Why is the Forbidden City worth visiting?

There are many famous palace buildings in the history of China, but if you want to choose a palace that can best replace the traditional China, there is no doubt that the Forbidden City is the only choice. Because it is the last palace in traditional China, it is the result of more than 5,000 years of architectural experience and technical improvement in China. In addition, it also has many artistic and cultural features of traditional China, such as Yin and Yang, five elements and structural decoration. The first part of this website mainly talks about the external characteristics of the Forbidden City. Now let's look at the Forbidden City from the perspective of inner culture and art! 1. Harmony between man and nature, reverence for nature (metaphysics) 2. Emphasize artistic conception and pursue interest (such as spatial combination) 3. Emphasize shape and charm (such as sculpture) 4. Architectural decoration is mostly practical (such as color painting) 1. Harmony between man and nature, reverence for nature If you ask everyone that part of the Forbidden City is about nature, I think the first place that comes to mind must be the "Garden". Although the gardens in the Forbidden City are not as big as the royal gardens such as Sanhai, Yuanmingyuan and Summer Palace, the four gardens have an area of more than 30,000 square meters, which is the area of three Chinese and Hong Kong gymnasiums. It can be seen that "garden" is an important part of the Forbidden City. In addition, from the functional content, most pavilions in the Forbidden City are built for rest and sightseeing, and many halls and pavilions are dedicated to gods, worshipping Buddha, fasting, supporting, collecting books and reading. Therefore, they are one of the main places for emperors and members of the royal family to carry out their daily activities in the Forbidden City. It can be seen that ancient China people loved nature very much, and even their daily life could not be separated from nature in their spare time. This reflects China people's respect and appreciation for nature. In addition, the color paintings in the Forbidden City use a wide range of themes, mostly landscape stories, insects, flowers and birds and auspicious patterns. These paintings are closely related to the surrounding natural environment. This also proves that China people appreciate nature. The architectural design of the Forbidden City not only includes gardens and colorful paintings, but also contains metaphysical theories such as Yin-Yang and Five Elements, which actually quotes the idea of "harmony between man and nature" of China people. In China, there have been metaphysical theories such as Yin-Yang and Five Elements for a long time, and there are also designs about Yin-Yang and Five Elements in the Forbidden City. Does this mean that China people are more superstitious than westerners? In fact, this is the result of China's cultural characteristics, and China people have the idea of "harmony between man and nature". But why is superstition related to "harmony between man and nature"? First of all, Yin-Yang and Five Elements are an assumption of China people about the laws of nature. In the famous medical classic Huangdi Neijing, it is believed that everything in complex things contains the unity of opposites of Yin and Yang, so Yin and Yang are regarded as "the rules of everything". The architectural design of the Forbidden City contains metaphysical theories such as Yin-Yang and Five Elements, which just shows that China thinks that natural order can influence human order, and there is a similar relationship between them. It can be seen that the ancient people in China thought that the natural order and the human order were inseparable, so they produced the thoughts of Yin-Yang, Five Elements and so on. Secondly, it is an important aesthetic principle