What does Tang Ming mean?

Tang Ming refers to the Chaochao Hall in Wei Zi City.

Tang Ming is the main hall of the dynasty in Wei Zi City, known as the "Holy Land of Vientiane" and the landmark building of Luoyang, the capital of Tang and Wu Dynasties. It is 98 meters high and covers an area of1.2000 square meters. It is the largest wooden structure building in the history of the world, and also the peak of China architecture. Tang Ming is an important ceremonial building used by ancient emperors for political affairs and sacrifices. Tang Ming in the Five Periods of the Tang Dynasty was built in a suspended arch for three years (687) and completed at the end of the following year. It was named Vientiane Temple for people to visit.

It was destroyed in 695 AD and rebuilt as Tongtian Palace the following year. The hall has three floors, and the square at the bottom symbolizes the four seasons. The twelve-sided image in the middle is marked with twelve points, with a round cover at the top, which is held by Kowloon. The 20 quadrangles above symbolize 24 solar terms. The top floor is inlaid with golden phoenix (later changed to fire beads, so-called "national treasure"), and there are ten giant trees (perimeter 15 meters) running through it from top to bottom.

Value influence

Tang Ming is not only large-scale, but also unconventional and fashionable. Wu Zetian built Tang Ming in a unique way and with innovative spirit, which is "changing with time, following suit, living in the past and applying it appropriately". She opposed the past retro tradition and rigid and square single-story building model, and inherited the traditional Tang Ming design principle of "like heaven and earth" in connotation.

The architectural form under the ring in Tang Ming in the Tang and Five Dynasties created a precedent for Tang Ming architecture in ancient China from square to round. It embodies the idea that the son of heaven is connected with the sky, symbolically expresses the four seasons, twelve o'clock, twenty-four atmospheres, and the world view of all directions, the harmony between man and nature, and the harmony between heaven and earth, which directly influenced the later ritual architecture in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Tang Ming