The Imperial Palace 1st(The Forbidden City)

The Imperial Palace(The Forbidden City) in central Beijing, formerly known as the Forbidden City. The Ming and Qing generations palaces, ancient architectural masterpiece unparalleled, China's existing largest and most complete ancient buildings. Palace known as one of the world's top five (Beijing Palace Museum, the Palace of Versailles France, the United Kingdom Buckingham Palace, the White House, the Russian Kremlin). Palace built in the years 1406,1420 basic completion of the emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty was founded. Palace 961 meters long from north to south, 753 meters wide things, an area of about 725,000 square meters. Construction area of 155,000 square meters. Legend has it a total of 9999.5 Palace, the actual According to experts at the scene in 1973 with the size measurement Palace compound more than 90 blocks, 980 houses, a total of 8,704 (and the "Inter" is not the concept of the current room, where "between" means 4 The column formed by space). Miyagi surrounded by 12 meters high and 3,400 meters long the Gongqiang, in the form of a rectangular fortress, the wall is 52 meters wide moat around, forming a heavily guarded castle barriers. Palace palace architecture is wooden structure, yellow glazed tile roof, Green Whitehead base, decorated with splendid colored pattern. Palace have four doors, the main entrance doors were afternoon, the Eastern Gate of Donghuamen, Simon West, a gate, the north gate of Shenwumen. Faced with the north gate Shenwumen, useful soil, stone percent of the Jingshan, Manshan-Baichenglin. In the overall layout, Jingshan can be said that the Imperial Palace(The Forbidden City) complex barriers.
Palace architecture based on its layout and function into, "North Korea" and "Ch'ing court" two parts. , "North Korea" and "Ch'ing court" to the door of the dry-sector, the dry-door directions to the south, north to Ch'ing court. The Imperial Palace, North Korea, the Ch'ing court building a very different atmosphere.
Ethernet, and North Korea, and that Bulgaria and the three main hall as the center, is the emperor will be held in the local, also known as the "former." The exercise of power is the feudal emperor, a grand ceremony held areas. In addition there are two wings of the East Wenhuadian, Wen Yuan Ge, and Si on the hospital, three South West have Wuyingdian, Neiwufu such as construction.
Ch'ing court to stem Qinggong, the TAC Thai Temple, after three Kunninggong Palace centre for Yangxindian two wings, East and West Liugong, vegetarian Palace, Yuqianggong, after Wuhuawan. Concubine feudal emperors and is living for the community. Ningshougong the eastern part of the Ch'ing court during the Qianlong emperor abdicated built after the endowment. Cininggong the western part of Ch'ing court, TING, such as the Palace. There is also heavy, palaces, such as the North Building

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