪。从大学生活开始，我学会了如何平衡学习和娱乐。顺便说一下，我是一个演员在我们惊人的戏剧俱乐部。我在舞台上有几段美好的回忆。

How are you, I call XX.This year is 22 years old.Graduate from XXXX college.The profession is a calculator multimedia.I am one is bright, optimism, there is the person of responsibility.A fondness for plays basketball, computer, listen to music, etc..Thankful your company gives me this the opportunity of the personal interview!

你好，我叫XX。今年22岁。毕业于XXXX学院。专业是计算机多媒体。我是一个开朗，乐观，有责任心的人。爱好打篮球，电脑，听音乐，等。感谢贵公司给我这次面试的机会！

我叫xx，现年**岁，*族，大专文化，平时我喜欢看书和上网流览信息，性格活泼开朗，能关心身边的人和事，和亲人朋友融洽相处，能做到理解和原谅，我对生活充满信心。

我曾经在**，在公司里先后在不同的岗位工作过，开始我从事**工作，随后因公司需要到**，有一定的经验，在工作上取得一些的成绩，同时也得到公司的认可，通过几年的工作我学到了很多知识，同时还培养了我坚韧不拔的意志和顽强拼搏的精神，使我能够在工作中不断地克服困难、积极进取。

加入销售人员的行列是我多年以来的一个强烈愿望，同时我认识到人和工作的关系是建立在自我认知的基础上，而我感觉到我的工作热情一直没有被激发到最高，我热爱我的工作，但每个人都是在不断地寻求取得更好的成绩，我的自我认知让我觉得销售人员是一个正确的选择，这些就坚定了我做好销售的信心和决心。将销售工作做好，给公司带来收益，使自身不仅在物质方面获得提高，更重要的是我的人生因我的选择而精彩。

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i call/**, come from shandong province.this year is 21 years old, , is a student who will soon graduate.

passes the foundation knowledge that the teachers guidance controled a calculator with personal effort firmly in the school.mainly studied c language at the software aspect. c#. java etc. plait the distance language, the data structure, vf. access etc. database is applied, calculator operate system.studied the dreamweaver web page manufacture and the asp network to weave a distance also.studied the calculator network at the hardware aspect, the calculator construction with www.oh100.combine many times to attend to pack machine, set the fulfillment of the net operation lesson, make me control the work principle of the calculator and the set of the calculator network net process.

in addition, i attend various activities of the school organization to come to the oneself of 锻炼 actively and do various part-time to increase social experience.the teacher is divided into the group to us in the experiment and practice of the lesson remaining to complete mission, make we the deep comprehension arrive the importance of the team.the and the rise time acquires the school scholarship during the period of school, three staffs.

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[面试英语自我介绍内容

What strikes one first in a birds -eye view of Beijing proper is a vast tract of golden roofs flashing brilliantly in the sun with purple walls occasionally emerging amid them and a stretch of luxuriant tree leaves flanking on each side. That is the former Imperial Palace, popularly known as the Forbidden City, from which twenty-four emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties ruled China for some 500 years——from1420 to 1911. The Ming Emperor Yong Le, who usurped the throne from his nephew and made Beijing the capital, ordered its construction, on which approximately 10,000 artists and a million workmen toiled for 14 years from 1406 to 1420. At present, the Palace is an elaborate museum that presents the largest and most complete ensemble of traditional architecture complex and more than 900,000 pieces of court treasures in all dynasties in China.

Located in the center of Beijing, the entire palace area, rectangular in shape and 72 hectares in size, is surrounded by walls ten meters high and a moat 52 meters wide. At each corner of the wall stands a watchtower with a double-eave roof covered with yellow glazed tiles.

The main buildings, the six great halls, one following the other, are set facing south along the central north-south axis from the Meridian Gate, the south entrance, to Shenwumen, the great gate piercing in the north wall. On either side of the palace are many comparatively small buildings. Symmetrically in the northeastern section lie the six Eastern Palaces and in the northwestern section the six Western Palaces. The Palace area is divided into two parts: the Outer Court and the Inner Palace. The former consists of the first three main halls, where the emperor received his courtiers and conducted grand ceremonies, while the latter was the living quarters for the imperial residence. At the rear of the Inner Palace is the Imperial Garden where the emperor and his family sought recreation.

The main entrance to the Palace is the Meridian Gate(1), which was so named because the emperor considered himself the "Son of the Heaven" and the Palace the center of the universe, hence the north-south axis as the Meridian line going right through the Palace. The gate is crowned with five towers, commonly known as the Five-Phoenix Towers(2), which were installed with drums and bells. When the emperor went to the Temple of Heaven, bells were struck to mark this important occasion. When he went to the Ancestral Temple, it was the drums that were beaten to publicize the event.

