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The origin of the word "purple"?

The origin of the emperor's favorite word "purple"

The Forbidden City in Beijing is called "Forbidden City", the road to the Imperial Capital is called "Mozi", and the imperial edict is called "Purple Patent".

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Why does the royal family like to use the word "purple"? Tracing back to the source, "purple" originally refers to the stars in the sky. The stars in the sky have three constants:

Purple is very beautiful, too beautiful, and the weather is beautiful. Ziwei Heng is in the middle, Taiwei Heng and Tianshi Heng are on both sides. archaic

At that time, people thought that the emperor lived in the Heavenly Palace, which was of course in the center, so Ziweiheng lived in it.

The location of the epicenter became the place where the Temple of Heaven should be in the eyes of the ancients. Therefore, Tiangong is also called Wei Zi Palace. mankind

The emperor calls himself "the son of heaven", so people call him the purple star emperor, which makes the emperor and "purple"

Under the indissoluble bond.