in China's ancient artistic creation to pay attention to artistic conception and pursue its interest. In the creation of literature, drama, painting, etc. The author expresses his thoughts and feelings through his works, and can stimulate readers' emotions, so that they can also feel or lead out some ideas. Then, this kind of work is called artistic conception. The presence or absence of artistic conception and the level of artistic conception have become important criteria for evaluating works of art in ancient China. The creation of architectural individual and architectural group space is also artistic creation in a broad sense. In the architectural design of the Forbidden City, space design expresses many abstract feelings, such as the majesty of the emperor and the solemnity of the palace. For example, in the Royal Gardens of the Forbidden City, some architectural spaces are built according to "poetic", which is not only expressed by the environmental space formed by buildings, but also often illuminated by hanging and couplets on buildings, and dyed by paintings, calligraphy and poems attached to buildings, thus making these landscape environments more interesting and imaginative. This kind of space design expresses the author's thoughts and feelings, which is the most important thing in works of art-artistic conception. Except the Forbidden City, all the ancient buildings in China have been pursuing artistic architectural space. As the most common "art", architecture also attaches great importance to "artistic conception" and "interest". It can be seen that China's traditional art, like architectural art, also attaches importance to artistic conception and pursues interest. Third, pay attention to spirit likeness and charm. Judging from the paintings or sculptures in the Forbidden City, China's works of art are different from western works of art in the pursuit of spirit likeness. Take sculpture as an example. Sculpture in the Forbidden City, unlike Picasso's "abstraction" which is emerging in the west, is completely different from what is depicted, but focuses on whether it is similar to the depicted object. The sculpture of the Forbidden City not only pursues the shape, but also emphasizes the charm of the object and wants to express the expression of the object. This seems abstract. Let's give some examples. In the Forbidden City, lions are carved on the top of the stone railings on both sides of the East Broken Hongqiao in Wuying Hall, with different postures. Some hold their heads high and sit straight; Some head sideways and look around; Lions play with hydrangeas, and lionesses fondle their cubs. Those cubs are only ten centimeters big and a few centimeters small. They crawl, turn around, roll and crouch beside the lioness, playing with the coquetry of gold, naughty and naive, and extremely vivid. The sculptor not only carved the lion truthfully, but also showed the naughty and innocent expression of the lion, which is exactly the same as the typical traditional artistic style of "emphasizing the likeness of spirit and stressing the charm" Fourth, art decoration is mostly practical. In the Forbidden City, besides beautifying and increasing the palace atmosphere, there are many artistic decorations. In fact, most of them have practical uses. For example, color painting was originally painted with plant or mineral pigments to protect the wood structure from corrosion and moth-eaten, and later it was unified with the requirements of aesthetics. For example, the doors and windows decorated with eaves are originally designed to prevent wind and rain, cold and heat, and avoid light; All kinds of flower covers and gaps decorated with inner eaves were originally for the convenience of living. However, the decoration in the official hall is more decorative after artistic treatment. 2007-01-0119: 51:13 Supplement: Its magnificent architecture.

