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Chaotian Palace~ is the highest-ranking, largest, and most well-preserved complex of official Ming and Qing dynasty architecture in the southern Yangtze region, known as the 'Number One Spectacle of Nanjing'. The name Chaotian Palace was bestowed by an imperial edict from the founder of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, with the meaning of 'worshipping heaven' and 'an audience with the emperor'. It served as a site for the imperial nobility to burn incense and pray for blessings, and as a venue for civil and military officials to practice imperial court rituals before festivals. Emperor Qianlong visited the south of the Yangtze River six times, ascending to tour Chaotian Palace on five occasions, each time composing poems to express his sentiments. Today, the stone steles inscribed with five of Qianlong's own poems still stand intact in the Imperial Stele Pavilion behind Chaotian Palace.