Forbidden City in China

Beijing Forbidden City mystery (Forbidden City) in China. Known as the Palace Museum, Forbidden City has almost 10,000 buildings scattered around the city covering 250 acres, a house inhabited by the emperors of the Ming dynasty the mid to late Qing Dynasty for about 500 years, which provides a home and the political and ceremonial center of government China. This national landmark store thousands of rare treasures and artifacts of China. No wonder when the Forbidden City (Forbidden City), China became one of the main places visited by the tourists.

Built in 1406 until 1420, this palace complex consists of 980 buildings with 8.707 rooms and covers 720.000 square meters. This palace complex mencerminka China a traditional architecture and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia.

Wall surrounding the Forbidden City, China, measuring more than 30 feet high. In it is the world's largest palace complex. History of Forbidden City begins in 1407 where more than one million workers doing construction. Thirteen years in the making, its interior was painted bright yellow. The bricks lining the ground, as well as the roofs of the towering into the sky, a number of decorations and temples throughout the Forbidden City of China; all have the same color, yellow. This is because the traditional royal color in China of course is yellow. Until 1911, when the revolution arrived in the streets, this is the place where the emperors lived, ruled and prayers.

The Forbidden City of China is divided into two main sections. Part of the outer court was where the emperor's reign, while in the courtyard is a place where they spend time with his entire family. Both are separated by giant Gate Celestial Purity. But you first enter into it - the main gate to the Forbidden City is located in the south, dealing with Tiannamen Field. This gate, also called the Meridian Gate, famous for its resemblance to a phoenix. Like most of China and the surrounding architecture - each field or hall is an ancient symbol. Every corner and the corner has a secret meaning.

Memory of Confucian values also affect the inner and outer courtyard, both in name and spirit. The central part of this area is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, where emperors issued regulations for the people of China.
Tiananmen is Chengtianmen, which means the Gate Receiver Mandate of Heaven, and had been destroyed and built several times. Original building was first created in 1420 as a replica of the forms of government buildings Paifang gates of Nanjing. Paifang is a form of traditional gate of China.

The gate was destroyed by a lightning fire in July, 1457. Year 1465, the Emperor ordered Chenghua Gui Zi, minister of Ministry of Engineering to rebuild the gates and the design changed from the form of Paifang to the gate that looks now. After a fire is also at war in the late Ming Dynasty - in 1644 by an attack led by Li Zicheng. Next was built by the Qing Dynasty and Manchu in 1645 and named in 1651 after the Tiananmen Square during the 6 years of development.

Tiananmen restored back in 1969-1970. As a national symbol, Prime Minister Zhou Enlai ordered the restoration of the gate in secret. Restoration that does not change the outer gate, while others were modified to withstand earthquakes and coupled with modern facilities such as elevators, water and heating systems.