Why don't you plant any trees in the Palace Museum?
The Forbidden City is mainly divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court. The outer court is where the emperor works every day. The imperial court is the place where the emperor and his concubine live. It covers an area of 85,000 square meters, accounting for about one tenth of the total area of the Forbidden City. This ratio highlights the importance of the three halls to the Forbidden City. But in such a big place, Gai Lou didn't consider the greening problem?
There are four sayings that three halls don't plant trees. The first is feng shui. Three halls are arranged along the central axis. On this central axis, Taihe Gate and three cathedrals have four buildings. In addition to symmetry, there is another important factor. Feng shui. There are many symbols of "Yin-Yang and Five Elements" in the Forbidden City: so when the Wenhua Hall was built in a cone, it was a green Ryukyu and Ruiwa. The fire in the five elements is red. So the meridian gate is painted red. So the water in the inland river is called Neijin River. The northernmost hall of the Forbidden City, the stone railing in the north center of Qin 'an Hall, is carved with water patterns. In the middle of the three halls is the "infinite land in the center". The Ming Dynasty used "earth" as the symbol of this country. So the top of the altar is tamped with colored soil.
According to the regulations of the Ming dynasty, the central government takes loess as a symbol, and it must be muddy and inappropriate after rain. These three planes make a multi-angle zigzag. The geometric shape of the Chinese character "Earth" is the symbol of "Middle Earth" in the five elements. In the five elements of yin and yang, the art of mutual growth and mutual resistance is emphasized, and wood can represent a few grams of soil. The owner of the Forbidden City naturally doesn't want your authority to be resisted, and designers naturally don't use wood to destroy the feng shui here. From the perspective of geomantic omen, this may also be the original designer of the Forbidden City. The reason why trees are not planted here.
There are no trees in the three halls of the Forbidden City. In order to highlight the supremacy of imperial power and the majesty of the palace. The three halls are the places where the emperor held grand ceremonies and exercised his power. In order to highlight the grandeur of this group of palaces and show that the imperial power is sacred and inviolable. Ancient architects used many methods in their design.