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In this view we have the south wall and south-east entrance called the Tung-ping-mun; this gateway which is close to the right of the tower is entered by travellers from the town of Tung-chow and leads to the outside or Chinese city from which there is another entrance gate through a second wall that separates it from the Tartar city, these walls are well built of solid masonry: On the road which is formed on the top, weeds of a pleasant odour are permitted to grow abundantly, and there is a complete absence of guns.

The third or Imperial city is again walled in from the Tartar city and none but the banner men or immediate followers of the Emperor are permitted to enter it, for this reason these Imperial precincts are also known as the prohibited city.