The Forbidden City, also called the Palace Museum.

which was the imperial palace

during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Forbidden City was built from 1406 to 1420
by the Yongle Emperor who was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Forbidden City By: 伯尼
As one of the five most
important palaces in the world,
the grand halls and walls
The English name of the Forbidden City is a translation of its Chinese name Zijin
proudly display the essence
Cheng, indicate that it is the home of the emperor and his family and that no one was
and culmination of traditional
allowed to enter or leave the palace without the emperor's consent.
Chinese architecture, fitting for
the capital city of the world's
The Forbidden City is a rectangle that measures 961 meters in the north and south and
largest nation.
753 meters in the east and west. Additionally, it comprises of 980 still standing
structures with 8,886 bays of rooms.
Glazed Roof Tile - By far the most common roof tiles
Unquestionably, it is the world's largest palace. For more than 500 years, the palace are theyellow glazed tiles. Yellow being the colour of
served as the residence of 24 emperors, 12 of the Ming and 10 of the Qing dynasties. the emperor.Afew houses are covered with green tiles
This is one of the reasons we are interested in this issue. for the princes.
Mythical creatures on the roof ridges showing the status
The three main halls of the Forbidden City, The Hall of Mental Cultivation, well- The Exterior walls is 10m high and 8.6 thick at the base of the building.
known emperors and palace tales, well-known Forbidden City music, an online virtual Distinctive yellow glazed tiles make the palace stand out
Forbidden City, and the ideal time to visit are all covered in the parts that follow. from the rest of the city.
There are three halls stand on top of a three-tiered white marble terrace of the square
of the palace.
Apart from the distinctive yellow glazed tiles used for
the roofs, tileswere also used as decorations on
Buildings are connected bycorridors or unified by courtyards. Buildings are not
screens and walls.
integrated to form a larger building. Chinese Culture belongs to not only to the
Chinese but also to the whole world. Marble 溪 白 玉 石 - The main buildings of the palaces
The Palace was divided into werebuild on marble terraces. There is a huge inclined
two parts slab, withcarved dragons, weighs 300 tons. These were
transported onsheets of ice pulled by 20000 men and
The Inner Court was the horses and took amonth to travel the 50km journey.
The Outer Court
residence of the Emperor and
was used for state The carved s/ab on the central staircase of the main terrace.
his family. I t was also used
ceremonies. Only the emperors were allowed to be carried over it.
for running the day-to-day
Hall of Supreme
affairs of state. It was run by
Harmony
eunuchs
Midway Hall of Bricks and Golden Bricks 金 - Bricks were used for
Hall of Celestial Purity
Harmony pavingand for the external walls. Floor tiles are known as
Hall of Union And Peace
Hall of Military GoldenBricks, made in Suzhou. These were made of clay
Hall of Terrestrial
Prowess and took twomonths firing in kilns. A floor tile took two
Tranquility.
years to make, anacan last for centuries. They are called
Golden Bricks becausethey are expensive to make.
In early Ming Dynasty, there were about 1630 halls.
In early Qing there were 1800 halls. Timber - All palace buildings used timber frame
Currentlythe palace has 2631 halls and 90 courtyards. There are some 10,000 gates in the palace. structures. Themost important of timber are the pillars
Meridian Gate is the Grandest of all the of Nanwu wood 楠 木 ( Phoebe Zhennan). These logs
palaces gates. Its nearly 38m high. were transported from southwestern China and took 4
Bronze Animal sculptures years for the journey. Some 100,000Nanwu pillars were
used in the construction. The wood workwere covered
by a secret formulated paste, mixed with pig'sblood,
There are several flour and earth for preservation.
beautifully carved
thrones at the palace
There are four watch towers at the four corners of the
Bronze lion at the Gilt bronze palace walls. Every tower is held up by nine beams.
Gilt bronze lion. Bronze tortoise
Gate of Supreme elephant in Moat The towers are also held up by 18 pillars
incense burner. The palace is surrounded by a 52 m wide moat.
Harmony. thegarden.