1987 was rated as a cultural heritage by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee and included in the World Heritage List.
The Forbidden City in Beijing, formerly known as the Forbidden City, was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is located in the center of Beijing, with Tiananmen Square in front, Jingshan Mountain in the back, Wangfujing Market in the east and Zhongnanhai in the west. The Forbidden City is the most complete and largest ancient palace complex in China and even in the world.
The Forbidden City was built in the 4th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1406) and 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1420). Since Judy, the third emperor of Ming Dynasty, moved to Beijing, there were 24 emperors living here and ruling the whole country in Ming and Qing Dynasties. 19 1 1 year, the Revolution of 1911 overthrew the last feudal dynasty in China, the Qing Dynasty, and the history of the Forbidden City as a feudal palace came to an end. 1924, Emperor Puyi was expelled from the palace. 1925 10 June10, the Palace Museum was formally established.
The buildings in the Forbidden City are magnificent and huge. The length from north to south is 96 1 m, and the width from east to west is 753 m, covering an area of more than 720,000 square meters, with a total construction area of10.6 million square meters and more than 8,700 existing houses. Surrounded by a wall about 10 meters high and a moat 52 meters wide. There are gates around the city wall, with the main entrance of the Forbidden City at the noon gate in the south, the Shenwumen in the north, the Donghuamen in the east and the Xihuamen in the west. Every corner of the city wall stands an exquisite and unique turret. The architectural layout of the Forbidden City Palace extends along the north-south central axis to the east and west sides. Red walls and yellow tiles, carved beams and painted buildings, resplendent and magnificent. The halls and terraces are patchwork and magnificent. The architecture of the Forbidden City embodies the excellent tradition and unique style of China's ancient architectural art, and is a classic of China's ancient architecture.
The Forbidden City is generally divided into two parts: the "front court" in the south and the "back bedroom" in the north. In the south, the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe and the Hall of Baohe are the centers, and on both sides, the Wenhua Hall and the Wuying Hall are the places where the emperor went to court to receive greetings, meet ministers and hold large-scale ceremonies. The three halls are built on an I-shaped three-story platform more than 8 meters high, surrounded by stone railings. They are the most spectacular buildings in the Forbidden City, showing extraordinary lofty status. Among them, the Hall of Supreme Harmony is the highest-ranking and largest building in the Forbidden City and the largest existing ancient wooden structure in China. The northern half is centered on Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, Kunning Palace, Housangong, Dongfang Palace, Xigong and Royal Garden, with Fengxian Hall and Palace on the east and hall of mental cultivation, Yuhua Pavilion and Cining Palace on the west. It is the place where the emperor and his empresses, princes and princesses live, hold sacrifices and religious activities and handle daily affairs. The architectural layout of the Forbidden City is rigorous and orderly, and every inch of bricks and tiles follow the hierarchical etiquette system of feudal society, which embodies the supreme authority of the emperor.
Today's Palace Museum has not only magnificent ancient buildings of nearly 600 years, but also nearly one million pieces of antique treasures, including bronzes, jade articles, gold and silver wares, ceramics, lacquerware, enamel, ivory and bamboo carving, silk embroidery, Four Treasures of the Study, painting calligraphy and a large number of clothes, materials and furniture of queens and concubines. In addition, there are a large number of books, classics and documents, including tens of thousands of national treasures, which represent the highest level of culture and art in China.