Brief introduction of Beijing Forbidden City

The Forbidden City in Beijing is the imperial palace of China in Ming and Qing Dynasties, formerly known as the Forbidden City. It is located in the center of Beijing's central axis and is the essence of ancient court architecture in China. The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on three halls, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about10.5 million square meters. There are more than 70 palaces and 9000 houses. It is one of the largest and best-preserved ancient wooden buildings in the world.

The Forbidden City was built in 1406 and basically completed in 1420. It was built by the Ming emperor Judy. The length of the Forbidden City is 96 1 m from north to south and 753 meters from east to west, covering an area of about 720,000 square meters. The construction area is 6.5438+0.55 million square meters. It is said that the Forbidden City has 9999 rooms, and the actual data is 1973. According to experts' measurement, the Forbidden City has more than 90 courtyards and 980 houses, accounting for 8707 rooms (but this "room" is not the current concept of room, and the "room" here refers to the space formed by four pillars).

Miyagi is surrounded by a palace wall with a height of 12 m and a length of 3400 m, which is rectangular and surrounded by a moat with a width of 52 m, forming a fortified castle. The buildings in the Forbidden City are all wooden structures, with yellow glazed tile roofs and blue and white stone bases, decorated with splendid colorful paintings. There are four doors in the Forbidden City. The main entrance is called Wumen, the east entrance is called Donghuamen, the west entrance is called Xihuamen, and the north entrance is called Shenwumen. Facing the Shenwumen in the north gate, Jingshan, made of earth and stone, is full of pines and cypresses. In the overall layout, Jingshan can be said to be the barrier of the Forbidden City complex.

According to China's ancient astrology theory, Ziweiyuan (i.e. Polaris) is located at the zenith where the Emperor of Heaven lives, and heaven corresponds to human beings, so it is also called the Forbidden City. After the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty seized the throne, Judy decided to move the capital to Beijing and began to build the palace, which was completed in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420). 19 1 1 year, the Revolution of 1911 overthrew the last feudal monarchy in China, and in 1924, the grandson Puyi was expelled from the palace. For more than 500 years, 24 emperors lived here and ruled the whole country.

The Forbidden City receives an average of 6-8 million tourists from home and abroad every year. With the development of tourism, the number of tourists is increasing, which shows that people's interest in the Forbidden City is lasting.

On 201February 3 17, Dean Dan Jixiang announced that the number of visitors to the Palace Museum in 20 16999538 was a record in the last inspection activity to clean up the open area in 20 17.

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Baidu Encyclopedia Entry Forbidden City