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The night of February 6, 1933, Beiping- Peking- Beijing, the Forbidden City Gate of Supreme Harmony in the Place Museum, 13,427 boxes of cultural relics were in full order, ready for the southward salvage campaign. In 2017, a secret stop on the southbound migration of cultural relics of the Forbidden City — Chongqing Andersen Firm, was found by a man who decided to preserve it. Designer Zhang Yonghe and his team took on the job of the restoration and renovation of the buildings, which finally opened to the public in June 2021. YIT came to the mountain city of Chongqing on the opening day of the Memorial Museum, to listen to Zhang Yonghe’s story about the transformation of the buildings, and to explore the secret “national treasures long march”

During the War of Resistance, there were 3,694 boxes of cultural relics from the Forbidden City stored by the former site of Anderson Firm, which made important contributions to the protection of national treasures and the inheritance of Chinese culture. Under the joint promotion of the Palace Museum, Chongqing Municipal Commission of Culture and Tourism Development, and the Nan’an District Government, Chongqing has renovated the cultural relics, created the surrounding environment, and presented a variety of business formats there. Eight buildings in the former site of Anderson Firm were constructed as cultural relics of the Memorial Hall for the Cultural Relics from the Forbidden City in Nanbin Road. The entire hall covers an area of about 2,500 square meters, including cultural venues such as Memorial Exhibition Halls, Cultural Lecture Halls, Education Classrooms, Forbidden Academy, bookstores, and more.

[Adapted from real history, the Forbidden City’s first new book of historical Chinese comics is on the market! ] More than 13,000 boxes of precious cultural relics, which lasted 25 years, spanned more than half of China in the midst of war, creating the longest and largest history of cultural relics in modern history. The new Forbidden City comic book “Echo of the Forbidden City: The Legend of National Treasures Moving South” artistically reproduces the story of the people of the Forbidden City guarding the antiquities in the prosperous years. The book also includes a large number of precious historical photos and archives, which is like a documentary on paper; there is also a “picture-in-picture” format, which interestingly explains 11 precious cultural relics from the south, including stone drums and Yonggu cups in Jin Mau.

Forbidden City The first historical Chinese comic, adapted from a true story, was reviewed by experts from the Palace Museum, and recommended by Tencent Animation App with a high score of 9.8. Comic art reappears the prodigious years. 13,491 boxes of precious cultural relics, which lasted 25 years, spanned more than half of China in the midst of war, creating the longest and largest history of cultural relics in modern history. It’s not just a comic book, it’s also filled with precious historical photos and archives, like a documentary on paper. Supplement the knowledge of national treasures and present precious cultural relics in the upper courtyard on paper. ….Follow the comic “Echo of the Forbidden City: The Legend of National Treasures Moving South” to look back on those turbulent years. Not forgetting history is the best tribute to our ancestors…..

In this year’s 2022, the second decade from the turn of the century in Beijing the Capital of China also the People’s Republic of China, marking its six hundred and two 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..

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Today its 17th August 2022, During On August 5th 2022, the press conference of Shan Jixiang’s new book “Voice of the Forbidden City”, president of the Chinese Cultural Relics Society and former director of the Palace Museum, was held at the Beijing Dongcheng Cultural Development Research Institute. At the press conference, Shan Jixiang also gave a public reading lecture on the theme of “46 Voices, Hearing the Beauty of the Forbidden City”. He cut from the perspective of sound, showing readers a solemn yet cordial, elegant and interesting Forbidden City. The event was hosted by Zhang Hongwei, president of the Palace Museum Press.

Zhang Hongwei introduced that the book “The Voice of the Forbidden City” is the work of Shan Jixiang, the old director of the Forbidden City. Through the cross-section of “The Voice of the Forbidden City”, using sound as a medium, the history and the present, tradition and innovation of the Forbidden City are integrated. , presented to everyone from a whole new dimension, while telling the interesting story of the Forbidden City. Let the audience who walk into the Forbidden City listen, read and watch, understand the history of the Forbidden City, and understand the stories behind the cultural relics. This is the Forbidden City Publishing House’s promotion of the excellent traditional Chinese culture contained in the Forbidden City from different angles, and it is also the publishing vision of this new book.

