Taihe Palace of the Forbidden City, commonly known as the "Hall of the Golden Emperor", is located in the north-south axis of the Palace Museum in Beijing, a prominent position, the Hall is 35.05 meters high, an area of 2,377 square meters, **** 55, 72 large columns, is the highest building in the Forbidden City. It is the largest of the three halls in the outer court of the Forbidden City, is also the tallest building in the Forbidden City. The Hall of Supreme Harmony is also the largest surviving wooden structure hall in China, which is a typical classical building.
The interior and exterior construction of the Hall of Supreme Harmony is the crystallization of the ancient wisdom of the Chinese nation, where, in addition to the exotic carvings and beams, unique design layout and dazzling rare treasures, her sturdiness is also breathtaking. Since the construction of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, suffered a number of major earthquakes, she is still like a strong giant standing proudly, not affected in the slightest.
Taihe Temple in front of a wide platform, commonly known as the platform. Platform furnished with a sundial, the amount of Jia each one, bronze turtle, bronze crane each pair, bronze tripod 18. Sundial is an ancient timepiece, the amount of Jia is an ancient standard measure, both are symbols of imperial power. In front of the temple, the double dragons play beads imperial road stone, its beads for auspicious beads, among the double dragons, one on behalf of the emperor, the other on behalf of the emperor. The temple has three layers of white jade stone plinth, surrounded by railings. Under the balustrade, there is a stone dragon head for drainage, and during the rainy season, it can show the spectacle of a thousand dragons spitting out water.
Inside the hall is even more brilliant, beautiful. Indoor and outdoor beams on the square decorated with the highest level and seal color painting. Doors and windows embedded in the upper part of the diamond lattice pattern, the lower part of the relief dragon pattern, joints and mortise with engraved dragon gilt copper leaf. Inside the hall gold brick floor, seventy-two rare nanmu pillar support the whole hall. Hall of Peace in the bright room set up nine dragons gold lacquer throne, throne on both sides of the arrangement of six leaching powder paste gold Yunlong pattern of the giant column, the paste of gold foil using two colors, so that the pattern highlights the distinctive. Before the throne on both sides of four pairs of furnishings: Baoxiang, Luduan, cranes and incense pavilion.
Taihe Temple deserves to be the first Palace of the Forbidden City, but also the treasures of the Chinese nation.