The Origin of the Forbidden City in Beijing

The construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing began in the fourth year of Yongle (1406), based on the Forbidden City in Nanjing, and was completed in the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420).

The Forbidden City in Beijing is the imperial palace of China in Ming and Qing Dynasties, formerly known as the Forbidden City. It is located in the center of Beijing's central axis and is the essence of ancient court architecture in China. The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on three halls, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about10.5 million square meters. There are more than 70 palaces and 9000 houses. It is one of the largest and best-preserved ancient wooden buildings in the world.

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The Forbidden City in Beijing was founded by the Ming Emperor Judy, and its designer was Kuai Xiang (1397— 148 1, Suzhou native). It covers an area of 720,000 square meters (96 1 m in length and 753 m in width), with a building area of about150,000 square meters, covering an area of 720,000 square meters and 6,543,800 migrant workers. * * It was completed 14 years ago.

There are 9999 rooms and a half. According to the expert field investigation of 1973, there are more than 90 courtyards and 980 houses in the Forbidden City, with a total of 8707 rooms (and this "room" is no longer the concept of a room today, and the "room" here refers to the space formed by four pillars).

The Palace Museum is arranged along a north-south central axis, and the three main halls, the last three palaces and the imperial garden are all located on this central axis. And spread to both sides, straight from north to south, symmetrical left and right.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Beijing Forbidden City