One of the major features of “The Voice of the Forbidden City” is that it can be “listened” and is a book that can speak. A QR code is attached to the cover of the book. After scanning the code, you can listen to the audio program “Hearing the City” narrated by Shan Jixiang. The 46 kinds of sounds are all sampled from the Forbidden City. In Shan Jixiang’s contagious narration, the story about the Forbidden City slowly unfolds. Read the text, appreciate the pictures, listen to the book, readers can get a new reading experience. 爱 Reading Forbidden City history pan-knowledge….

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..

Images and visuals are from – Forbidden City –Palace Museum Beijing- China –People’s Republic of China…..

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Set to be release on November 2022 is the most awaited Forbidden City is the new interactive puzzle book “Mystery Palace Emperor Yongle Mystery” in the Forbidden City’s……. The “Mystery Palace” series will be available to readers within this year …… Following the “Mystery Palace·Ruyi Linlang Picture Book” and “Mystery Palace·Gold List Title”, Mystery Palace·Yongle Mystery Focusing on the history of the Ming Dynasty, bringing a new puzzle-solving experience with creative handwritten notes. The book contains more than 40 kinds of accessories and hands-on mechanisms, such as theme maps, Jinyiwei props, underground palace models, palace car cursors, rotary chucks, and auspicious beasts, as well as hundreds of Ming Dynasty knowledge points and hearty puzzle solving. The premise is designed to take you as a Ming Dynasty spy, to solve the historical mystery when the Forbidden City was built during the half way of the Ming Dynasty as the Capital is relocated from Nanjing to Beijing during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle era.

The Forbidden City Publishing House and the Mystery House interactive puzzle game book “Mystery Palace”. The last time we met was in 2020, so everyone has been waiting for a long time.

Over the past two years,  the Forbidden City  Publishing House  have overcome many difficulties in design and production, insisted on polishing the third work of Mystery Palace, and finally brought you a new work in the “Mystery Palace” series in 2022 – “Mystery Palace Yongle Doubt”.

From the word “Yongle”, it can be seen that the plot of this work has been traced back to the early Ming Dynasty from the Qing Dynasty of the first two works. The Forbidden City has experienced more than 600 years of trials and hardships since Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, built the Imperial Palace in Beijing in the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420). During the 491 years, 24 emperors dealt with government affairs and daily life here, 14 in the Ming Dynasty and 10 in the Qing Dynasty.

What did this large-scale palace complex look like at first? What thrilling stories happened during the construction process? What kind of palaces can we still have a glimpse of the spirit of the Ming Dynasty palaces? The Ming Dynasty was full of mystery to the Forbidden City. Therefore, we choose to focus the story of the new mystery palace to the early years of the Ming Dynasty, and unfold a historical picture of the Forbidden City when it was built.

Continuing the tradition of the Mystery Palace, we have spared no effort to pursue the historical truth in the grand narrative with the help of the buildings, cultural relics and historical materials preserved in the Palace Museum, and to create and restore the moving details that have been buried in the world, and strive to bring readers a different reading and experience. gaming experience.

In the spring of the nineteenth year of Yongle, the first month of Jiazishuo.

After Jingnan, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di finally completed the construction of the Forbidden City in the nineteenth year of his ascension to the throne. On this day, the sound of “Long Live” sounded from the square of Fengtian Temple, and the rolling sound crashed into the towering crimson palace wall, turned into a mountain and tsunami, and floated to the sky with the palace’s elegant music. The three-storey white marble Sumeru Tower holds up the three halls of Fengtian, Huagai, and Jinshen, making them look like palace towers in the sky above the clouds, overlooking all living beings in the world. The clear glazed tiles shone with ten thousand points of golden light, like dragon scales.

In the Fengtian Hall, Zhu Di was receiving congratulations from civil and military officials and foreign envoys. After more than ten years of construction, Beijing has finally officially become the new capital of the Ming Dynasty.

