Practice Week----Palace Museum

The Forbidden City is the Imperial Palace of China's Ming and Qing two generations of emperors. Ming Dynasty's third emperor, Zhu Di, after seizing throne, decided to move to Beijing, which began to create the Forbidden City Palace, to Ming Yongle 18 years. According to the ancient Chinese astrology theory, the purple micro-walls (that is, the North Star) is located in the Zhongtian, is the emperor of Heaven, the nature of the corresponding, is the residence of emperors also known as the Forbidden City.   

North-South length of Forbidden City961m, something wide753m, covers an area of up to720,000㎡. Have a house980seats, Total8704room. The four rings have high10mthe walls and the wide52mof the moat. Each side of the city wall is a gate, the south of the Meridian Gate and the north of the Shenwu gate is for visitors to visit the entrance. The south half of the city to Supreme Harmony, neutralization Hall, Baohe Palace three main hall as the center, both sides with the Mandarin temple, Wu Ying Temple two halls, is the emperor held excusing place, called "the former." The north half of the house, the palace of the Qing Dynasty, the temple of the Thai, Kun Ning Palace and the east of the six palace and the Imperial Garden as the center, the eastern part of the east has a first, the emperor, such as the Temple, the west side of the temple, Yuhua Pavilion, Tzu Ning Palace, and so on, is the Emperor and Empresses live In addition there are Saigu, Yu Qing Palace, heavy Wah Palace and so on, before and after two parts of the palace building total area up to163,000㎡.   

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Forbidden City is the largest, most majestic and most intact ancient palace and ancient buildings in the world today. Among them, supreme Harmony is the most tall, splendid, the Emperor ascended the throne, the big marriage, the coronation, the life will, the expedition and so on held the grand ceremony here.      2377 Square, is also the largest wooden house in China's existing ancient buildings. The roof of the Horn beast and Dou Dougong the number of jumps, and the sculpture on the Royal Roads and railings, the hall of color paintings and algae well patterns are used to represent the Imperial King of the Dragon, Feng theme, the day of the platform, Jia amount, copper turtles, copper cranes and so on only here can be furnished. The Golden carved lacquer dragon in the temple " throne "   

Qing Palace is the main hall of the post-three palaces , high- m, the shape of the palace for a wide nine-bay, around the Zhaohen Hall and the hall of two small temple connected. Between the two hall, can pass the Thai temple, Kun Ning Palace. Usually in addition to the emperor living outside, also often summoned Miyaomi here, begun memorial, deal with government, even in the temple to receive foreign ambassadors.   

The whole set of palace building layout cautious, orderly, inch tile tile all follow the feudal class ritual, reflect the emperor's supreme authority. Therefore, in the feudal monarchy era, ordinary people can not and dare not close to a step

Although the Imperial Garden is not as big as I imagined, but walking in the inside, you feel is hundreds of years ago Emperor Imperial concubine attendants loitering playful scene, really have back to the ancient feeling. Touch the old stones, close your eyes and feel like you're going through. The Palace Museum's artifacts are not many, the most important artifacts are these buildings, but it is these are worn out of the damaged floor tiles, grinding like bronze mirror, the stone railings have been worn out, reflecting the history of the thick sense, as if the palace guards walked from the side of the feeling.  

Practice Week----Palace Museum