Why is the color of the buildings of the Forbidden City always red walls and yellow tiles, and what is its symbolism?

Beijing was planned and designed according to the principle of "Zhouyi", the highest traditional culture of ancient China, and built according to the cosmic concept of "unity of heaven and man", and every ancient building in the ancient capital of Beijing contains the immortal glory of the ancient philosophy of "Zhouyi".

The royal buildings in the ancient capital of Beijing had specific colors. For example, yellow sulfur glazed tiles were used for the roof of the palace, red was used for the palace walls, and the earth in the altar of the Gods of Jik was five-colored earth.

Royal belongs to the central earth, in accordance with the principle of the five elements of the Zhouyi, the earth is yellow, the ancients believe that yellow is the right color, for the color of honor, so the royal buildings are yellow, yellow is the special color of the royal buildings. From a high place to see the palace is simply a world of gold and blue.

The walls of the palace with red has two explanations. One is red for the fire, fire born in the center of the earth, the palace with red wall decoration is for the fire born of the earth, the Royal world has a solid foundation and strong support. Secondly, the Ming Dynasty, "Ming" word for bright for fire, red palace wall meaning and "Ming" fire red consistent. Coupled with the Ming Dynasty emperor surnamed Zhu, Zhu, red, red for fire. The red wall also indicates that the world of the Ming Dynasty surnamed Zhu.

The Ming and Qing dynasties used five colors of earth in the countryside is based entirely on Zhou Yi. According to Zhou Yi, the South for the fire of its soil for red, North for the water of its soil for black, East for the wood of its soil for green, West for the gold of its soil for white, the central soil for yellow, the emperor of the Divine Kingdom in the southeast, northwest and north of the different colors of the soil collection together, indicating that the Chinese land belongs to the Royal, through the ancestor of the five-color soil prayers for wind and rain, the five grains of abundance.