Main features of the Forbidden City in Beijing
The Forbidden City in Beijing is the imperial palace of China in Ming and Qing Dynasties, formerly known as the Forbidden City, located in the center of Beijing's central axis. The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on three halls, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about10.5 million square meters. There are more than 70 palaces and 9000 houses.
The construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing began in the fourth year of Yongle (1406), based on the Forbidden City in Nanjing, and was completed in the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420), becoming the palace of twenty-four emperors in Ming and Qing dynasties.
On the 14th National Day of the Republic of China (1925 10/0/010), the Palace Museum was formally established and opened. The length of the Forbidden City in Beijing is 96 1 meter from north to south and 753 meters from east to west. Surrounded by a wall with a height of 10 meter, there is a moat with a width of 52 meters outside the city.
There are four gates in the Forbidden City, the meridian gate in the south, the Shenwu gate in the north, the Donghua gate in the east and the Xihua gate in the west. There is a graceful turret at the four corners of the city wall, and there is a folk saying that there are nine beams, eighteen columns and seventy-two ridges to describe its complex structure.
The Forbidden City in Beijing was founded by the Ming Emperor Judy and designed by Kuai Xiang. It covers an area of 720,000 square meters (96 1 m in length and 753 m in width), with a building area of about 1 50,000 square meters and an area of 720,000 square meters. There are110,000 migrant workers, * * built 14 years, with 9,999 rooms and a half. According to the actual data/kloc,
At that time, the front hall of the Forbidden City required magnificent architectural modeling and clear and open courtyards, symbolizing the supremacy of feudal regime. The Hall of Supreme Harmony is located in the diagonal center of the Forbidden City, and there are ten auspicious beasts on each corner.
The designers of the Forbidden City thought it would show the majesty of the emperor and shock the world. The palace behind requires depth and compactness, so the six palaces in the east, west and east are self-contained, with their own palace doors and walls, which are relatively orderly. Behind the palace is the backyard.
The Palace Museum is arranged along a north-south central axis, and the three main halls, the last three palaces and the imperial garden are all located on this central axis. And spread to both sides, straight from north to south, symmetrical left and right. This central axis not only runs through the Forbidden City, but also runs through the city from Yongdingmen in the south to the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north.