What are the symbols and elements that can represent Beijing?

1, the Forbidden City

The Forbidden City in Beijing is a royal palace in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties, formerly known as the Forbidden City, located in the center of Beijing's central axis, is the essence of ancient Chinese palace architecture.

The Forbidden City of Beijing, centered on the Three Great Halls, covers an area of 720,000 square meters, with a floor area of about 150,000 square meters, more than seventy palaces of various sizes and more than 9,000 houses. It is one of the largest and most well-preserved wooden structures of ancient architecture in the world.

The Forbidden City in Beijing in the Ming Emperor Yongle four years (1406) began construction, the Nanjing Imperial Palace as the blueprint for the camp, to Yongle eighteen years (1420) was completed.

It is a rectangular city, 961 meters long from north to south and 753 meters wide from east to west, surrounded on all sides by a 10-meter-high wall, with a 52-meter-wide moat outside the city. The buildings in the Forbidden City are divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court.

The center of the outer court is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Central Harmony, and the Hall of Baohe, collectively known as the Three Great Halls, where the country's great ceremonies are held. The center of the inner court is the Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Hall, Kunning Palace, collectively known as the latter three palaces, is the main palace where the emperor and the empress live.

2, the Temple of Heaven

The Temple of Heaven, in the south of Beijing, Dongcheng District, east of Yongdingmennei Street. Covering an area of about 2.73 million square meters. Temple of Heaven was built in the Ming Yongle eighteen years (1420), the Qing dynasty Qianlong, Guangxu had been rebuilt and remodeled.

The Temple of Heaven is a place for the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties to worship the Emperor and pray for a good harvest. The Temple of Heaven is the general name of Huanqiu, Prayer Valley two altars, there are two altar walls, forming the inner and outer altar, altar wall of the south and north circle, symbolizing the circle of heaven and earth.

The main building in the altar, Huanqiu altar in the south, pray for the Valley altar in the north, the two altars in a north-south axis, separated by a wall. Huanqiu altar in the main buildings are Huanqiu altar, the royal dome, etc., pray for the Valley altar in the main buildings are the Hall of Prayer, Huangqian Hall, Prayer Gate, etc..

3, Ming Thirteen Mausoleums

Ming Thirteen Mausoleums, the world cultural heritage, the national key cultural relics protection units, national key scenic spots, national AAAAA level tourist attractions.

Thirteen Ming Tombs is located in Beijing Changping District, Tianshoushan foothills, a total area of more than 120 square kilometers, about 50 kilometers from Tiananmen Square. The Thirteen Mausoleums are located in a small basin surrounded by mountains in the east, west and north, surrounded by mountains in the mausoleum area, the center is a plain, and there is a small river winding in front of the mausoleum.

Since the Yongle seven years (1409) in May for the first long mausoleum, to the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen buried in the Siling stop, during which more than 230 years, has built thirteen emperors mausoleums, seven consort's tomb, a eunuch's tomb.

***Thirteen emperors, twenty-three empresses, two princes, more than thirty concubines and two eunuchs were buried. As of 2011, the open attractions are Changling Mausoleum, Dingling Mausoleum, Zhaoling Mausoleum, and Shenlu.

4, blowing sugar man

Blow sugar man is an industry in Beijing in the old days, the Beijing word for "blowing sugar maner", one of China's folk handicrafts. The vendors walked along the streets with picks on their shoulders, one end of which was a rectangular cabinet with shelves, and under the cabinet there was a semicircular open wooden cage with a small charcoal stove, on which a large spoon was filled with sugar (obtained by dissolving maltose).

According to legend, the ancestor of the candy blower was Liu Bowen, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty.

5. Beijing Lacquer Carving

Beijing lacquer carving is an ancient local traditional handicraft. It began in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is different from general lacquer ware.

Generally known as lacquerware, the main expression is to paint lacquer on the lacquer tires or carve flowers on the lacquerware and then coated with a layer of lacquer, but also inlaid or painted with lacquer colors on the design, patterns, etc., the variety of products is mainly indoor furniture.

Beijing carving lacquer is not, it is to carve the specialty. In the lacquer tire coated with dozens of layers to hundreds of layers of lacquer, 15 to 25 millimeters thick, and then carve with a knife, so it is called "carved lacquer".

In the history books carved lacquer can also be called "tick red", this is the customary name, because in ancient times in the carved lacquer products, mainly in red and green colors.

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