2. Pay attention to ringing the bells and drums: noon-gate gatehouse in the middle of two pavilions, which have bells and drums. Ringing bells and drums, it paid attention. According to the provisions of the Emperor s altar temple out of the noon gate ringing bells; the emperor sacrificed to the ancestral temple when the drums; the emperor ascended to the temple to hold ceremonies, the bells and drums will ring. Reward location: On the fifteenth day of the first month of the Ming Dynasty, lanterns were hung at the Noon Gate and a banquet was held for all officials. At the beginning of spring, the emperor would give spring cakes, cool cakes at noon, and flower cakes at Chung Yeung. Ceremony of awarding the moon: The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty releases the calendar of the second year at the Noon Gate on the first day of October in the lunar calendar every year in a ceremony known as the Ceremony of awarding the moon. Prisoner of war ceremony: the country has a large-scale battles, winning battles back to the dynasty, sometimes to offer prisoners, held at the Noon Gate ceremony, the emperor personally accepted the prisoner of war ceremony. Responsibility of the Court Staff: Anyone criticized by a minister for offending the emperor would be brought to the responsibility of the court staff outside the Noon Gate. Outer Jinshui Bridge: The artificial river in front of Tiananmen Square is called the Outer Jinshui River, and the five stone bridges over the river are called the Outer Jinshui Bridge. Inside the Jinshui Bridge: a bow-shaped artificial river in front of the Noon Gate Taihe Gate, called the Inner Jinshui River, is the Inner Jinshui Bridge, there are five side-by-side stone bridges on the river. Inner Jinshui River from the northwest corner of the Forbidden City moat into the Forbidden City, meandering south, then east, then south. It is sporadic, wide or narrow, and is connected to the moat outside the southeast corner of the Forbidden City, which is more than 2,000 meters long. The most ornate section of the river is in front of the Taihe Gate, which is open and regular, and quite ornately decorated. The bottom and banks of the river are made of white stone, and both sides of the river are fitted with alabaster pillars and fences. Only the emperor can cross the main bridge: five within the Jinshui Bridge, the middle bridge is the longest and widest, is the main bridge, only the emperor can cross; left and right each have four guest bridge, for the emperor and generals and civil and military officials to use. The largest palace: the hall of peace commonly known as the golden temple, is the largest palace in the forbidden city. It was named Fengtian Hall and Huangji Hall in the Ming Dynasty; in the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed as the Hall of Supreme Harmony. It has survived three fires and a military disaster, and now we can see the palace built in the Qing Dynasty. Taihe Temple covers an area of 2,377 square meters; from the ground to the kiss of the ridge, the frame is the highest, reaching 35.5 meters. The highest level of the temple form: five ridges and four slopes, the roof of the hall, heavy eaves and yellow tiles; Liangmei's colorful paintings are golden dragons and seal paintings; even the number of small beasts behind the immortals on the corner eaves and hanging ridges is the highest, with ten of them. The ceiling of the hall is covered with a well-covered ceiling in the shape of a golden dragon, and in the center there is a caisson of coiled dragons in relief, with a pearl in the middle. The dragon dance is majestic: in the center of the hall is placed a nanmu openwork dragon patterned gold lacquer base, a nine-dragon gold lacquer throne, and behind the throne there is a carved dragon gold lacquer screen; on both sides of the throne, there are six gold dragon pillars. The heads of the three gold pillars on the east side look towards the throne towards the west, and the heads of the three gold pillars on the west side look towards the throne towards the east, making the whole hall dance with a thousand dragons and creating an atmosphere of defending the throne. Seventy-two columns: the Hall of Supreme Harmony wide eleven, five deep, *** there are seventy-two columns to support its full weight, of which the top beam column is the thickest and highest, one meter six in diameter, twelve meters high seventy. Ming Dynasty with nanmu, harvested from Sichuan, Guangzhou, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places; after the reconstruction of the Qing Dynasty with pine, harvested from the deep mountains of the northeastern provinces. Four thousand seven hundred and eighteen gold bricks: there
