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The Jade Palace is a large, elaborately designed, and sacred palace that overlooks the Valley of Peace on top of Jade Mountain and can be seen for hundreds of miles. It is known to be a symbol of justice, honor, and courage.
Like many other palaces, the Jade Palace and its grounds are a complex that serve as a grand residence for kung fu masters and students. Many masters have lived and trained in the palace since its construction, presumably under Oogway's instruction. The palace currently serves as the home of its senior master, Shifu, as well as Po the Dragon Warrior and the Furious Five.
The palace itself is the outside structure for the sacred Hall of Warriors, which contains all the artifacts of past masters, the Moon Pool, the Dragon Scroll, and the thousand scrolls of kung fu. The palace grounds contain an arena for public tournaments, a training hall with an outdoor training courtyard and student barracks, a bell tower, and Peach Tree Hill (the resting place of the revered Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom).
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Filmmakers took inspiration from Chinese films in designing the palace. The interior pays homage to the King's palace in Hero.
Chinese art provided reference and directly influenced many of the film's designs. The Jade Palace floor, for example, features the Five Elements on Wikipedia.
Early in the development of the movie script, Po's final training "test" was to catch a single droplet of water as it fell off a mystical root found growing down into a sacred chamber underneath the Jade Palace. This concept was later used in the second film as a teaching technique for inner peace.
One location concept that didn't make it into the film was the "Vault of Heroes", housed beneath the base of the palace's steps, which featured a cavern of 100-foot-tall statues of kung fu heroes. It was an underground location for a fight between Tai Lung and Po, where it would have been revealed via a giant statue that a panda would be a great kung fu master.
The Jade Palace is made of 88,100 different surfaces/pieces.
There are supposedly 1,000 steps total that lead up to the palace.
Five Elements on Wikipedia.
