The City is the imperial palace in Beijing whose construction was ordered by Yongle, the third Ming emperor, and conducted between 1407 and 1420. This palace, on a scale unmatched - it covers an area of 720,000 sq ft - is part of the palace oldest and best preserved in China. The most common name is "Forbidden City", which comes from the fact that access was forbidden to the people at the time of the great Chinese emperors. As the residence of the latter, it became a symbol of prohibition.
Since the beginning of the fifteenth century, the heart of Beijing is around the Forbidden City, also known as the Imperial Palace of Ming and desQing. It is the largest architectural complex in China: a city within the city. It covers 720,000 square meters and has 9999 rooms and 50 acres of gardens. If tradition is limited to 9999 pieces, because only their gods had the right to build a palace with 10 000 pieces. The number 10 000 symbolically represents "a countable infinity" in China. Thus, men have tried to approach as close as possible to their ideal of perfection. The construction of the Forbidden City has lasted 14 years and over a million workers have worked there. Between 1420 et1911, a total of 24 emperors have lived. It's called the Forbidden City because it was reserved for the emperor, his family and people who worked for him. Before 1924, when it was opened to the public, no one else was allowed to it approaching or even watch it.
architecture divided the Forbidden City in two parts: the outer courtyard and patio. The Outer Court, where the ruler received his ministers and chaired the major ceremonies, houses the hall of Supreme Harmony (Taihe), the hall of Harmony (Zhonghe) and the Hall of Preserving Harmony (Baohe) and the main side buildings, including the Hall of Literary Glory (Wenhua) and the Hall of Military Prowess (Wuying). The courtyard includes especially the Palace of Heavenly Purity (Qianqing), the room Union (Jiaotai) and the Palace of Earthly Tranquillity (Kunning), which are respectively surrounded by the six East Palace and Palace Six West. The courtyard served as a workroom to the emperor and the imperial family apartments and concubines. Nowadays, it became a museum that preserves the imperial treasures of ancient Chinese civilization. The Forbidden City is one of the most visited sites in China. The Forbidden City has been completely revamped. It was listed as World Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 1987. It is also the largest collection of buildings wood in the world.
The doll picture of the Qing Dynasty is available from the shop RUYI:
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