In this year’s 2020, the second decade from the turn of the century in Beijing the Capital of China also the People’s Republic of China, in which is also the year of the rat, marking its six hundred years anniversary of the Forbidden city that marks the transitional point of in between the middle of the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644) transitionally from Nanjing to Beijing towards the Qing Dynasty (1636-1644-1911) …. The Imperial Palace seen so many countless seasonally transitional equinoxes but further its six hundred years is iconic, but it’s five hundred ninety nine years it marks it Autumn Equinox…. In which it only took twelve years to build the same of the Daming Palace of The Tang Dynasty Xian Imperial Capital only it was least twenty times larger…
During the construction of the Forbidden City in which the Forbidden city is also known to be the second Construction of the Palace museum in which Beijing was considered due it was a lower cost than the original site in which have cost more due to its location of being remote location also the cost rebuilding a whole imperial capital city from the ground up during half way from the Ming Dynasty from Nanjing to Zhongdu – Beijing- But the prequel to this architectural splendor, hidden about 1,000 kilometers away in Fengyang county, Anhui province- China – People’s republic of China.. Both in which have receiving having the same amount of earthworks but the Zhongdu site was halted …..
When children look at the Forbidden City, what they love to see is probably not the big palace, but the Imaginations adventuring exploration of self-education of natural and interesting corners of it. Flying fish, sea horses, crabs, prawns, pig-like dolphins, pomegranates and lotus flowers growing on pillars, strange stones like lions, sea cucumbers, and tofu. Innocent eyes can see the completely different Forbidden City, where architecture and nature have coexisted harmoniously in 600 years. The charm of historical gardens is also here. Ancient trees have been endless for hundreds of years, and buildings have been seen through dynasties for hundreds of years. This is the most direct relationship between civilization and nature. Reading the Forbidden City together, reading “The Beasts of the Forbidden City” and “A Tour of the Forbidden City” with the youngsters Rong Zishan and Wang Shengdi, I discovered the innocence of the Forbidden City…
孩子们看紫禁城，爱看的恐怕不是大宫殿，而是它角落里的自然真趣。飞鱼、海马、螃蟹、大虾、很像猪的海豚，长在柱子上的石榴和莲花，像狮子、像海参、像豆腐的奇石。童真的眼睛能看到截然不同的紫禁城，建筑与自然是这样在600年里和谐共生的。历史园林的魅力也正在于此，古木数百年生生不息，建筑数百年阅尽朝代更迭，这是最直接的文明与自然的关系。一起读故宫，与少年荣梓杉、王圣迪读《故宫神兽》、《巧游览故宫》一起发现紫禁城童真的意趣。
Imagines credits are of the Forbidden City –Imperial Palace –Beijing – China- People’s Republic of China also from the Series Weibo北京卫视上新了故宫 Treasures in the Forbidden City…
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