11 homework of the Palace Museum scenic spots: housangong district (lower)

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Jiaotaidian
Jiaotai Temple is located in the middle of Qian Qing palace and Kun Ning Palace, taken from "Yi Jing" "Qian Kun jiaotai", meaning Qian Wei Tian, Kun Wei Di, heaven and earth jiaotai, Yin and Yang and harmony. The decoration pattern of the palace in the Forbidden City appeared for the first time since the palace of jiaotai. The name of the east and west six palaces is also a metaphor for the combination of men and women and children.

The jiaotai temple is a square temple with four corners, a gold-plated treasure, and Longfeng decoration. A copper pot was set up in the east of the temple, which was no longer used after Qianlong. In the western region, a large self-opening bell is set. The intrauterine time prevails. The upper part of the central throne of the temple hangs the "Inaction" Plaque of Emperor Kangxi, and the back of the throne is on the screen. Inaction is a political thought in ancient times. It is a matter of quiet, inaction, and indifference. Everything should go with its own nature. Qing Shunzhi once set up an iron brand in this temple, "the Inner Palace is not allowed to intervene in political affairs.

The jiaotai temple is the place where the queen of the main palace receives the congratulation at a major festival. In the palace, the Queen's status is also very honorable. Some important festivals of every year, such as New Year's Day and QIQIU festival, that is, the Queen's birthday. The Queen will sit on the throne of the jiaotai Temple, accept the worship of the master lady of the palace and some senior officials.

In the feudal society, the dragon is a symbol of the emperor, while the Phoenix is a symbol of the Queen. The Queen is wearing fengguan, Fengtou shoes, and fenglou. As the main hall specially prepared for the queen in the palace, the color painting pattern inside the palace is also a pair of Flying phoenix, which is different from the dragon travel pattern of other palaces.

In the 13 years of Qianlong (1748), Emperor Qianlong stored the 25 XI, which symbolizes the power of the emperor, and then stored it as a place for printing and storage. The front sides of the throne in the current Temple are arranged separately to store the treasures of the Emperor baoxi.L Branch(In fact, there are some covered shelves ).

Kunning Palace
The kunning Palace is located in the north of the jiaotai temple. It is the palace of the Queen. "Kun Ning" is the meaning of Kun di Ning. The word "Kun Ning" corresponds to the word "Qian Qing" in the Qing Dynasty. "Qian" refers to the day, indicating Yang; "Kun" refers to the earth, indicating Yin. "Qing" and "Ning" all mean stability and harmony. The Qing Dynasty palace is the emperor's palace, and the kunning Palace is the Queen's palace. In the Ming Dynasty, except for some out-of-favor queens, other queens lived in the palace. In the Qing Dynasty, the queen of Shunzhi and Kangxi still lived in kunning Palace.

 The West and the shamans
At the time of emperor Yong Zheng, because the Emperor moved out of the Qing Dynasty, the queen no longer lived in the kunning Palace, so the style of the Shengjing Qing palace was converted to the kunning Palace, and it was used to make a shaman sacrifice on weekdays.

Since then, this ancient palace has undergone interesting changes in its structure and functions and is rich in manzhou's cultural characteristics. First of all, the main entrance of the palace is not centered, but oriented to the East. This is the architectural characteristic of Manchu in northeast China. In addition, the window papers of kunning palace are all pasted out of the window. In the past, people used to say that there were three strange things in northeast China, where the window was pasted out ". In the area of sand and sand, this method of pasting windows out of dense windows not only makes it difficult to crack windows, but also keeps the windows from dust. Another example is that the door is changed to a wooden door, and the window is also changed to a hanging window. There are thousands of Characters in the north and southwest, commonly known as "pocket.

The furnishings in the house are more distinctive. The west half of the Main Hall (the four West) is large, and it is the venue where zuman holds a god sacrifice. Shammanism is a Manchu ethnic religion and is very popular in Northeast China. It is a multi-God religion, the Sakyamuni in Buddhism, the Goddess of Mercy, and Guan Yunchang in the Han nationality worship, as well as tigers, deer, pigs, bears in the mountains, stones on the side of the road, forests, and so on are all sacrificial objects of sasmanjiao. The shaman ritual was presided over by a monk's wife and served by a Manchu woman.

 East 2 and big wedding bridal chamber
On the east side of the kunning Palace is the wedding of the Emperor's Queen (Second East ). According to the etiquette, the Emperor and the Queen will be married and will stay here for three days. Three days later, the Emperor moved to the home Hall, and the Queen chose to live in the palace of East and West. The young Emperor Kangxi, Tongzhi, Guangxu, And Sundi are both married here. At present, the decoration of the kunning Palace is restored as it was when Emperor Guang xudi got married (It is also said that the last generation of Emperor Yi and his "Queen" Wan Rong was the original state of the wedding ).

The walls of the cave room are painted with red paint, and the ground is covered with red carpets everywhere. at the door of the cave room and on the wooden walls of the East aisle, there is a red-colored double-byte symbol, indicating "opening the door to see happiness ". The big brother by the window is the place where the emperor and the Queen drink a cup of wine and sing a song. The room is surrounded by the Emperor and Queen's longfengxi beds on the northwest wall.

Kunningmen
The northern end of the third Palace area is the entrance to the royal garden, which is also the entrance to the royal garden. Located in the north of kunningmen, Tianmen is separated by a huge bronze incense burner.

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Lesson 9 of the Palace Museum scenic spot: housangong district (upper)
Lesson 10 of the Palace Museum scenic spots: housangong district (middle)
Beijing central axis (Full Set)
Walking around Beijing central axis (7): Lessons from midday to wumen
Official Website of the Palace Museum
Wang Gang guides you through the Palace Museum (I)
Beijing five-day self-help travel intelligence compilation (reprinted)
Winter after the snow tour to the Palace Museum (6)
Winter after the snow tour to the Palace Museum (7)