How was the Ming Palace destroyed?

The Forbidden City in the Ming Dynasty was rarely repaired and severely damaged by wind and rain.

In the 14th year of Ming Dynasty (1449), there was a thunderstorm in summer and June, and the temples of Shenshen and Gai Hua were struck by lightning and caught fire. In the twenty-first year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1485), in May, a strong wind in Nanjing uprooted the ancestral temple trees and destroyed them by the animal kisses of the Great Sacrifice Hall and the Imperial City. In the first year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1522), in autumn and July, it was stormy, the river flooded, and the walls of suburban tombs were broken.

After the army entered the customs and destroyed Nanming, Nanjing was changed to Jiangning, the seat of the Governor's Office of Liangjiang, and the Forbidden City was changed to the Eight Banners Acropolis. In the Forbidden City, generals and generals' yamen were set up, and walls were built from the emergency exit to Tongji Gate for isolation, which caused great damage to the buildings in the Forbidden City.

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Nanjing Palace in Ming Dynasty was large in scale and rigorous in layout, and became the owner of Beijing Palace built later. Nanjing Palace in Ming Dynasty consists of two parts: Inner Miyagi and Outer Imperial City, both facing south.

The site selection of Nanjing Forbidden City conforms to nature, and makes the best choice by weighing various advantages and disadvantages. Miyagi is located in the east of Zhongshan, with Fu Guishan, the "dragon head" in the north, as the town mountain, giving up the flat central area-the former sites of the Six Dynasties and Nantang Palace, and building the palace by filling the lake.

The reason is nothing more than "(in the old city) because the palace of Yuannantai is a bit narrow", which does not meet the requirements of the new dynasty. Moreover, the old city is densely populated and there are many heroic houses, and a large number of relevant personnel have been demolished. In addition, Nanjing is a hilly area, and flat land is hard to find. Because the land is built on the mountain, it can create a magnificent meteorological effect.

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