Forbidden City
Ticket opening hours: 40 yuan in off-season; 60 yuan in peak season; 10 yuan for Jubao Hall; 08:30-16:30 from October 16th to April 15th. From April 16th to October 15th, the clock will be delayed for half an hour for 10 yuan. Transportation: Bus lines 1, 4, 5, 10, 20, 52, 101, and 103 are available; take Metro Line 1 at Tiananmen East Station and Tiananmen West Station, and walk from Tiananmen Square.
Attraction introduction:
The Forbidden City is located in the center of Beijing, also known as the "Forbidden City". Twenty-four emperors once lived here, and it was the royal palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911 AD). Now it is the "Forbidden City Museum". The entire building of the Forbidden City is 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 the UK, the White House in the United States and the Kremlin in Russia), and is listed as a "World Cultural Heritage" by UNESCO. The palace building of the Forbidden City is the largest and most complete ancient building complex in China, with a total area of ??more than 720,000 square meters and 9,999 half-halls. Known as the "Sea of ??Halls", it is majestic and majestic. Whether it is the plane layout, three-dimensional effect, or majestic form, it is an unparalleled masterpiece. A central axis runs through the Forbidden City, and this central axis is on the central axis of Beijing. The three main halls, three palaces and imperial gardens are all located on this central axis. On both sides of the palace on the central axis, there are also many symmetrically distributed halls, all of which are magnificent and magnificent. These palaces can be divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court. The outer halls of Taihe, Zhonghe and Baohe are the center, and the Wenhua and Wuying halls are the two wings. The Forbidden City has Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, and Kunning Palace as the center, and the East and West Palaces as two wings. The layout is rigorous and orderly. There are exquisite turrets at the four corners of the Forbidden City, which are beautifully built and very beautiful. The palace city is surrounded by a palace wall that is 10 meters high and 3,400 meters long. There is a moat 52 meters wide outside the wall. At present, some palaces in the Forbidden City have established comprehensive historical art galleries, painting galleries, classified ceramics galleries, bronze galleries, Ming and Qing arts and crafts galleries, stele galleries, toy galleries, four treasures galleries, toy galleries, treasure galleries, clock galleries and Qing Dynasty art galleries. Exhibition of ancient palace cultural relics. According to statistics, there are a large number of ancient art treasures here, totaling 1,052,653 pieces, accounting for one-sixth of the total number of cultural relics in our country. It is the museum with the richest collection of cultural relics in China.
The architectural form of the Forbidden City
The Forbidden City was built in strict accordance with the architectural principles of the imperial capital in the "Zhou Li Kao Gong Ji" of "The former dynasty sleeps behind, the ancestors on the left and the community on the right". The entire Forbidden City, in terms of architectural layout, is combined into a whole through changes in shape and ups and downs. Functionally consistent with the hierarchy of feudal society. At the same time, it achieves the artistic effect of left and right balance and shape change. The roof forms of Chinese architecture are rich and colorful. In the Forbidden City, there are more than 10 different types of roofs. Take the main hall as an example, different roofs. The roofs of the Forbidden City are covered with glazed tiles of various colors. The main temple seat is mainly yellow. Buildings in the Princes Green residential area. Other glass with rich colors such as blue, purple, black, emerald, malachite green, sapphire blue, etc. are mostly used in gardens or glass walls. There are glass-kissed beasts at both ends of the main ridge on the roof of the Taiping Hall, which swallow the large ridge steadily and powerfully. Kissing animals are beautiful in shape and are both components and decorations. Some ceramic tiles depict three-dimensional animal images such as dragons, phoenixes, lions, and seahorses, symbolizing auspiciousness and majesty. These components play a decorative role in the building. The front palace of the Forbidden City was required to have a grand architectural style and a clear and open courtyard, symbolizing the supremacy of the feudal regime. The Hall of Supreme Harmony is located in the center of the diagonal line of the Forbidden City. There are ten auspicious animals in each corner, which are lifelike and lifelike. The designers of the Forbidden City believed that this would show the majesty of the emperor and shock the world. However, the Queen's Palace requires deep courtyards and compact buildings. Therefore, the east and west palaces form their own system, each with its own gates and walls, which are arranged in a relatively orderly manner. Together with the palace lanterns and embroidered beds, they all reflect the arrangement to meet the needs of luxurious life. Behind the palace is the palace garden. In the back garden, there are pines and cypresses that are not carved in the cold, and there are exquisite rockeries with strange rocks and beautiful rocks. Pavilions, pavilions, and pavilions are nestled in the middle, which is extremely beautiful and quiet. The Forbidden City is arranged along a north-south central axis. The three main halls, the three back palaces and the imperial garden are all located on this central axis. And spread out to both sides, straight from north to south, symmetrical from left to right.
To this day, there is still an arrow on the Long Zongmen monument, which is said to be a relic of this battle. Located at the bottom left of the arrow card. The Qing Palace is in front of the inner courtyard of the Forbidden City. The Qing Palace is the main hall of the imperial palace, 20 meters high. Temple eaves and roofs. There is a throne in the middle of the hall, and inside it is a plaque that reads "Upright and Honest". There are warm pavilions at both ends. The Qing Palace was the residence of the feudal emperor. Before Kangxi, this was the place where the emperor lived and handled government affairs. After Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor moved to Yangxin Hall, but he still read newspapers, appointed officials and summoned ministers here. Ning Palace is behind the Forbidden City. Temple eaves and roofs. Ning Palace was the queen's dormitory before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with warm pavilions at both ends. It was converted into a place of worship during the Qing Dynasty. After Yongzheng, Xinuang Pavilion became a place for shaman sacrifices. Among them, Dongnuang Pavilion is the bridal chamber for the emperor's wedding. Kangxi, Tongzhi and Guangxu all held weddings here. Jiaotai Hall is located between Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace, which means "harmony between heaven and earth, health and happiness". It was built in the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the third year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1798 AD). It is a square hall with four corners, a gilded roof and dragon and phoenix decorations. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this hall was where the Queen held birthday celebrations. The so-called silkworm kissing ceremony of the queen of the Qing Dynasty required inspection of the preparations for the sacrificial ceremony. The "Zhenxi" (seal) of the Qing Dynasty is also collected here. Since the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, Yangxin Hall has become the actual residence of the emperor in the Forbidden City. During the Tongzhi period, Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Ci'an listened to politics in the East Nuan Pavilion of Yangxin Hall. There is also an end hall in the back three palaces for the emperor to store his crowns, robes, belts and shoes, as well as books and calligraphy.