Is the pride of China people.

Worth seeing! =]

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Judy, the third emperor of Ming Dynasty, was the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang. 1402, after Judy succeeded to the throne, she ordered the construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing. Covering an area of 720,000 square meters, the Forbidden City has 786 kinds of buildings, including palace buildings, and is the largest building complex in the world. The Forbidden City means that the purple star lives in the center of heaven and earth, indicating that it is the center of the world. "Purple" refers to the purple star living in the center of the sky, which was a symbol of heaven and earth in ancient times. In addition, the palace is heavily guarded and forbidden to enter, so it is called the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City is the imperial palace of Ming and Qing Dynasties, where 24 emperors lived successively. It is said that there are 9,999 and a half rooms in the Forbidden City, only half as many as the 10000 rooms in Tiandi. According to the scientific statistics of modern ancient architecture experts, there are more than 8,700 palaces, halls, halls, buildings and pavilions. The Hall of Supreme Harmony is the main hall of the outer court, commonly known as the Golden King Hall. Now people see the Hall of Supreme Harmony, which was rebuilt in the thirty-fourth year of Kangxi. The square in front of the temple covers an area of more than 30,000 square meters, which is the place where the emperor holds important celebrations such as enthronement and wedding. When the ceremony was held, nearly a thousand civil and military officials and honor guards lined up neatly here, waiting for the emperor's audience. Because it is too wide, ministers can finish saying that they can't see the emperor in the hall, which makes the emperor and the golden palace in front of them more mysterious. The steps extending to the Hall of Supreme Harmony are carved with Yunlong patterns, and only the emperor can pass through such steps. The above is what China folks call the golden throne. There is a "Panlong algae well" just above the throne. There is a dragon carved on the algae well and a crystal ball under the dragon's mouth, which is called "Xuanyuan mirror". It is said that it was made by the ancient ancestor "Xuanyuan" in China, and it can tell the truth from the false. When Yuan Shikai ascended the throne, he was afraid that the Xuanyuan mirror would fall down and kill himself, so he ordered the emperor to step back a few inches. When Emperor Yongle built the Forbidden City, he separated the outer court, which handled all kinds of government affairs, from the imperial palace, where the emperor personally lived. To the north of Baohe Hall is the Palace, which is the residence of the emperor. There are a male and a female golden lion in front of the entrance and exit of the palace. Although Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty built the palace extremely tall and heavily guarded at that time, and even tried to subdue his subjects with these bronze stone carvings, the Revolution of 1911 in191/shook the world and changed the fate of the Forbidden City. Xuan Tong Emperor Puyi became the last emperor in the Forbidden City, also known as the last emperor. The Forbidden City is located in the center of Beijing. Today people call it the Forbidden City, which used to mean the Imperial Palace. The Forbidden City is 750 meters wide from east to west, 960 meters long from north to south, and covers an area of 720,000 square meters, making it the largest in the world. The whole building of the Forbidden City is surrounded by two solid defense lines, surrounded by a moat with a width of 52 meters and a depth of 6 meters, surrounded by river water; Then there is the city wall with a circumference of 3 kilometers, which is nearly 10 meter high and 8.62 meters wide at the bottom. There are four gates on the wall, the meridian gate in the south and the Xihua gate in the west. At the four corners of the wall, there are four watchtowers with three eaves and 72 tops. It is beautifully carved, unique in shape and unique in layout. It is a masterpiece of ancient buildings in China. The vast Forbidden City embodies China culture everywhere. The Forbidden City can be roughly divided into two parts, the south is the work area, which is the outer court; To the north is the living area, the palace. Palace buildings outside the imperial dynasty are arranged on the central axis, symmetrical and orderly. The main buildings of foreign dynasties that must be seen are: Hall of Supreme Harmony, Hall of Zhonghe and Hall of Baohe. All three halls are built on a huge platform 8 meters high, with a total area of 85,000 square meters. Among them, the Hall of Supreme Harmony is the highest and most brilliant. The Zhonghe Hall behind the Hall of Supreme Harmony is the place where the emperor rests and sacrifices before attending major ceremonies, while the Baohe Hall in the northernmost part is the place where the emperor holds a banquet and the champion of palace examination. The Forbidden City includes Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace, as well as the East Sixth Palace and West Sixth Palace on the east and west sides. This is the place where the emperor and his concubines lived, which is generally called "three palaces and six courtyards". In the north of the residential area, there is also a small and unique imperial garden, which is a place for members of the royal family to play. Emperors in Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty lived in Gan Qing Palace, Empress lived in Kunning Palace, and Jiaotai Hall was the place where Empress lived. In the late Qing Dynasty, the emperor and empress moved to the West Sixth Palace and other places. The most famous is hall of mental cultivation, which has been the residence of the emperor since yongzheng emperor. Empress Dowager Cixi lived here for more than 40 years. More interestingly, everything in the Forbidden City has some symbolic meaning, which embodies the essence of ancient China culture. The name "Forbidden City" is related to China's ancient philosophy and astronomy. People in China believe in "the connection between heaven and man" or "the unity of heaven and man", so the structure of the Forbidden City is modeled after the legendary "Heavenly Palace". In ancient astronomy, the stars were divided into three walls, surrounded by 28 constellations, of which the purple wall (Polaris) was in the middle of the sky and was the center of all the stars. The purple of the Forbidden City is the purple of the heart of the purple wall, which means that the palace is also the center of the world. "Purple" refers to the residence of the royal family, which is extremely noble and inviolable. Careful visitors will find that the names of the Forbidden City all contain the words "benevolence", "harmony", "zhong" and "an", such as the square and the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The meaning represented by these words is the core of China's Confucianism, namely "righteousness" and "benevolence", which highlights the traditional Confucianism.

Because it is a historical relic, it is certainly worth our visit.