What is the role of the Forbidden City door handle in addition to decorative

Forbidden City gate decoration

1, door color?

The palace vermilion lacquer door is the most noble and noble rank symbol, in feudal society, in addition to the imperial palace, royal palaces and temples, any other buildings are not allowed to use vermilion lacquer door.

2, the door hairpin?

Door sill protruding decorations, is installed in the door on the axis of the pillar fixed in the upper sill components, door hairpin square, rectangular, diamond, hexagonal, octagonal and other styles, the front or carved, or depicted, decorated with floral motifs.

The Ming and Qing Dynasty rankings stipulated that the door hairpins of the Imperial Palace and the King's Palace were four, and the door hairpins of the officials of the first to the seventh rank were two, and the people were not allowed to install the door hairpins.

3, store head?

The head of the door is the door ring and the base of the door, for the traditional door decorations, the head of the store, alias "gold store", "gold Lu", "copper Li", "" animal ring", "animal ring", "animal ring", "animal ring", "animal ring", "animal ring", "animal ring", "animal ring", "animal ring", "animal ring". animal ring", "copper store" and so on.

The Imperial Palace, the King's Palace of the beasts of the head of the pattern has a decorative role and the town of evil evil symbolism. Royal Palace, the King's Palace of the head in the size, choice of materials, materials, craftsmanship, production, etc. have reached the peak, the Royal Palace, the King's Palace of the head has no practical role and value, mainly to highlight the Royal King of the world's momentum.

4, door nails?

The Royal Palace, the Royal Palace gate on the door nails rank. Palace gates on the door nails, each door nine rows, a row of nine, **** nine hundred and eighty-one. "Nine" is the largest Yang number, like the "sky", so, the palace door nails, is nine nine hundred and eighty one. (Only the Donghuamen door nails less a row, for eighty-nine seventy-two).

The number of door nails reflects the concept of hierarchy, the Qing Dynasty regulations, nine road door nails can only be decorated with the palace, the Prince's House with seven roads, the Prince's House with five roads .....