Majestic Meridian Gate Square-Annieli tours

What does the Beijing forbidden city’s Meridian Gate Square do here? Annieli tours’s Beijing tours guide will introduce the purpose of Meridian Gate Square.
1、 In ancient times the war was frequent on the border line. The emperors took victory or defeat in war very seriously. When the victorious army came home, the emperors went to square to receive the heroes. The heroes presented prisoners to the emperors.
2、 Because china was an agricultural nation in ancient times , the agricultural calendar was very important . The emperors issued the calendar in this place.
3、In addition , Ministers were punished for talking back to the emperors in this place. Wayward ministers occasionally got a spanking.