The Forbidden City is magnificent, also known as the Imperial City. What is the origin of its name?

This is related to what the ancients said about astrology. The ancients thought that Ziweiyuan, now the North Star, was located in the center of the sky, where the emperor lived, and the emperor was the son of heaven, so the emperor's residence was also called the Forbidden City.

The name of the Forbidden City comes from the Purple Star Altar. Ancient scientists divided the stars in the sky into three or twenty-eight constellations. These three brakes include Taiwei, Wei Zi and Shi Tian. Wei Zi is in the middle of the fork in the road.

According to ancient astronomy and long-term observation of space objects in China, Lagerstroemia indica is considered to be in the sky and its position is eternal, so it has become a constellation representing emperors. This is the emperor's home. Therefore, the Heavenly Palace, the residence of the Emperor of Heaven, is said to be "child-centered".

The Forbidden City in Beijing was built in A.D. 1406, which was the fourth year of Yongle ruled by Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. On the basis of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, it was built in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1420), covering an area of about 720,000 square meters. It is a rectangular city with a width of 753 meters from east to west and 96 1 meter from north to south.

The city wall is more than ten meters high and the moat is 52 meters wide, which constitutes a "city within a city". The buildings in the palace are all made of wood, with yellow glazed tiles on the roof and blue and white stones on the base. Known as the five largest palaces in the world, the Forbidden City is listed as a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national 5a-level tourist attraction.

The Forbidden City, the Forbidden City culture, is a classical architectural culture in a sense. Classics are authoritative, immortal and traditional. The culture of the Forbidden City is unique, rich, holistic and symbolic.

At the same time, the architectural design of the Forbidden City also plays an important role in today's era. For the Chinese nation, the people of China and the country, classic culture has always been their life pillar, spiritual pillar, source of innovation and lifeline of survival.