the hole truth? You mean whole?
>>594145 Think FORBIDDEN CITY.
It is widely known among the Chinese that the Meridian Gate was the place where condemned ranking officials were executed in ancient China. That is also what most Chinese TV plays and films show. However, the Meridian Gate was indeed a very important a place for imperial instead of an execution ground. Only in the Ming Dynasty, a judicial corporal punishment called Tingzhang was carried out on the eastern side of the imperial road in front of the gate.