3D print the Gate of Supreme Harmony (Forbidden City)
A free, printable model of the Gate of Supreme Harmony, a hall with a double roof between two lower gates, and the courtyard and waterway around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Gate of Supreme Harmony (Forbidden City)
The Gate of Supreme Harmony is the second major gate on the southern side of Beijing's Forbidden City in China. The gate dates originally to the Ming dynasty, when it was known as Fengtianmen. After the Manchu conquest of China, it received new Chinese and Manchu names. In 1886 it burned down after a lamp tipped over in the guard room and started a fire. The gate that stands there dates from the rebuilding that followed, finished in 1894.
During the Ming dynasty the Emperor met his ministers at the gate for morning court sessions about state affairs, though for most of that period the sessions were purely ceremonial. They showed the Emperor's diligence and the standing of the titular first minister. Under the Qing dynasty the Emperor attended court far more often, and the morning sessions took place at the Gate of Heavenly Purity, much nearer his living quarters. This gate also hosted banquets and other ceremonies on occasion.
The gate is seven bays wide and three bays deep, and it covers 1,371.4 m² (14,762 sq ft) in all. Two minor gates stand beside it: Zhendu Gate on its west and Zhaode Gate on its east. Together with the Meridian Gate it bounds a great plaza on the north and south. A winding waterway named Inner River of the Golden Water crosses the plaza, and five bridges span it. To the north lies Harmony Square, leading to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the ceremonial center of the Forbidden City.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 8 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 10 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 12 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Fine roof tile lines
- The large double roof carries many fine tile lines, and slim columns line the front. Print friendly adapts them to the print scale; Full detail keeps them on a larger print.
- Broad front stairs
- Wide stairs lead up to the front of the hall. A larger print size keeps the steps readable, and layers of 0.12 to 0.16 mm keep their edges crisp.
- One piece with the ground
- The Gate of Supreme Harmony (Forbidden City) is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Gate of Supreme Harmony (Forbidden City) takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Gate of Supreme Harmony (Forbidden City) is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Gate of Supreme Harmony (Forbidden City) STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Gate of Supreme Harmony (Forbidden City) grows with the print: about 8 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
