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A growing number of tourists from all over the world go to China to visit the Forbidden City in Beijing. However few people have profound understanding of the Architectural characteristics of the Forbidden City. Experienced artistic advisor to Lvpad.com explains the rules behind the world's largest palace complex in a very simple way.)
The Forbidden City imperial palaces in Ming (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasties (1644-1911) is famous not only because of the palaces themselves but also its architecture style.
There are delicate towers in four corners on the walls. All the major buildings are wooden structures roofed with yellow glazed tiles and supported by white marble terrace. Four gates on four directions are the Meridian Gate on the south the Gate of Devine Might on the north and two other Glorious Gates on west and east.
It was constructed symmetrically along a central north-south axis which is also the axis of the old Beijing City. All the palaces were constructed based on the Book of Change and Chinese traditional Confucian culture.
The main frames of all palaces are built of wood. The wooden beams and columns that is the upright post; the beam sits on top of the column are the most important elements while the walls using to separate space are auxiliary structures.
“Wood had been used to building all kinds of living places. It contributed to the delicate sculpture on the buildings but left potential problems that these buildings are fragile to be burnt or are not resistant to corrosion.” said artistic advisor to Lvpad.com Candy lee.
Color Painting is one form of decorations in Chinese ancient buildings which is used not only decoratively but also to protect the wooden structure from deterioration.
The design of the roofs is also attractive. More than ten kinds of roofs exist in it and the three halls in the outer court have three different roofs respectively. The Hall of Supreme Harmony has the highest level of the roof with ten mythical animals at each of its roof corners which shows the superiority.
“There are tens sorts of roofs in the Forbidden City which symbolize the creativity of ancient Chinese people especial for the craftsmen. On the contrary the constructions show the thinking of Chinese culture and designing ambition.” said Candy lee.
All these animals on the ridge come from the evolution of the nails or something heavy for the stability of the eaves when stuck by wind. This is their practical role in the ancient Chinese architecture.
The terraces are exquisite too. The terraces are used to support the building as well as avoid getting septic. The height as well as the decorations of the terrace is strictly limited by the hierarchy system.
The color also has its own culture. Yellow and red are the two main colors. Yellow meaning respect in Chinese Culture was widely used on roofs of most palaces.
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