The Forbidden City I*** has 8,707 rooms.
On how many houses in the Forbidden City? A long time ago there was this saying, "The Forbidden City **** has 9,999 and a half houses!"
But this is just a beautiful "legend" is not enough evidence.
In 1972, by the archaeological experts to investigate and four columns for the calculation, the Forbidden City has room 8,707.
Expanded
Not to know about the Forbidden City, "digital"
a, the Palace collection
President of the Palace Museum Shan Jixiang in a university lecture "the world of the Forbidden City, the world of the Forbidden City", had a gorgeous sunshine back "family background": the Palace Museum **** 1807558 sets of cultural relics collection.
Many people who have been to the Forbidden City may want to ask, go to the Forbidden City to play, see the most is the tall palace, did not find how many cultural relics ah? Shan Jixiang said, this is because the volume of cultural relics in the Palace is too large, scattered, more than 10,000 pieces of cultural relics on display each year distributed in more than 70 exhibition halls, the audience into the Palace generally do not see all.
How much of the Palace in the end "home base"? Shan Jixiang said, a ****1807558 sets, there are whole and zero, each collection has an "identity card", its historical value, artistic value of a detailed description. On the "treasure of the town", Shan Jixiang explained that the Palace collection is an inverted pyramid structure, "93.2% of the cultural relics are national precious cultural relics, 6.4% of the collection of ordinary cultural relics, data retention of only 0.4%, almost every piece of the bottom of the box of treasure."
There are 231 categories of treasures in the Palace's collection, each with a huge number of categories, such as 53,000 paintings, 75,000 pieces of calligraphy, and 28,000 pieces of inscriptions. "There are 50,060 imperial and post imperial seals ****, and the biggest one I saw was a side seal the Qianlong Emperor made for himself when he was 85 years old out of Hetian jade, which one person couldn't even lift."
Two, the area of the Forbidden City
The Forbidden City covers an area of 720,000 square meters, including the palace building, including the building **** 786 kinds of the world's largest architectural complex. The Forbidden City to take the purple star in the center of heaven and earth means that this is the center of the world, "purple" refers to the purple star in the middle of the sky, the ancient symbol of heaven and earth, in addition to the palace is heavily guarded, but also forbidden, so it is called the Forbidden City.
Three, the Forbidden City and the Emperor
Historical data clearly recorded: the Forbidden City from the Ming Yongle eighteen years, to the Xinhai Revolution, *** lived 24 emperors. Ming Chengzu Zhu Di was the first owner of the Forbidden City.
Of these, fourteen in the Ming Dynasty, which lasted two hundred and forty-four years, they are:
Ming Chengzu Zhu Di (history's first Han emperor to set the capital in Beijing), 22 years;
Ming Renzong Zhu Gaoqi, one year;
Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji, 10 years;
Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, 22 years;
Ming Daizong Zhu Qiyu. 7 years;
Ming Xianzong Zhu Mishen, 23 years;
Ming Xiaozong Zhu Yousi, 18 years;
Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao, 16 years;
Ming Shizong Zhu Houzhao, 45 years;
Ming Muzong Zhu Zai listening, 6 years;
Ming Shenzong Zhu Yijun, 48 years;
Ming Guangzong Zhu Changluo, 1 year;
Ming Xi Zong Zhu Yuzi, 7 years;
Ming Si Zong Zhu Yujian, 17 years.
Ten of the Qing dynasty, which lasted 268 years, they were:
Qing Shizuo Fulin (Shunzhi), 18 years;
Qing Shengzong Xuanye (Kangxi), 61 years;
Qing Shizong Yinzhen (Yongzheng), 13 years;
Qing Gaozong Hongli (Qianlong), 60 years;
Qing Renzong Yan Yan (Jiaqing), 25 years;
Qing Emperor Xuanzong Gui Ning (Daoguang), 30 years;
Qing Emperor Wenzong Yiyu (Xianfeng), 11 years;
Qing Emperor Muzong Zaichun (Tongzhi), 13 years;
Qing Emperor Dezong Zaihuai (Guangxu), 34 years;
Qing Emperor Xuantong Puyi (Puyi), 3 years.
But there is another theory of 25th place , and this overlooked person is Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng, although belonging to the king of grass head, but did live in the Forbidden City. Ming Chongzhen emperor's dragon bed is still warm, Li Gangwang sat on his butt, giving orders, changing the dynasty. Of course, Li Zicheng only in the Forbidden City as the emperor for 42 days, did not establish a perfect ruling institutions, no relatively stable ruling environment and solid territory, as a matter of fact, is not as the emperor's rights and obligations.
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