The main body of the larger measuring device in the middle of a compartment, the upper part of the welcome, the lower part of the bucket; on both sides of the two small ears, a rise, one of the upper part of the closed, the lower part of the clam. Copper tortoise and copper crane: symbols of good fortune and longevity. Eighteen Tripod Incense Burner: built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. When the emperor held ceremonies, pine and cypress branches and sandalwood incense were lit. In the incense burner, smoke curls up, adding a mysterious and solemn atmosphere. Two hundred ceremonial piers: the spacious courtyard of the Hall of Supreme Harmony on the ground, embedded in two rows of one-foot-square white stone, every meter or so, the north narrow and south wide, in the shape of a figure of eight, **** about two hundred. This is the ceremonial dock. When the emperor held a ceremony, the ceremonial team stood on the ceremonial pier, holding banners, flags, fans, covers, stars, lots, melons, halberds and so on. The Taihe Gate is the main gate of the Three Great Halls. Taihe gate, there are three large hall spacious closed courtyard. The Hall of Supreme Harmony, the tallest and largest palace in the Forbidden City, is located directly north of the Three Pagodas, which makes the courtyard inside the Gate of Supreme Harmony look vast and spectacular. In the center of the courtyard directly across the room to the east is the Tiren Pavilion, opposite the Hongyi Pavilion to the west; and at the corners of the courtyard are four beautiful heavy buildings. A pair of large bronze lions flank each side outside the Taihe Gate, the male in the east with an embroidered ball in his front right paw; the female in the west, caressing a cub in her left front paw. This palace decoration not only represents luxury, but also symbolizes the dignity and majesty of the emperor. In addition, there are other gilt-bronze lions, gilt-bronze unicorns, and gilt-bronze elephants with similar symbolism to the Great Bronze Lion in front of or inside and outside the palace gates of the Forbidden City. The unique shape of the Hall of Supreme HarmonyThe Hall of Supreme Harmony is a square pavilion palace. It is this unique shape that makes its position between the tall Hall of Supreme Harmony and the Hall of Preservation and Harmony emphasize its originality in architectural layout. As a result, the overall structure of the three halls presents a staggered and orderly architectural pattern that highlights China's charming architectural art style. When did the emperor use this hall? When the Great Ceremony is held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall is the first place for the Emperor to rest, and to receive visits from deacons during the Great Ceremony. Every year when sacrifices were made to the Altar of Heaven, the Altar of Earth, and the Ancestral Hall, the Emperor would read the rituals here in advance. Before the Emperor offered sacrifices to the Xiannong Altar and held farming ceremonies, he would read the rituals and the agricultural tools used for farming in the Zhonghe Hall. The Qing Dynasty stipulated that the emperor's family tree, known as the Yupan, should be compiled every ten years. The compilation was also followed by a ceremony of presentation and review by the emperor at the Hall of Central Peace. Two golden four-legged unicorns were set on the left and right sides of the throne. They are not images of real-world creatures, but imagined beasts of prey. They are said to travel 18,000 miles a day, to be familiar with four languages and to know things that are far away. Although they were used to burn sandalwood incense, they were placed on either side of the emperor because it meant divine beasts, which meant that the monarch was wise. Copper stoves were placed on both sides of the floor to make charcoal fires for warmth. During the Qing Dynasty, the best charcoal named Luohong charcoal was burned in the palace. This kind of charcoal is hot, extremely resistant to combustion, gray in color and does not explode. On each side of the imperial throne, there are two sedan chairs called Shouyu (寿舆). They were the means of transportation used by the emperors of the Qing Dynasty when they went in and out of the palace. There were strict rules of rank for the palanquin that the emperor rode on any occasion, and the palanquin shown here is one of the various palanquins used by the emperor. Baohe Temple the emperor hosted a banquet. The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty held a banquet at the Hall of Baohe on New Year's Eve every year to entertain foreign lords, Mongolian princes, civil and military ministers. The examination hall for the highest grade exams was where the court exams were held in the Qing Dynasty.In 54, the court exams were moved from the Hall of Supreme Harmony to the Hall of Baohe
