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The Forbidden City was the imperial palace of China from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. Located in Beijing, it covers 720,000 square meters and has 980 surviving buildings. Construction began in 1407 and was completed by 1420, using over one million workers. For over 500 years, it served as the home for emperors and the political center of China, housing the largest government on Earth. Now a museum, it is considered the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
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- 1. China Beijing A day in...
- 2. Forbidden City Zǐjìnchéng: literally Purple Forbidden City, was the imperial palace of China since the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. The Forbidden City is located in central Beijing, China.
- 3. Currently, the entirepalace complex is best known as Palace Museum, and covers an area of 720,000 sqm - equivalent to a square of 9 by 8 blocks - with 980 surviving buildings, and just over 8,700 rooms. The main entrance is located on the largest square in the world - Tiananmen, which measures about 260,000 sqm.
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- 5. The Forbidden Cityis surrounded by a wall 7.9 m high with average depth of 7.5 m and that at south, has five drilled passages constituting the main entrance - Meridian Gate, by Tiananmen Square. The middle opening is part of the Imperial Way, a stone path running north-south, which only the emperor could pass, with the exception of the Empress on the occasion of her marriage.
- 6. Anyone who daredto cross the gates without permission was subject to summary and painful execution. It was part of the tradition that the doors of all halls and imperial garden were decorated with nine rows of nine nails.
- 7. The beggining ofconstruction of the Forbidden City was in 1407, but by 1420 it was already completed. One million workers, including 100,000 artisans, worked hard in the long task. .
- 8. For more thanfive centuries it served as the residence of the Emperor and his domestic staff, being the ceremonial and political center of the Chinese government.
- 9. Hence, it wasthe seat of a government that commanded the most populous empire on earth, and it remains the largest palace in the world.
- 10. After the mainentrance - Meridian Gate - to reach the interior of the Palace one needs to cross the 52 m wide and 6 m depth moat that surrounds it. Only then there is an access to the first Gate - that of Supreme Harmony, which by its stairs has two bronze lions.
- 11. Hall of SupremeHarmony - was the symbol of imperial power and so has the tallest structure: 35.02 m high besides the decorated ceiling that, added, reaches 37,44 m. To sustain such a structure, there are 72 pillars distributed in six rows.
- 12. Plaque in thefacade with the name of the Hall of Supreme Harmony
- 13. Courtyard between Gateof Supreme Harmony and Hall of Supreme Harmony
- 14. Hall of SupremeHarmony – TaiHeDian - in this hall is the sandalwood throne that was once one of the symbols of imperial power.
- 15. The Ming throneof the Hall of Supreme Harmony is gold painted and is hundreds of years old. Although it had been the greatest symbol of power in the first half of last century, with the decaying turbulence of state affairs, it was abandoned and remained missing for nearly 50 years.
- 16. The Forbidden Cityis listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
- 17. Gold details adornthe dragons everywhere.
- 18. Perfectionism includes guttersbeautifully decorated.
- 19. There are noexternal or internal angle that does not cause always admiration due to the exuberance of details and color profusion.
- 20. Imperial Garden, builtin 1417
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- 22. Myriad Springs (WanChunTing)Pavillion in the Imperial Garden.
- 23. Every detail hasa meaning ...
- 24. The number ofstatuettes at the edge of the roofs represents the importance of buildings. The smaller one may have three to five of them.
- 25. The Hall ofSupreme Harmony has 10 - the only building that could have that much in the imperial era.
- 26. Hall of SupremeHarmony - starting from left, an immortal riding a phoenix, followed by: a dragon, a phoenix, a lion, a heavenly steed, a seahorse, a SuAnNi, a YaYu, a XieZhi, one DouNiu and a HangSh.
- 27. It's so muchbeauty that gives rise to a neologism - a dazzliness!
- 28. Imperial buildings haveyellow roofs ...
- 29. ... while thetemples roofs and its gates are blue.
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- 31. Vault of Templeof Heaven
- 32. If the ceilingsboast dazzling decoration, the floors of the main halls were paved with “golden bricks” that took months cooking, resulting in soft bricks that play with a metallic sound.
- 33. Painel dos nove dragões In front of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, is the largest and best of Nine Dragons panels in China, measuring 3.5 m in height and about 30 m in length. The dragon was the symbol of longevity, and also of the union of heaven and earth.
- 34. Gate of HeavenlyPurity Gilded female lion – Qing Imperial Guardian Gilded male lion holding the ornament Lion - protecting its cub. representing the world.
- 35. A Chinese secretto unveil?
- 36. Imperial Dragon Thronein the Hall of Preserved Harmony. This is one of the three central halls of Forbidden City, near the Hall of Heavenly Purity and of Supreme Harmony. It resembles the latter, but in much smaller scale.
- 37. Hall of PreservingHarmony Relief on the stairs next to the throne room. The block of marble weights about 250 tons and is 16.57 m long, 3.7 m wide, and 1.7 m in depth.
- 38. From a goldenbas-relief, at the residential part of the Forbidden City.
- 39. A room insidethe Forbidden City with the traditional Chinese wedding decorations.
- 40. After the Japaneseoffensive in 1931, the entire palace complex was devastated.
- 41. In 1933, byorder of Chiang Kai Check, more than 3,000 chests were filled with carefully crafted packets, within which treasures were secretly transported through China to Taiwan, saving from the Japanese invasion Chinese relics 5,000 years old. Even after the return of many of these treasures, there are many pieces of the Forbidden City’s collection not yet exposed. This and the following photos are of relics displayed in the Palace Museum. An Imperial Crown
- 42. Piece to composechinese imperial garment.
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- 44. Qing dynasty purplecanopy with a magic fungi design.
- 45. Two Qing Dynasty“blue porcelain” ware.
- 46. But now, atthis time, the Sun is beginning to set…
- 47. ... and thelights are lit announcing that this day, at Forbidden City, has ended.
- 48. In a stateof perplexity for the unforgettable day, what is left is a walk around Tiananmen Square with your chest filled with a feeling that you know you’ll never be able to fully express...
- 49. Images - Alldrawn from the Net with the respective credits Music - All by Gabriel Yared, from the soundtrack of L’Amant de la Chine du Nord 1 - Ce jour-là sur le Mekong 2 – L’Amant Creation, research, compilation and formatting : Delza Dias Ferreira [email protected] English version: Flavio Musa de Freitas Guimarães www.culturesandart.com São Paulo, XII - 2011 Forbidden City Map : http://www.peacham.com/china/large/forbiddenmap.gif?169,167
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