Palace buildings in the Forbidden City are the largest and most well-preserved ancient buildings in China, with a total area of over 720,000 square meters and 9,999 and a half palaces. It is called "the sea of palaces" and it is 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.
The most attractive buildings in the Forbidden City are three halls: Hall of Supreme Harmony, Hall of Zhonghe and Hall of Baohe. They are all built on an 8-meter-high white marble platform, which looks like the Fairy Que in Gong Qiong from a distance. The first hall, the Hall of Supreme Harmony, is the most magnificent building, commonly known as the "Golden King Hall", where the emperor held a grand ceremony. The hall is 28 meters high, 63 meters from east to west and 35 meters from north to south. There are 92 large columns, with a diameter of 1 m, of which 6 are painted dragon columns painted in pink gold around the throne. The throne is located on a 2-meter-high platform in the temple, with exquisite cranes, stoves and tripods in front and finely carved screens behind. The whole hall is resplendent and magnificent. Zhonghe Hall is the place where the emperor rested and practiced etiquette before going to the Hall of Supreme Harmony for a ceremony. Baohe Hall is the place where the emperor fetes foreign princes and ministers every New Year's Eve.
The second half of the Forbidden City is called the Imperial Palace, with Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace as the center, and the East and West wings are the Sixth Palace and the Sixth Palace, which is the place where the emperor usually works and the queen lives and lives. The second half is the same as the first half in architectural style. The image of the first half of the building is serious, solemn, grand and majestic to symbolize the supremacy of the emperor. The second half of the palace is full of vitality, and most of the buildings are self-contained courtyards, including gardens, study rooms, pavilions and rocks. To the north of the Palace of Kunning is the Royal Garden. There are towering pines and cypresses, precious flowers and trees, strange rocks and pavilions in the imperial garden. Wanchun Pavilion and Qian Qiu Pavilion are the most magnificent ancient pavilions preserved at present.
The Palace Museum has a large collection of precious cultural relics. According to statistics, there are as many as 1 0,052,653 pieces, totaling 1 10,000 pieces, accounting for16 of the total national cultural relics, many of which are unique national treasures. In several palaces, art galleries, treasure halls, clock halls, etc. Has been established. Art lovers often can't bear to leave in front of these incomparable works of art for a long time. The Treasure Hall, located on the East Road of the Forbidden City, displays all kinds of rare treasures. For example, in the Qing Dynasty, a set of gold, silver, bead and cloud dragon armor was wrapped with 16 dragons, with vivid shapes and interspersed among clouds. The armor is made up of about 600,000 small steel sheets, each steel sheet is about 1mm thick, 4mm long and 1.5mm wide. Small holes are drilled for threaded connection. It is said that it took more than 40,000 man-hours to make this suit of armor.
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.
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The palace architecture of the Forbidden City is an unparalleled masterpiece of ancient architecture, and it is the largest and most complete ancient architectural complex in China. The palaces are arranged along a north-south central axis, symmetrical from left to right, reaching Yongdingmen in the south and Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north, running through the Forbidden City. Carefully planned, magnificent. No matter in the plane layout, three-dimensional effect and form, it is magnificent, solemn and harmonious, which is an unparalleled masterpiece. It marks a long cultural tradition in China and shows China's outstanding achievements in architectural art more than 500 years ago.
The Palace Museum, the Museum of Comprehensive History and Art, the Painting Museum, the Classified ceramics museum, the Bronze Museum, the Ming and Qing Dynasties Craft Museum, the Engraving Museum, the Toy Museum, the Four Treasures of the Study Museum, the Toy Museum, the Watch Museum and the Qing Dynasty Cultural Relics Exhibition Hall have been established, and a large number of ancient art treasures have been collected. According to statistics, there are 1052653 pieces, accounting for 6% of the total national cultural relics.
The ancient palace complex of the Forbidden City, the treasure of China's ancient palace, was planned and built by Emperor Zhu Xiang himself. It is a world-famous palace complex with large scale, rigorous structure, exquisite decoration and numerous cultural relics, which is unique among the ancient buildings in China.
To promote cultural exchanges with other countries, the cultural relics of the Forbidden City are divided into two exhibition systems: the original appearance of the palace and ancient art, and 5 1 original exhibition has been arranged successively, which is highly authentic. More than 10 thematic museums have been established, and hundreds of exhibitions have been held, and dozens of exhibitions have been held in Europe, Asia, the United States, Australia and Africa to publicize China's splendid ancient cultural and artistic traditions and promote cultural exchanges with other countries in the world.