Forbidden City

Tiananmen Square, the main entrance from the old Imperial City (you should be able to find) through the openings along the brick paved road north, a large grand buildings towering people come to realize there is exposure to philosophical significance of the feelings between heaven and earth, yes , you are into the old Forbidden City.
Is the world's largest and best preserved imperial palace complex. It is 750 meters east to west, north to south and 960 meters, covering an area of 72 square meters, a total of palace 9999. Here the original Ming and Qing dynasties of the palace, 24 emperors lived. The Forbidden City is the third Ming emperor - Yongle Emperor Zhu Di built beginning in 1407, lasted 14 years, It was reported that the craftsmen spent 10 million people across the country, millions of migrant workers. Far as building techniques, if you look around now used to antique buildings, look at the Forbidden City, and you will immediately understand what "Do not cloud the mud."
Forbidden Palace along a north-south axis arranged to start on both sides, North and South to take straight, symmetrical. This not only runs through the central axis in the Forbidden City, and throughout the entire Old City in Beijing, the Forbidden City in the possession of this central axis 1 / 3 length. Strictly for the architectural antithesis to the National Palace did not form a about power and influence, and has its own unique sense of rhythm and can not be imitated.

Forbidden colors
National Palace Museum can be divided into two parts, the south area of political activity, that is outside the DPRK, the North is living area, that is the inner court. North Korea's three main hall outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Preserving Harmony is the Forbidden City and the most attractive buildings. Inner court, the emperor and his consorts weekday work place to live life, you will find the abode of the Emperor Empress Gardens Jervois is so not as nice, but the interpretation here is indeed the highest level in history to China's "Intrigue and Love."
National Palace Museum has on display the hospital valuable works of art of various dynasties, according to statistics of the millions of incidents of large, accounting for the total number of artifacts 1 / 6 or more, many of which are unique national treasure. Palace and the Palace of Versailles, Buckingham Palace, the White House, the Kremlin is a house known as the world's five, of course, be included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Places of Interest
Address: Jingshan Front Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, No. 4
Tickets: 60 per season (April 16 -10 15); 40 per season, (October 16 -4 15); treasure museum, watch the 10 yuan ticket hall.
Discount: 8 March Women's Day purchase half price, June 2 children free of charge, free of charge for active duty on August 1.
Opening hours: 8:30-16:30 (Oct. 15 -3 31), only the votes in time 15:30; 8:30-17:00 (1 April -10 14) during which time tickets 16:00
Transport: Bus Bus 1,4,5,10,20,52,101,103 and other up; Take Subway Line 1, Tian'anmen East Station, Tian'anmen West station, then walk from Tiananmen Square.
Area Tel: 010-85117049 65132255

Architectural art of the Forbidden City
Travel Tips
Quick Raiders Palace
Road: → Wo Mun, dry clean the hall door → → → AC Thai Palace of Heavenly Purity Hall of the Imperial Garden → → → Kunning Shenwu Men
East: Third Meridian Gate Gate of Supreme Harmony hall → → → East Dry clean doors → Palaces → Ningshou Gong Zhen Fei well
West: Third Meridian Gate Gate of Supreme Harmony hall → → dry → West Liu Qing Gate Hall of Mental Cultivation → → → Cining Gong Shu Fangzhai
If only half the time fly, it would be best to Road-based.
Calligraphy loving friends can not miss the three Hall of Mental Cultivation West Snappers hope Church.
1. Tour the National Palace of course, feel it first, vast gas field, the so-called "intrinsic world of Aura." However, it is necessary to appreciate its careful architecture. Palace buildings are brick, yellow glazed tile roof, green Whitehead base, decorated with paintings of the resplendent, the building materials and construction techniques are very particular about.
2. Wall and moat: outside the National Palace is a 52 meters wide, 6 m deep moat; 3 km inside the perimeter wall, the wall almost 10 meters high, 8.62 meters wide at the bottom; wall on the opening 4, a South Meridian Gate, the North has Shenwu Men, Donghuamen east, west, West Gate; wall still stands four corners of the turret. Moat and the walls are "the root of the Imperial City" the most flavor of the place, you can experience Beijing's pastime, but also particularly suitable for photography. Recommendations from the Donghuamen piercing, and the Imperial City where you can enter a different world, particularly in the most beautiful summer evening here. Moat has been east, you can walk to the famous Dong Hua Men Night Market and Wangfujing.
Attractions information
Forbidden City in central Beijing, formerly known as the Forbidden City. The Ming and Qing dynasties palace, unique masterpieces of ancient architecture, China, largest, most complete ancient building complex. Known as one of the world's five Palace (Forbidden City in Beijing, the French Palace of Versailles, Buckingham Palace, the White House, Russia, the Kremlin).
Palace Museum was founded in the year 1406,1420 in the basic completion of the Ming Emperor Zhu Di built. Forbidden City north to south and 961 meters, 753 meters from east to west, covering an area of approximately 725,000 square meters. Construction area of 155,000 square meters. According to legend, the Forbidden City a total of 9999.5, 1973, according to experts, the actual field measurement of size of the Palace courtyard more than 90 blocks, 980 houses, a total of 8704 (and this "room" now is not the concept of the room, where "between" four room and pillar formed by the space). Miyagi surrounded by 12 meters high, long wall of 3400 meters, in the form of a rectangular city, 52 meters wide moat outside the wall surrounded by a fortified castle barriers. Forbidden City palace are wood, yellow glazed tile roof, green Whitehead base, decorated with paintings of the resplendent. National Palace Museum has four doors, the main entrance of the Meridian Gate, East Gate, Donghua Men, Simon West China Gate, North Gate Shenwu Men. Shenwu Men face of the north gate, useful soil, and stone into the Jingshan, mountain pine forest. In the overall layout, Jingshan is building the barrier Palace.
Palace of the building according to their layout and function is divided into "North" and "inner court" of two parts. "North Korea" and "inner court" to clear the door for community dry, dry clean outside the door toward the south, north of the inner court. North Korea outside the Forbidden City, the inner court of the building very different atmosphere.
Ethernet and the outer court, and in Bulgaria and the three main hall as the center is where the emperor held in North Korea, also known as "former." Exercise of power of feudal emperors, grand ceremony was held. Also wings East Wenhua Dian, Wen Yuan Ge, Si hospital, south three; Wu Yingdian west, the Imperial Household Department and other construction.
Neiting to Qing, Jiao Tai Dian, Kunning Palace after the three-center, two wings of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the East and West Liu, Itsuki, Yuqing Gong, after the Imperial Garden. The feudal emperors and the Empress of the residence. Ningshou Gong eastern inner court of the Qianlong emperor to abdicate after the construction and endowment. Nei Tingxi Department has Cining Gong, life safety and Temple. In addition, Chung Wah Palace, north of five other buildings.

