Please carefully observe the floor plan of the Forbidden City and see what characteristics its architectural layout has.

The Forbidden City was built strictly in accordance with the imperial capital construction principle of "the former dynasty and the later market, the ancestors on the left and the society on the right" in "Zhou Li Kao Gong Ji". The entire Forbidden City is composed of architectural arrangements that use changes in shape and ups and downs.

1. Functionally, it is very hierarchical in feudal society. At the same time, the artistic visual effect of balance and body change on both sides is achieved. The roof forms of Chinese architecture are diverse. In the Forbidden City, there are more than ten different roof forms. Taking the three main halls as an example, the roofs are also different.

2. The roof of the Forbidden City building is covered with glazed tiles of various colors. The main roof is mainly yellow. Green is the building used for the prince's residence. Other blue, purple, black, emerald, malachite green, sapphire blue and other colors of colored glaze are mostly used in gardens or on colored glaze walls.

3. There are glazed beasts at both ends of the main ridge in the roof of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, which engulf the ridge quite effectively. The kiss beast is beautiful in appearance and can be either a component or a decoration. Some of the tiles are made into three-dimensional animal images such as dragons, phoenixes, lions, phoenixes, and cranes, symbolizing auspiciousness and majesty. These decorations play a great role in the architecture.

4. The front palace of the Forbidden City. At that time, the architectural shape required grandeur and the courtyard was clear and open, symbolizing the supreme power. The Hall of Supreme Harmony was located in the center of the diagonal line of the Forbidden City. The designers of the Forbidden City believed that this could highlight The majesty of the emperor.

5. The palaces of the Forbidden City are arranged along a central axis from north to south. The three main halls, the three back palaces, and the Imperial Garden are all located on this central axis. It unfolds on both sides in turn, straight from north to south, and proportional to the left and right. This central axis not only runs through the entire Forbidden City, but also runs through the entire city of Beijing from Yongding Gate in the south to Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north. It is majestic, rigorously planned, and very spectacular. ?

Extended information:

The Forbidden City is located in the center of Beijing. The layout is based on the principle of "Left Ancestor, Right Society, Facing, and Back Market" contained in "Zhou Li·Kaogong Ji". The building is built on the central axis of eight kilometers long from north to south of Beijing. The north and south are straight and symmetrical from left to right. Today, the Working People's Cultural Palace on the left front of the Forbidden City was the Ancestral Temple where emperors worshiped their ancestors during the Ming and Qing Dynasties; the Zhongshan Park on the right front was the Sheji Altar where emperors worshiped the Earth God and the Grain God; in the front was where courtiers worked; and in the back was the market where people traded.

To the north of the Forbidden City in Beijing is the Longevity Mountain and to the south is the Jinshui River, which is exactly in line with the ancient palace building principle of "carrying the yin and embracing the yang, and infusing the qi for harmony". The Longevity Mountain was specially built to create the feng shui of the imperial city. An artificial mountain, completed in the early Ming Dynasty, is located at the former site of Yanchun Pavilion, the palace of the Yuan Dynasty. It was built by excavating the moat and depositing silt from Nanhu Lake. The construction of this mountain not only satisfies the principle that the imperial city should "bear the negative yin", but also suppresses the Feng Shui of the previous dynasty, so Long Live Mountain is also known as the "Suppressing Mountain". ?[30]?The layout of the Forbidden City in Beijing is that two dragons emerge from the water to protect the Forbidden City.

According to ancient Chinese astrology theory, the Purple Star (the North Star) is located in the mid-heaven and is the residence of the Emperor of Heaven. Heaven and humans correspond, so the Emperor’s residence is also called the Forbidden City.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Forbidden City in Beijing