2, the Forbidden City which embodies the Chinese tradition of Confucianism and ethical concepts

First of all, the most superficial and shallow embodiment of the "neutral" idea is the name of the Forbidden City Palace directly contains the word "and". For example, the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Central Harmony, the Hall of Baohe. "and" from the "in the middle" "to neutralization, the status of the sky, all things are not". In addition to the name of the palace directly containing "and", there is the door of Taihe Gate, Xiehe Gate, Concord Gate and so on. The Ming and Qing emperors believed that only a harmonious dynasty, its rule will be the country's peace and prosperity, the survival of the ages.

Second, the name of the Palace building many have obvious political symbolism, reflecting the rulers of the dynasty aspire to "and" for the noble, long "and" the ideals and political aspirations. To the most representative significance of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, for example, the Forbidden City, the center of the building Hall of Supreme Harmony (formerly known as Fengtian and Huangji) the name of the word "Taihe", which symbolizes the harmony of the ruling order, the sacred and inviolable, is the rulers of the order of the best realm and the effect of the rulers think that it is also entrusted to the good hope of the country's eternal security. Therefore, the Hall of Supreme Harmony is not only the Palace of the highest, the most magnificent main building, and location in the center of Beijing and the Palace of the Imperial Palace, is in a position to dominate all the leaders and hubs. It represents the harmony and order from name to reality, showing the absolute confidence of the ruler.

Third, part of the Palace of the Palace of the name of the name from the "Zhou Yi", reflecting the meaning of yin and yang harmony. In addition to the "three halls", the emperor lived in the palace called "Qianqing Palace" to take the dry trigrams like heaven, like Yang, like the dragon, like the meaning of the king. Qianqing means "clear sky". Empress resides in the palace called "Kunning Palace" to take the Kun Gua like the ground, like Yin, like the meaning of women. "Kun Ning" means "peace on earth". Hall between the two palaces called "Jiao Tai Hall", because the "I Ching" in the Tai Gua for the lower dry on the Kun, there is the sky down to the ground, the ground up to the sky of the meaning of heaven and earth intersection, it is called Jiao Tai. The I Ching said: "heaven and earth, after the way of heaven and earth with wealth." "Jiao Tai Hall" is located in the dry, between the two palaces, so called "Jiao Tai" is suitable for its meaning. ~