Ziwei Garden Culture in Beijing

For example, the Forbidden City in Beijing.

Located in the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City, also known as the Forbidden City, is now the Palace Museum. Twenty-four emperors once lived here. It is the imperial palace of Ming and Qing Dynasties (A.D. 1368 ~ 19 12), an unparalleled masterpiece of ancient architecture, and the largest and most well-preserved ancient architectural complex in the world. According to legend, the Jade Emperor had 10000 palaces, but in order not to surpass the gods, the Emperor built 9999 semi-palaces.

After the Ming Emperor Judy seized the throne, she decided to move the capital to Beijing. So in 1406 (the fourth year of Yongle), Ming Chengzu ordered the construction of Beijing Palace, with 230,000 craftsmen and millions of civilian workers, and it was completed in the eighteenth year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420). The Forbidden City, also known as the Forbidden City, is a purple wall with 15 stars according to China's ancient astrology theory. It is considered to be a palace "transported by the central government and surrounded by all directions" and the residence of the Emperor of Heaven, hence its name. The Forbidden City covers an area of 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about 6.5438+0.5 million square meters. There are 8,707 halls, all of which are brick and wood structures, yellow glazed tiles, blue and white stone foundations, and decorated with brilliant paintings. It is the largest and most complete ancient royal complex in the world.

The Forbidden City is surrounded by a wall 10 meters high. The Great Wall is 96 1 meter long from north to south and 753 meters wide from east to west. There is a moat 52 meters wide and 3800 meters long outside the city, which constitutes a complete defense system. The overall layout of the Forbidden City is symmetrical, rigorous and orderly, and every inch of bricks and tiles follow the feudal hierarchical etiquette system, which embodies the supreme authority of the emperor.

The Forbidden City is known as one of the five largest palaces in the world (the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in Britain, the White House in the United States, and the Russian Kremlin) and is listed as a "World Cultural Heritage" by UNESCO. Committee evaluation: The Forbidden City is the highest power center in China for more than five centuries. With its garden landscape and 9,000 huge buildings containing furniture and handicrafts, it became a valuable historical witness of China civilization in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The culture of the Forbidden City is imperial culture, royal culture or court culture with the emperor, palace and imperial power as the core, and the imperial power is represented by Baoxi. Twenty-four national treasures in the Ming Dynasty and twenty-five in the Qing Dynasty.

In a sense, the culture of the Forbidden City is a classic culture, authoritative, immortal and traditional. The culture of the Forbidden City has the characteristics of uniqueness, richness, integrity and symbolism. At the same time, she is associated with today's cultural construction. For any nation or country, classic culture is always the support of its life, the support of its spirit, the source of innovation, and the blood of its existence and continuation.