usage
It is popularly called 金銮殿, 'the Hall of the Golden Throne', a name storytellers use for any emperor's throne hall. With 中和殿 and 保和殿 behind it, it forms the Three Great Halls of the Outer Court.
culture
Its roof ridges carry ten small guardian beasts behind the figure of an immortal riding a phoenix, more than on any other building in China, a sign of its top rank.