However, just behind this solemn Dingdu Chaohe, there is a hidden force that makes the current situation turbulent. Emperor Yongle’s move to move the capital has long been criticized in the court. The corvée and the consumption of money and grain for the construction of the new capital have aroused opposition again and again. Determining the cabinet, setting up the East Factory, and guarding the guards in the Forbidden City… All of this shows that this palace is not infallible.

One day, Dr. Qin Tianjian’s bronze figurine deduction caused a huge wave with one stone. High officials in the DPRK, wealthy businessmen, and even the embassies of Fanbang were entangled in it. An unspeakable force pointed directly to the Forbidden City at the beginning of its construction.

Are they going to attack the palace?

Did Emperor Yongle know the truth of the incident?

What bloody memories did the original red wall and yellow tiles imprint?

How did justice and evil compete on the top of the Forbidden City?

And you, as a thousand households of Jinyiwei, will use your wisdom and courage to solve the original mystery of the Forbidden City!

“Mystery Palace Yongle Mystery” is the third work in the “Mystery Palace” series of interactive puzzle game books jointly developed by Forbidden City Publishing House and Mystery House. We hope that the new works can bring you a refreshing look and feel. Therefore, different from the four-hole wire-bound book of the previous two works, the new work adopts a brand-new physical book design, presenting the content in the form of a detective handbook.

When you open this book, you can see a dazzling array of props, exquisite illustrations, ingenious structures, and imaginative designs. For example, more than 40 kinds of accessories such as various maps, Jinyiwei props, underground palace models, palace car cursors, rotary chucks, and auspicious beasts are stored in it, which is like a historical treasure book in hand.

In this work, as a Jin Yiwei, you need to conduct reasoning and exploration through the only clues in your hand. Your field of vision will gradually enlarge from the Forbidden City when it was first built, and you can go over the palace walls to observe Beijing City in the early Ming Dynasty. Compared to today, the Forbidden City and Beijing City at that time brought a fresh puzzle-solving experience. Maps of maps, pages of institutions, continuous plot triggers, exciting choices and judgments… These will guide you to approach the truth step by step. Remember, you are only approaching. If you want to decipher the truth, you must gain wisdom and courage ‘s blessing.

The Chi kiss fragments at the crime scene were manually restored to find out the truth.
Simulate the trajectory of various transport vehicles in the palace and find the most suspicious one!
Can it be too late?
Then light up the stars in the sky, and it will point you in your direction.
There are more mechanisms in the physical book waiting for you to experience.

“Mystery Palace Yongle Suspicion” continues the characteristic gameplay of the “Mystery Palace” series of physical books + APP, such as the classic game features such as controlling the protagonist’s story direction, hiding branch lines, and unlocking different endings. At the same time, we have upgraded and innovated the online gameplay. The reasoning system that was well received in the previous work will be further developed in the new work, and this time, as Jinyiwei, you will face even more exciting challenges!

If you travel back to the Ming Dynasty and become a thousand households of Jinyiwei, can you find the real murderer?
Restoring the interior furnishings of the scene with the only clues in hand.

Can the bustling Canal Wharf in the early Ming Dynasty be able to identify the real culprit at a glance among the three religions, nine streams, various people, etc.?

Do you think it’s just that? There are more game eggs and hidden plots waiting for you to crack. The knowledge entries of each mystery series are a must-have highlight of the game!

Friends who can’t come to the Forbidden City in the short term don’t have to worry. When you have the opportunity to visit the Forbidden City later, bring this book to start a real-life game that only belongs to you, and solve the puzzles while visiting the Forbidden City.

Offline exploration gameplay is also an important part of the Mystery Palace series of works. There is a hidden treasure map hidden somewhere in the book. Once found and cracked, it will open a hidden chapter independent of the main story. In this chapter, you can come to the Forbidden City with a treasure map to solve the puzzles on the spot. You will work with a character in the story to find a treasure hidden in the Forbidden City that traverses ancient and modern times. After completing the hidden quest, you can affix an exclusive stamp through a fun ritual! Another major feature of the Mystery series is the creative principle of faithfulness to history.

