The Tablet Hall of Ming Xiaoling, with the Kangxi Emperor's turtle. As most such turtles do, it faces south, i.e. toward the people going from the Wen Wu Fang Men (the Gates of the Civil and Military Quadrangle) to the Nei Hong Men (the Inner Red Gates)
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