Who designed the Forbidden City?

The builder of the Forbidden City, Yongle Emperor Judy. In the fourth year of Yongle (1406), Ming Taizu wrote a book to build the Forbidden City and the city wall in Beijing on the basis of the Nanjing Forbidden City. As for the designer of the Forbidden City, some people think that it was designed by Kuai Xiang, because Kuai Xiang was a famous carpenter in the Ming Dynasty. He is skilled and resourceful. Some people think that Kuai Xiang is not the designer of the Forbidden City, but the real designer is Cai Xin, which is unknown, because Cai Xin directly participated in the design, planning and construction of the Forbidden City when it began to be built on a large scale in the 15th year of Yongle.

The Forbidden City is also called the Forbidden City. In ancient China, the planning concept of "harmony between man and nature" was emphasized, and the stars in the sky were used to correspond to the capital planning, so as to highlight the legitimacy of political power and the supremacy of imperial power.

The Emperor of Heaven lives in Wei Zi Palace, and the emperor on earth claims that he is the "son of heaven" ordered by God. His residence should be a symbol of Wei Zi Palace, so as to conform to the Heaven Emperor. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty records that "there is a Wei Zi Palace in the sky, which is the residence of God". The king built a palace and liked it. "Wei Zi, Ziyuan, Zigong and so on have become synonymous with the Forbidden City.

The Forbidden City is closed every Monday. Opening hours: April1-June 65438+1October 3 1: open at 8:20 am and close at 17:00 am; 165438+1October 1- March 3 of the following year1:it opens at 8:30 in the morning and closes at 16:30 in the evening.

Length of the Forbidden City: It will be better to play in the Forbidden City for more than 3 hours. There are many things to see and play in the Forbidden City. There are a lot of precious cultural relics and more than 70 palaces, large and small.