How to restore the architectural layout of the Forbidden City in the early Ming Dynasty and show its beauty when it was first built is the most challenging part of our creation of “Mystery Palace·Yongle Doubt”. We tried our best to look for clues from historical materials, including official documents such as “Shilu” and “Huidian”. Relevant works, and even the archaeological results of the Forbidden City in recent years, have been fully utilized, and the interpretation of dual evidence has been applied to the creation of games.

The above is to try to present to the readers the appearance of the Forbidden City 600 years ago to the greatest extent. The historical background in the grand narrative is real, the historical labels of specific characters are real, and the historical details of the death are reasonable.

The costumes of the Ming Dynasty are also the content that “Mystery Palace Yongle Suspicion” wants to focus on. There are many kinds of costumes of the characters in the story, such as Jinyiwei Feiyu suits, imperial uniforms of the internal official supervision system, and exotic costumes of the Fanbang embassy. In addition to referring to official fanbooks such as “Exit and Enter the Police”, “Ming Xuanzong Xingle”, “Ming Xianzong’s Lantern Festival”, “Xu Xianqing’s Traces”, “Job Tribute” and other official fanbooks, we also compared and studied a large number of scattered Ming people. Portraits strive to give readers a sense of history in character design and character portraits.

In addition, considering that readers need to “walk through the streets” during the investigation process and deal with the personnel of major institutions, we have conducted in-depth research on many places and institutions during the Yongle period, such as caves and workshops full of kilns. The Liulichang, the big wood factory where the wood is piled up, the Jinyiweizhao prison where the prisoners are tried, and the Huitong Pavilion that manages the affairs of Fanbang, etc., add real details to the story as much as possible, so that readers can be immersed in the scene and increase the fun of the experience.

The majestic Forbidden City has a history of more than 600 years, from the imperial palaces of the Ming and Qing dynasties to the open museums. During this long period of time, the Forbidden City is not static, and its beautiful image that has been passed down to this day is the result of a series of reconstructions, expansions, burning and reconstruction. Its changes are the embodiment of the extraordinary wisdom and perseverance of countless skilled craftsmen. Here, we cite more than 150 historical facts about the architectural changes of the Forbidden City extracted by predecessors to show inheritance and immortality.

As the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Forbidden City has been undergoing changes in the long history. The “Forbidden City Architectural Chronology” in the book can be traced back to the construction of the Beijing Palace by Emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty in 1406, down to the abdication of Emperor Xuantong in 1912. Edited and written by the older generation of Forbidden City experts, it contains more than 150 historical facts, ranging from the completion of the Fengtian Temple to the lightning strike on the northwest corner pillar of Xihuamen.

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The Forbidden City Book Store which in the grounds of the Forbidden City Complex Forbidden City Hundred Excellent Books Public welfare reading activities! ” Forbidden City Hundred Excellent Books  “故宫出版社 紫禁城100 Forbidden City 100 Excellent “The Forbidden City 100” is a work carefully created by Mr. Zhao Guangchao, his design, cultural team and the Forbidden City cultural research and development team for many years. This book can firstly understand the six hundred years of history of the Forbidden City. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, a total of 24 emperors lived, lived and exercised the highest state power here. In 1911, the Qing emperor abdicated. In 1913, the Antiquities Exhibition Center was established in the outer court of the Forbidden City. In 1924, Puyi left the palace. In 1925, the Palace Museum was established ….

The Forbidden City 100 Excellent Books  is one  is “The Forbidden City 100″ is a work carefully created by Mr. Zhao Guangchao, his design, cultural team and the cultural research and development team of the Forbidden City for many years. This book can firstly understand the six hundred years more of history of the Forbidden City. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, a total of 24 emperors lived, lived and exercised the highest state power here. In 1911, the Qing emperor abdicated. In 1913, the Antiquities Exhibition was built in the Forbidden City. In 1924, Puyi left the palace. In 1925, the Palace Museum was established.