Beyond the Meridian Gate unfolds a vast courtyard across which the Inner Golden Water River runs from east to west. The river is spanned by five bridges, which were supposed to be symbols of the five virtues preached by Confucius——benevolence, righteousness, rites, intelligence, and fidelity(3).

At the north end of the courtyard is a three-tiered white marble terrace, seven meters above the ground, on which, one after another, stand three majestic halls; the Hall of Supreme Harmony(4), the Hall of Complete Harmony(5), and the Hall of Preserving Harmony(6).

The Hall of Supreme Harmony, rectangular in shape, 27 meters in height, 2,300 square meters in area, is the grandest and most important hall in the Palace complex. It is also Chinas largest existing palace of wood structure and an outstanding example of brilliant color combinations. This hall used to be the throne hall for ceremonies which marked great occasions: the Winter Solstice, the Spring Festival, the emperors birthday and enthronement, and the dispatch of generals to battles, etc. On such occasions there would be an imperial guard of honor standing in front of the Hall that extended all the way to the Meridian gate.

On the north face of the hall in the center of four coiled-golden dragon columns is the "Golden Throne", which was carved out of sandalwood. The throne rests on a two-meter-high platform with a screen behind it. In front of it, to the left and right, stand ornamental cranes, incense burners and other ornaments. The dragon columns entwined with golden dragons measure one meter in diameter. The throne itself, the platform and the screen are all carved with dragon designs. High above the throne is a color-painted coffered ceiling which changes in shape from square to octagonal to circular as it ascends layer upon layer. The utmost central vault is carved with the gilded design of a dragon toying with pearls. when the Emperor mounted the throne, gold bells and jade chimes sounded from the gallery, and clouds of incense rose from the bronze cranes and tortoises and tripods outside the hall on the terrace. The aura of majesty created by the imposing architecture and solemn ritual were designed to keep the subjects of the "Son of the Heaven" in awe and reverence.

The Hall of Complete Harmony is smaller and square with windows on all sides. Here the emperor rehearsed for ceremonies. It is followed by the Hall of Preserving Harmony in which banquets and imperial examinations were held.

Behind the Hall of Preserving Harmony lies a huge marble ramp with intertwining clouds and dragons carved in relief. The slab, about 6.5 meters long, 3 meters wide and 250 tons in weight, is placed between two flights of marble steps along which the emperors sedan was carried up or down the terrace. It is the largest piece of stone carving in the Imperial Palace. Quarried in the mountains scores of kilometers southwest of Beijing, this gigantic stone was moved to the city by sliding it over a specially paved ice road in winter. To provide enough water to build the ice road, wells were sunk at very 500 meters along the way.

The three halls of the Inner Palace are replicas of the three halls in the front, but smaller in size. They are the Palace of Heavenly Purity(7), the Hall of Union(8), and the Palace of Earthly Tranquility(9).

The Palace of Heavenly Purity was once the residence of the Ming emperors and the first two of the Qing emperors. Then the Qing Emperor Yong Zheng moved his residence to the Palace of Mental Cultivation and turned it into an audience hall to receive foreign envoys and handled the state affairs. The promotion and demotion of officials were also decided in this hall. After the emperors death his coffin was placed here for a 49-day period of mourning.

The Palace of Union was the empresss throne room and the Hall of Earthly Tranquility, once a private living room for the empress, was partitioned. The west chamber served religious purposes and the east one was the bridal chamber where the newly married emperor and empress spent their first two nights after their wedding.

The Imperial Garden was laid out during the early Ming dynasty. Hundreds of pines and cypresses offer shade while various flowers give colors to the garden all year round and fill the air with their fragrance. In he center of the garden is the Hall of Imperial Peace, a Daoist temple, with a flat roof slightly sloping down to the four eaves. This type of roof was rare in ancient Chinese architecture. In he northeastern corner of the garden is a rock hill, known as the Hill of the Piled-up Wonders, which is topped with a pavilion. At the foot of the hill are two fountains which jet two columns of water high into the air. It is said that on the ninth night of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the empress would mound the hill to enjoy the autumn scene. It is also believed that climbing to a high place on that day would keep people safe from contagious diseases.

The six Western Palaces were residences for empresses and concubines. They are kept in their original way for show. The six Eastern Palaces were the residences for them too. But now they serve as special museums: the Museum of Bronze, the Museum of Porcelain and the Museum of Arts and Crafts of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the northeastern-most section of the Inner Palace are the Museum of Traditional Chinese Paintings and the Museum of Jewelry and Treasures where rare pieces of imperial collections are on display.

Now the Forbidden City is no longer forbidding, but inviting. A visit to the Palace Museum will enrich the visitors knowledge of history, economy, politics, arts as well as architecture in ancient China.