News of the opening flashed across the nation, and such was the scramble of visitors on the first day that traffic jams around Beijing brought the city almost to a standstill.

• 开放的第一天，人们以争先一睹这座神秘的皇宫及其宝藏为快，北京市内万人空巷，交通为之堵塞，此亦成为当天各大报纸的重大新闻。