Forbidden city

Introduction Syed Fakhar Imam2015271030010

Questions:

1.What is the purpose of the Forbidden City? 2.What dynasties ruled from it? 3.How many rooms are in the forbidden City? 4.How long did it take to build? 5.How The Forbidden City Got It’s Name?6.The Forbidden City Today?7.Facts about Forbidden city?

History:

– Construction began in 1406.• 14 years to build.• 200,000 men used

– Housed 24 emperors until 1912

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•It is located in the exact center of theBeijing

•It served as the Emperor’s palace during the Ming and Qin dynasties.

•Now it is a palace museum.

•It is the world’s largest palace complex and covers over 2.3 million square feet

.•Forbidden Palace Surrounded by a six meter deep moat

•About 25 ft high wall

•There are over 800 buildings and 9999 rooms.

• In the early 1400s, the third Ming Emperor, YongLe, moved the capital of China to Beijing.

• In 1406, he began construction of a new 'Forbidden City' that would include the imperial palace complex.

What is it.....???

• It was the home and center of power for 24 emperors during the mid to latter Ming and Qing dynasties.

• It was used for over 491 years (between 1420 and 1911) and rectangular in shape

• World's largest palace complex

• 960 meters from north to south and 750 meters from east to west, it covers 720,000 square meters.

It serves as a symbol of sovereignty and the image of its entrance gate appears on the seal of the People's Republic of China.

Five elemental colors

– white marble terraces– black paving of the

courtyards– red columns– purple walled city – golden yellow rooftops

Today.....

• Today, the Forbidden City is a Public museum, drawing the attention of millions of travellers and tourists from around the world

• Now officially renamed as the 'Palace Museum' (Gu Gong)

• People can view the traditional architecture and the treasures of the imperial family and its court.

How The Forbidden City Got It’s Name

• No one really knows how the Forbidden City got it’s name, but people think it was because of stories or astronomers.

• Ancient astronomers made groups of constellations around Ziwei Yuan, also known as the North Star.

• The constellation containing Ziwei Yuan is called The Constellation of Heavenly Gods, and Ziwei Yuan is called the Purple Palace.

• The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhudi, was supposedly the son of the Heavenly Gods, and he had the word purple as the name of his palace. That is why another name for the Forbidden City is the Purple Forbidden City.

Residents Of The Forbidden City

• The Forbidden City was the imperial Palace for the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Ming Dynasties Emperor moved from different places.

• He moved from the Hall of Martial Valor to the Hall of Literary Glory, two rooms in the Forbidden City.

• There are 9,999 rooms in the Forbidden City.

• Some of those are the Hall of Supreme Harmony, The Hall of Literary Glory, The Hall of Martial Valor, and The Gate of Supreme Harmony.

• There are a few entrances into the Forbidden City.

• A couple of them are the Meridian Gate (the southern entrance) and The Gate of Heavenly Purity (which is the main entrance and splits the Forbidden City into two halves).

Why It Was Called The Forbidden City

• Because of the last Qing Dynasty Emperor, P’u Yi.

• He became Emperor in 1908, when he was almost three years old. But then, in 1912, his rule as Emperor ended, because of a change in government.

• This made him the last Qing Dynasty Emperor;

however, he was still allowed to live in the Palaces with his family and staff.

Glimpses.......

FORBIDDEN CITY Gates, walls and moat

Gate of Supreme Harmony. The square links the two gates.

Meridian Gate (The main gate built in 1420)

Watchtower

Halls of HarmonyFORBIDDEN CITY

The Hall of Supreme Harmony (Taihedian)

The Hall of Preserving Harmony (Baohedian),

The Hall of Middle Harmony (Zhonghedian),

Halls of PeaceFORBIDDEN CITY

Hall of Heavenly Peace

Hall of Earthly Peace

Hall of Union and Peace

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