Meridian Gate
Forbidden four
Palace has four gates, the main entrance called the Meridian Gate. The plane is concave, magnificent. Meridian Gate after five exquisite white marble arch leading to the Gate of Supreme Harmony. East Gate, Donghua Men, Simon West China Gate, North Gate Shenwu Men. Palace of the four cities has a delicate exquisite corner turret, turrets, 27.5 meters high, cross the roof, three double eaves and one after another, surrounded by bright mountain, polygonal cross, is the marvelous structure of the building.
The main entrance of the Forbidden City called the "Meridian Gate", commonly known as Wufeng Lou. North East and West on three sides by 12-meter platform connected to the city, surrounded by a square square. Have a group of buildings. Middle of a re-building, is 9 wide hall, Zhong Yan Dianding veranda, stretched out in the two QUE around the walls, built in conjunction eaves ridge of the pavilion through four, Ming Gallery connects the two wings of the house of their own homes 13 extended south, Siyu have tall corner booth, auxiliary wing of the main hall. The shape of the gate known as the "gate in", is the most advanced ancient Chinese form of the door. This group of buildings on the city, the situation is majestic and magnificent, the Forbidden City palace complex is the first peak. Meridian Gate is the emperor under the edict, ordered the expedition of the place. Moment, when the emperor took the imperial edict, issued by the calendar book, all the officials have gathered at the square in front afternoon listening purpose. Usually the main entrance to the Meridian Gate which can access only the emperor, the emperor into a wedding when the Queen, successful candidates alike, will draw champion, second place, third overall out of three can begin once the door. Civil and military ministers out of the east gate, the west side of the door out of the imperial clan kings.
Back door "Shenwu Men", when the Ming Dynasty "Xuanwu Gate Incident", one of four sacred animal in ancient basalt, speaking from the position, left the Green Dragon, White Tiger right, the former Suzaku, after the basalt, basaltic main north, so the northern palace imperial palace more than the name "basalt." Qing Emperor Kangxi was renamed because of taboo "Shenwu Men." Shenwu Men is also a form of gate building, with the highest levels of the double eaves and hipped roof, but it is only a five-bay hall Enclosing Gallery, there is no stretch of the wings to move around, so the shape on a lower level than the Meridian Gate . Shenwu Men intrauterine daily access for access control. Shenwu Men are the main entrance of the Palace Museum.
Donghua Gate and West Gate should be relatively remote, the door has a dismount stones, flowing north and south door Jinshui, stone shelves Block 1, northbound for the three doors. Donghua Gate and West Gate the same shape, flat rectangle, the red city of Taiwan, Bai Xu Mizuo, of which the provision of 3 coupons door, coupons outside the hole to square circle. City tower built on stage, yellow glazed veranda Dianding eaves, the tower Miankuo 5, into the deep 3, around the gallery.
Within the Meridian Gate, has a vast large courtyard, of which lie within the Jinshui something curved, that is outside the north towards the palace gates - Gate of Supreme Harmony, so each room corridor toward the veranda. There are 5 bridges Jinshuihe, with white marble railings, with the river Wanzhuan, the shape of a jade.

Three main hall model
Wo door, in the more than 30,000 square meters in the open courtyard is the center of the Outer Court: Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Preserving Harmony, collectively referred to as the three main hall (Ming Dynasty, said: Kill the house, canopy Hall, like the body temple , was renamed Jiajing: Emperor very Hall, in the very house, built very Hall. now known as the name of the Qing Dynasty). The three main hall is the Palace of the main building, they form different height, different roof forms, seem rich and diverse but not boring.
Hall of Supreme Harmony and the Hall of Preserving Harmony is built in white marble, the work of the 8-meter-high shape-based platform, Tai Wo front, and in the middle, Paul, and in the post. Joan afar like a myth in the Palace of Sin Que. Three base stations overlap, each edge of the stage are decorated with carved white marble balustrade, columns and leading hope, three of which have three dragons carved stone steps, set off the waves and clouds of the "Royal Road." 25,000 square meters of the counter are engraved steeplechase 1415, carved columns Yunlong Wang Xiangfeng of 1460, lead 1138. With so many white marble decorated with three, overlapping undulating shape, which is the ancient Chinese architecture has a unique style of decorative art. And this decoration on the structure and function, but also drains the table. In the steeplechase in? Stone, engraved with a small hole; sight pillar carved out of the faucet has a small hole. Every rainy season, 3 layer water discharged by the small hole, water from the faucet, Qianlong water, magnificent. This is the science and art design.