Beijing Forbidden City Characteristic Attractions Introduction

Forbidden City, Beijing featured attractions are one, Shenwu Gate; two, Donghuamen; three, the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Shenwu Gate in the Ming Dynasty for the "Xuanwu Gate", Xuanwu for one of the four ancient beasts, from the direction, the left blue dragon, the right white tiger, the former Zhuquan, Xuanwu, Xuanwu, Xuanwu, the main north, so the emperor's palace of the northern palace door more than named "Xuanwu". Qing dynasty during the Kangxi period for avoiding taboo renamed "Shenwumen". Hall of Supreme Harmony, commonly known as the "Palace of the Golden Emperor", Ming Yongle eighteen years (1420) was built, called Fengtian Hall. Jiajing forty-one years (1562) renamed the Imperial Palace.

Taihe Temple, commonly known as the "Hall of the Golden Emperor". Ming Yongle eighteen years (1420 AD) was built. Initially known as Fengtian Hall, Ming Jiajing renamed Huangji Hall, Qing Shunzhi began to call the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Qing Emperor Kangxi 34 years (A.D. 1695) rebuilt. With a height of 35.05m, the hall is of hipped style with heavy eaves, covering an area of 2,377 square meters, with 55 rooms and 72 large pillars, six of which are dragon-wrapped gold pillars, making it the tallest and largest building in the palace.

Taihe Temple was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties held their grand ceremonies. The emperor's ascension to the throne, the wedding, the empress and the annual Spring Festival, the winter solstice festival, the emperor's birthday, as well as the announcement of the yellow list of the scholar, send will be sent to war, banquet and other big celebrations are held here. Every day of the ceremony, from the Hall of Supreme Harmony to the Tiananmen Square, with a huge honor guard, the eaves of the Hall of Supreme Harmony before the set and Shao music, Taihemen set the Danhaji Dale, princes standing on the Danhaji above the first to the ninth rank of the civil and military officials gathered in the courtyard of the Royal Road on both sides of the display of the "Pinch of Yum Mountain". The emperor out of the Palace Royal Hall of Supreme Harmony, the noon door bells and drums ringing, the Palace of the court band played one after another, the temple outside the incense smoke, the atmosphere is solemn and solemn, in order to show that the feudal emperors of the exclusive and majesty.

Jinluan Temple "ridge decorations, called" scops owl ", is a hollow yellow colored glazed tiles with 13 pieces put together (the ancient construction of the "thirteen spell") it is the legend of the "Dragon nine sons" of a "dragon son", about this dragon son, since ancient times there are various legends. One said that because of this dragon can spray waves into the rain so it will be decorated in the roof of the ridge at both ends, to take the meaning of the town fire; two said that the ridge at both ends of the beast commonly known as "swallowing the ridge beasts", its appearance like a dragon is not a dragon, face in, opened his mouth as if he wanted to swallow the entire ridge of the temple.