Jason (and a number of others) are standing on one of the five marble bridges, symbolizing the five cardinal virtues of Confucianism. In other words, we have just gone through the ticket gate!
Chinese palaces are always guarded by bronze lions. They symbolize imperial power and dignity. Of the two lions, one is male and one is female. The female lion in this picture (and all the female lions) have a cub underneath their foot.
We are on the balcony of the first hall, looking back at the entrance. You can see the five bridges we were standing on!
A little info for you on where we are and what we are going to see in the museum.
Some architecture. The palace buildings are really beautiful. As in Korea, they are wonderfully painted in the most ornate manner. There are roughly 700 buildings in the palace complex and it was in use until 1924.
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