The Working People's Cultural Palace is an activity venue belonging to the Beijing City Federation of Trade Unions. Before the reform and opening up, the Working People's Cultural Palace held garden activities every year during May Day. Now, during May Day every year, the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions also holds some exhibitions here. They are all exhibitions on cultural and artistic activities of employees in Beijing City, such as calligraphy, painting, photography, etc. I have also had the honor to participate in several of these photo exhibitions. In addition, previous model workers in Beijing City will be announced here. There is a special gallery outside the Imperial Temple to display the pictures and deeds of model workers.

It is said that the ancestral temple will start a major repair this year (2022) and plans to restore it to its original state in the Qing Dynasty. I estimate that it will be restored to its luster like the Huangji Hall in Jingshan Park, but it will definitely lose its sense of vicissitudes. Moreover, the overhaul of the Imperial Temple will definitely take a long time and will not be completed in three to five years. After the overhaul is completed, I wonder if the temple in front can still be visited. Therefore, if you want to see the Ming Dynasty Royal Golden Nanmu Hall, you have to hurry up. If tourists are not allowed to visit the temple after the major repair in the future, we can only go to the Changling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty in Changping to see the Golden Silk Nanmu Hall. It is as big as this ancestral temple hall, and the hall is full of vicissitudes.

By the way, although the Imperial Temple is part of the Ming and Qing imperial palace building, it is purchased separately and is not closed on Mondays. There are many tourists every weekend, and there are also many tourists on Mondays. Those who can't get into the Forbidden City on Monday turn around to see the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

Temple of Emperor Ming and Emperor Qing,
The wide hall is fragrant and fragrant.
I wandered freely,
I heard no ghost call.

In short, as the ancestral temple of the ancient royal family's "left ancestor and right community", it has a grand architecture and a long history, making it worth taking a closer look.