Located in the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City is the largest and most well-preserved ancient palace complex in the world, with rigorous structure, exquisite decoration and numerous cultural relics. The whole building is resplendent and magnificent.
The Forbidden City, also known as the Forbidden City, strictly abides by the feudal hierarchical etiquette system. It is orderly, ordinary people can not only enter, but also can not get close to it, which embodies the supreme imperial power in feudal times.
There is a heavy building more than ten meters high at the noon gate, and the pavilion with double eaves and spires protrudes like the wings of five phoenixes, which is magnificent, so the Forbidden City is also called the Five Peaks Tower.
The Forbidden City is surrounded by city walls and moats, forming a perfect defense system of the Forbidden City, which embodies the wisdom of the ancient working people in China.
6. Walking across the Neijinshui Bridge, there is an open square in front of you. In the middle is a palace-style building, which is the Taihe Gate. There is a majestic bronze lion squatting on both sides of the door.
7. Zhonghe Hall is the place where the emperor rested before attending the ceremony of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and accepted the worship of the deacons. In the center of the hall is the four characters "Allow to hold the Jue Zhong", and there are two four-legged unicorn beasts standing on the left and right sides of the throne below, all made of gold, resplendent and magnificent.
8. A huge stone carving in the middle of the back steps of Baohe Hall is very eye-catching. This is the famous Yunlong stone carving, carved with clouds, blue sea and water, and cliffs. Nine lifelike Youlong pearls between sea water, cliffs and flowing clouds are imaginative.
9. Every rainy day, the rain falls on the three-story platform above the three halls of Taihe, Zhonghe and Baohe, and the merged water flows out of Shilongtou, forming a spectacular scene of thousands of dragons spitting water.
10. The main entrance of the Forbidden City faces south, which is called the Meridian Gate. From the front, there are three doors, but from the back of the meridian gate, there are five openings. Therefore, the doorway of the meridian gate is said to be "Sanming and Five Darkness". The main entrance of the meridian gate is only for the emperor to enter and exit, and even ministers in high positions can only take the side door. The only exception is that when the queen gets married, the minister can enter once. It can be seen that the ancient hierarchy was strict.
1 1. The whole courtyard of the Forbidden City is divided into two parts: the former court and the later court. In the southern half of the former dynasty, the three halls of Ethereum, Zhonghe and Baohe were the center, and the two halls of Wenhua and Wuying were supplemented on both sides. It is the place where the emperor held political affairs and held grand ceremonies. The latter's bedroom is centered on Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace, which is the bedroom for the emperor.
12. There is a humble Cooper in the imperial garden, but it is very famous and attracts many tourists to take pictures here as a souvenir. It turned out that this ancient cypress tree was a "shadow Hou" given by Emperor Qianlong.
13. It is said that when Qianlong went down to Jiangnan, he went to Jiangnan with the emperor to shade the emperor. Everyone else is sweating, but only the emperor feels very cool.
14. The Forbidden City is a huge building complex built according to the feudal hierarchical etiquette system. There are more than 9,000 guest rooms with a total area of 720,000 square meters, and the layout is rigorous and orderly. All palace buildings are developed in strict accordance with a central axis from south to north, which is straight from north to south and symmetrical from left to right. The Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe and the Hall of Baohe in the south, and the Gan Qing Palace, the Jiaotai Palace, the Kunning Palace and the Royal Garden in the north are all located on this central axis. There are countless palaces and pavilions on both sides, all of which are made of brick and wood structures and yellow glazed tiles, which are patchwork and magnificent.
15. The emperor's throne is located on the seven-step platform in the center of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. It has exquisite workmanship, luxurious decoration, huge volume and exquisite carving. There are seven carved dragon screens in the rear, and more than ten golden dragons are coiled around the chair ring. Under the chair is the sumeru base, with two dragon beads on both sides, all painted in gold, which set off the distinguished position of the people on the throne.