This week weather has been very pleasant apart from being raining on the 18th August 2022, but most of the week it has been pleasant with blue skies and wispy clouds, looking in between photography taken by the wonderful Staff of the Forbidden City bookstore locatedwithin the massive array Complex of the Forbidden City- Palace Museum among with its Flagship store..
Forbidden city week of 15th – 19th August 2022
15th August 2022
16th August 2022
16th August 2022
19th August 2022
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..
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..
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, in which is also the year of the rat, 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….
After 5 years of project research and 4 months of non-stop documentary filming, the CCTV documentary “Masters in Forbidden City” presents three episodes of the repair process of various artifacts and conservators with distinct personalities. The first episode tells stories of the repair process of bronze ware, royal timepieces, and ceramics.
The CCTV documentary “I Repair Cultural Relics in the Forbidden City” has undergone 5 years of project research and 4 months of uninterrupted documentary shooting. There are three episodes in total. Each episode shows several types of closely related cultural relic’s restoration and restoration masters with different temperaments. The first episode tells the story of the restoration of bronzes, court clocks and ceramics.
Chinese people have a very special feeling for wood. For thousands of years, the Chinese have been building their homes with wood, which is far more fragile than stone. Living by trees, living in wooden houses, eating on wooden tables, sleeping on wooden beds, starting from wood, making paper with wood, printing with wood engraving, planting, cultivating, and carving one by one, wood carving The statue of Buddha seems to have more kindness that contains life.
The film focuses on recording the Forbidden City’s painting and calligraphy, bronzes, palace clocks, woodware, ceramics, lacquerware, treasure inlay, palace embroidery, etc., the restoration process of rare and rare cultural relics in this field and the life stories of the restorers. For the first time, the film fully presents the world’s top restoration process and technology of Chinese cultural relics, showing the original state and collection state of cultural relics; for the first time, it shows the inner world and daily life of cultural relic restoration experts at close range; for the first time, the restoration of Chinese cultural relics is completely sorted out. For the first time, through the interaction of “temples” and “jianghu” in the field of cultural relic restoration, it shows the inheritance code of the only “workers” in the four traditional Chinese strata “scholars, farmers, industry and commerce”, and their beliefs. And change.
Today its 14th August 2022, in which it’s morning it’s been raining with light rain showers in which as the seasons progress towards the as august progresses It’s the beginning towards the season of autumn in which though the exact timing of the color change varies year to year, the peak time to see fall foliage in Beijing usually occurs from Mid-October to Mid-November. During that time, Beijing mountainous areas, the parks, even an unknown name street throughout Beijing are blanketed in a palette of yellows, oranges and reds.
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..
Let’s go back to the Forbidden City this week and take a look at the interesting roofs in the Forbidden City~
Hall of Supreme Harmony
Speaking of the various palaces, halls and halls, pavilions and corridors in the Forbidden City, from the outside, these roofs look very similar, almost all of them are glazed tiles. But a closer look reveals that these roofs actually come in a variety of different types. For example, the main palace used by the emperor not only has a tall base and a magnificent shape, but also has special decorations on the roof, while other houses are not only small in size, but also not too complicated in roof decoration. The side halls and the bungalows will be different according to the status of the main palace, and the roof style will also be different. So today, let’s take a look at the various roofs in the Forbidden City with you~
South Sansuo
Yuhua Pavilion
The first one is the “Dianding Roof”. Those who are familiar with the architecture of the Forbidden City should be familiar with this roof. It is suitable for rectangular buildings. Since the face width is longer than the depth, the front and rear slopes of the roof become positive ridges. In the Qing Dynasty The “Engineering Practice” called it “big ridge”. The left and right slopes intersect with the front and rear slopes to form four vertical ridges, so the single-ridged temple is also called the “Five-ridged Hall” of the four major slopes. In addition, there are two layers of eaves called “double eaves hall”. The top of the double-eave roof is the most noble form of roof style. The Hall of Supreme Harmony that everyone is most familiar with is the roof of the double-eave roof.
Fengxian Hall
Next is “hard top and hanging top”. The hard top is on the two ends of the base of the house foundation. Build the gable to the top, and build the purlin into the gable to seal it, so that four vertical ridges and two slopes will be formed. roof. Hanging tops (also known as “pick tops”), the roof form is generally the same as the hard tops, but also has a positive ridge, four vertical ridges and two slopes. The difference between the two roofs is that the purlins of the roofs extend beyond the gables, and the wind panels are nailed along the two purlin heads to protect the purlins from decay and also protect the gables. This design is really very delicate, considering the appearance and protection.
Emperor Palace
Yunguang Building
The Yunguang Building is in the shape of a curved ruler, leaning against the palace wall in the west, folded from north to south and then eastward. There are two floors up and down. The north side of the upper roof is the Xieshan Peak, and the east side is the Hard Peak.
Concord Gate The Xiehe Gate is a house-style gate, with yellow glazed tiles and single eaves on the top of the mountain.
There is also a roof design that combines the top of the temple and the top of the hanging mountain, that is, the “Xieshan Peak”. On the upper part of the roof, the four vertical ridges at both ends of the main ridge are similar to those on the top of the hanging mountain. The lower part of the roof has four ridges plus the main ridge, a total of nine ridges, so it is also called “Nine Ridges Hall”. There are also single eaves and double eaves on Xieshan Peak. In addition to the Xieshan Peak, there is also a “Zanjiao”, which is generally used for square plane buildings, and its form is divided into four-corner Zanjiao and round Zanjiao. The four-cornered pointed roof is divided into four equal parts, with four vertical ridges on top of the Anbaoding. The round and pointed roof has no ridges, and the roof tiles gradually shrink from bottom to top, which is called “bamboo roof”. Seeing this, the editor thinks that the roof really contains a lot of interesting little knowledge. When you come to visit, you might as well take a look at which roofs are in the Forbidden City~
