Why is the Forbidden City called the Forbidden City? It's not called the Yellow Palace Museum, it's called the Red Palace Museum.
Explanation:
The Forbidden City in Beijing, formerly known as the Forbidden City, is located in the center of Beijing's central axis. It is the palace of Ming and Qing dynasties, and it is the largest and best-preserved wooden palace building in the world. The Forbidden City has been selected as a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction.
Geographical location:
The Forbidden City is located in the center of Beijing, at No.4 Jingshan Front Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, north of Tiananmen Square 1 km, opposite the south gate of Jingshan.
Basic overview:
The Forbidden City The Forbidden City is located in the center of Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City. Twenty-four emperors lived here, which was the palace of Ming and Qing dynasties (A.D.1368 ~1911). Now it's the Palace Museum. The whole building of the Forbidden City is resplendent and magnificent. It is known as one of the five largest palaces in the world (the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in Britain, the White House in the United States and the Kremlin in Russia) and is listed as a "World Cultural Heritage" by UNESCO.
Palace buildings in the Forbidden City are the largest and most complete ancient buildings in China, with a total area of over 720,000 square meters. It is said that there are 9,999 semi-palaces, which are called "the sea of palaces" and are magnificent. Whether it is plane layout, three-dimensional effect or grand form, it is an unparalleled masterpiece.
A central axis runs through the whole Forbidden City, which is on the central axis of Beijing. The three main halls, the last three palaces and the imperial garden are all located on this central axis. On both sides of the central axis palace, there are also many temples symmetrically distributed, all of which are magnificent. These palaces can be divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court. The outer court is centered on the three halls of Taihe, Zhonghe and Baohe, and the Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall are two wings. The Forbidden City is centered on Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace, with six palaces in the east and west as its wings, and its layout is rigorous and orderly. There are exquisite turrets in all four corners of the Forbidden City, which are beautifully built and very beautiful. Miyagi is surrounded by palace walls, which are 10 meters high and 3400 meters long. There is a moat 52 meters wide outside the wall.
At present, some palaces in the Forbidden City have established comprehensive historical and artistic museums, painting museums, classified ceramics museum, bronze museums, Ming and Qing craft museums, sculpture museums, toy museums, Four Treasures of the Study museums, toy museums, treasures museums, clocks and watches museums and cultural relics exhibitions in the Qing Dynasty. According to statistics, there are 1052653 pieces, accounting for 6% of the total national cultural relics.