One Hundred Excellent Books in the Forbidden City The Ming Empire initially chose Fengyang as the capital, and then settled in Nanjing (1368). When Zhu Di, the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had just ascended the throne (1406 in the fourth year of Shui Le), he dispatched the imperial court to China. The officers collected building materials from all over the country, distributed 100,000 craftsmen, more than one million people, and built the Forbidden City in Beijing on a larger scale on the former site of the palace in the Yuan Dynasty, based on the Nanjing Palace City. In the eighteenth year of Yongle’s reign (1420), the palace city was completed, and Zhu Di immediately moved the capital from Nanjing to his own land of Longxing, and Peiping became the largest city in the country (and the world at that time) from the beginning.

The newly built Miyagi moved about 1,000 meters eastward from the ruins of the Forbidden City in the Yuan Dynasty, and moving away from today’s Beihai Park means to some extent from the Yuan people’s customs of “living by water and grass”, back to the stable farming in the Han culture. on the pattern. The new palace pushes the fate of the Yuan people’s annihilation to the position of the white tiger killed by the main Tibetan in the five elements in the west, and then uses the building materials left over from the construction of the palace, together with the soil for excavating the moat, to build a hill behind the palace (Jingshan Mountain). ), creating a barrier against the cold north wind for the originally flat Miyagi, becoming the commanding height of the Forbidden City and even the city of Beijing at that time, and also the backing of Wanshi Foundation.

“Forbidden City 100” entered the Forbidden City. Jingren Palace is one of the six east palaces that everyone is familiar with, and it retains a relatively complete appearance of the Ming Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty, it was called Chang’an Palace and was renamed Jingren Palace in Jiajing. The Qing Dynasty followed the old name of the Ming Dynasty. The most special feature of Jingren Palace is that there is a stone screen in the front yard that was passed down from the Yuan Dynasty (the symmetrical Yongshou Palace also has the same stone screen). Although the center of the screen is only about 2 cm thick, the patterns on both sides are different. In addition, the shape of the seated beast on Shiping is very rare in the palace, and it is exquisite and vivid. “Animal style” has existed in China since ancient times. The beauty of masonry in the Yuan and Ming dynasties and the concise style of the Qing Dynasty are placed in the same space. All of a sudden, this palace seems to have become a history of modern Chinese sculpture, and it even evokes the legendary antecedents of the masters who once lived here. Here, it was originally the birthplace of Emperor Kangxi in the early Qing Dynasty, and the palace of the legendary concubine Zhen in the late Qing Dynasty… The

owner of the Ming Dynasty: Empress Hu (Hu Shanxiang) of Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Xuande favored concubine Sun Gui and Cricket, and ordered Empress Hu to resign on the grounds of “no children and many illnesses”, and placed them in Chang’an Palace (Jingren Palace) to practice Taoism, and was given the title “Jingci Immortal Master”. The owner of the Qing Dynasty: In the eleventh year of Shunzhi (1654), the 15-year-old Shunzhi Concubine Tong gave birth to the future Kangxi here. Concubine Xi (Qianlong’s biological mother, Niuhulu), who ascended the throne under Yongzheng, moved from Lama Temple to Jingren Palace. Concubine Zhen of Guangxu entered the palace with her elder sister Concubine Jin at the age of 14, and lived in the east and west side halls of Jingren Palace, and was finally drowned by order of the Empress Dowager Cixi…

Among the six east palaces, the history of Yanxi Palace can be described as troubled. When it was completed in the early Ming Dynasty, it was renamed Yanqi Palace after its initial name Changshou Palace, and was renamed Yanxi Palace in Qing Dynasty. Since its completion, the Yanxi Palace has suffered repeated fires: it was rebuilt in the 25th year of Kangxi (1686) and the 7th year of Jiaqing (1802). In the twelfth year of Daoguang (1832), a fire broke out, which burned down the entire Yanxi Palace and rebuilt it again. In the 25th year of Daoguang (1845), a fire broke out in the Yanxi Palace, leaving only the palace gate. Xianfeng five years (1855) fire, rebuilt again. In the first year of Xuantong’s reign (1909), Empress Dowager Longyu spent 4 million to build a Western-style building “Water Palace” Lingzhao Xuan (commonly known as Crystal Palace). Lay the glass, and when you’re done it’ll be a walk-in super aquarium. This move has the meaning of suppressing the anger and revival of the Qing Dynasty, but until Xuantong abdicated, the project was not completed. When Zhang Xun was restored in 1917, the northern part of Yanxi Palace was unfortunately destroyed by plane bombs. In the entire palace, only the wellhead is in line with the original location of the well pavilion, leaving the only remaining remains. In 1931, the Palace Museum built a new cultural relic warehouse, which eventually became the first reinforced concrete building in the palace. In recent years, the story of the palace has been exaggerated by the media, and the little-known Yanxi Palace has once again aroused everyone’s curiosity. In fact, the concubines living in this secluded palace are living in hardship and poverty, and it is said that they do not even have enough food, even clothes, shoes and socks. The owner of Yanxi Palace in the Ming Dynasty is unknown, and the owners of the Qing Dynasty include Kangxi Chang in Xu and two people whose emblems are unknown and promised to live here.

The biggest difference between the West Six Palaces and the East Six Palaces in “100 Forbidden City” is that Taiji Palace and Changchun Palace, Yikun Guan and Chuxiu Palace are all connected into one. It makes the whole palace area have a strong color of life, and also makes the remaining Yongshou Palace and Xianfu Palace appear dull. Today, we look at Yikun Palace and Chuxiu Palace through “Forbidden City 100”. The Yikun Palace was originally called Wan’an Palace, and was renamed Yikun Palace in the Jiajing Period of the Ming Dynasty .

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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The Forbidden City Book Store which in the grounds of the Forbidden City Complex Forbidden City Hundred Excellent Books Public welfare reading activities! “The Way of the Forbidden City Architecture” is the work of Wang Zilin, an expert from the Palace Museum, to study the construction of the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City has a rich architectural language that emphasizes the principles of order, proportion and symmetry. The central axis is the backbone of the building and the pivot that supports the entire palace. The Forbidden City is upright, symmetrical and orderly, and is a “model student” of ancient Chinese official architecture. The architectural complex of the Forbidden City has a unique shape and cultural connotation rich in traditional charm.

For example, the frame structure of the Forbidden City—five gates and three dynasties, the front court and the back bed, the east and west six palaces, comes from the “Zhou Li”. The Qiankun hexagram in “Book of Changes” makes the combination of buildings have a metaphysical height and a solid foundation. For example, the plane structure of the east and west six palaces presents the three-painted hexagram, which symbolizes the Kun hexagram, while the Qianqing Palace, The names of Kunning Palace and Jiaotai Hall are directly derived from Qian Gua, Kun Gua and Tai Gua, which make the Forbidden City have the logical law of the positioning of heaven and earth and the intersection of heaven and earth. The red walls and yellow tiles constitute the color tone of the Forbidden City architecture. In traditional cognition, yellow symbolizes earth, red symbolizes fire, and earth is located in the center. Therefore, the three halls are built on earth-shaped platforms. The color is yellow, so the central emperor is called the Yellow Emperor.” According to the principle of the five elements, fire can generate soil, so the red wall symbolizes fire, and the yellow tile symbolizes soil. The building roofs in the Forbidden City include almost all the forms of ancient Chinese building roofs, such as hard hills, hanging hills, Xieshan, Hudian, Zanjian, cross ridges, double eaves, rolling tents, scorpion tops, etc. They have strict grades. The difference reflects the etiquette characteristics of that era.


In addition to deciphering the architectural language from the architecture itself, when the landscape and architecture are integrated and are no longer isolated natural landscapes, they also become part of the architectural language and shoulder the heavy responsibility of interpreting architectural ideals. The Jinshui River and Wansui Mountain in the Forbidden City are no longer natural mountains and waters in a pure sense, but have an inseparable relationship with architecture. Wansui Mountain is the backing of the Forbidden City. Without this mountain, the Forbidden City will lose its strongest barrier and become an isolated city. The Jinshui River also has this function. It not only provides water for the entire Miyagi city and ensures the water and drainage of the palace city, but also plays the role of connecting the northwest trunk with the southeast Sunda, making the Jinshui River an image of a trunk. The river of gold enables the communication between heaven and earth and the connection between mountains and lakes….

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…