In the swimming dragons designed between the cliffs, seawater, and floating clouds, there are nine pearls, which are full of dynamism and vigor in their images. The stones for the Yunlong stone carvings came from the Shiwu in Fangshan, west of Beijing. At that time, it took more than 10,000 men to haul such a heavy boulder to Beijing, and it was hauled by dry boat. For this reason, wells were dug every mile along the way for the civilian laborers to drink. It took nearly a month to haul it from Fangshan to Beijing. Although this hauling method was difficult and arduous, it showed the talent and wisdom of the laborers under the productivity level at that time. Thousand Dragons Spitting Out WaterThe Thousand Dragons are more than a thousand stone dragon heads protruding from the bottom of the pillars. When it rains, rainwater comes from the dragon s mouth, organically combining the practical function of diverting rainwater with the ornamental function of architectural art. The spectacular scene of dragons spitting out water comes from the three-story platform above the three halls of Taihe, Zhonghe and Baohe. The three sets, covering an area of about 2,500 square meters, are made of large blocks of white Chinese jade. Mount Sumeru is carved around the base of each platform. At the base, there is a huge rectangular stone bar named Di Fu. There are observation posts between the floors and fence panels installed between them. Beneath them, drainage channels were cut. There is a stone tap under each post, and throughout the three sets,*** there are 1,142 taps. With the exception of the taps protruding from the top of the corners of each floor at the base of the platform, all the other taps had round holes drilled between their lips, which communicated with the holes under the _watchtowers_. As the design of the platform is that the center is higher than the periphery, whenever it rains, the rainwater falling on the three platforms naturally flows around the bottom of the terrain and is then discharged from the dragon's mouths, creating the spectacle of a thousand dragons spitting out water. The rooms on the east and west sides of the Bohol Hall were turned into exhibition halls. To the north of the Qing Gate is the Imperial Palace, where the Empress lived. The Qing Emperor listened to political affairs here, that is, the Emperor came here for inspection and sat on a throne temporarily placed in the middle of the gate to listen to important political affairs. Usually a cabinet official played on it, and the emperor decided by imperial decree. Emperor Kangxi Ye Xuan was the most diligent in politics. A university scholar used to invite the emperor to the Royal Gate every three or four days to listen to political affairs, but Emperor Kangxi still insisted on listening to politics diligently. He said that for more than 30 years, it had become customary for the **** to listen to politics together. After a few days, members of the Royal Gate would feel uneasy . So some national events at that time, such as the decision of the Qing army to counteract the Russian invasion of China jaxa, were decided during the royal gate hearing. Ten golden jars and ten gold-gilt bronze jars were placed on both sides outside the Dry Qing Gate, mirroring the red palace walls. These gilded gold tanks were not only open-air furnishings in the palace, but more importantly implements for storing water for fire protection. The tank weighs more than 4,000 kilograms and can hold more than 4,000 kilograms of water. Similar gilt copper tank palace there are 22, and other styles of copper and iron tanks, *** count 308. The main hall of the Qing Palace is the main hall of the Qing Palace, 9 rooms wide, 5 rooms deep, 20 meters high. Hall in the middle of the throne, the two ends of the warmth. Sixteen Emperors' Bedrooms Fourteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty and two emperors of the Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi and Kang Xi, used the Dry Qing Palace as their bedrooms. They lived here and usually dealt with daily political affairs. Qing Dynasty Shunzhi, Kangxi period, Qing Palace and political affairs have a close relationship. The emperors studied here, reviewed sangs, summoned officials, met with foreign envoys, and held palace ceremonies and family banquets. On the back of the plaque is a plaque written by the Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty in the main hall of the Ganqing Palace. On the back of this board, there is a storage box that decided the fate of the prince. At that time, the infighting between the princes for the throne was intense. In order to alleviate this conflict, since the Yongzheng dynasty, the secret storage method was used, that is, the emperor did not open the storage fairly
The banquet of the 1,000 year olds had two thousand old people at the Ganqing Palace, respectively, in the 61st year of Kangxi (1722) and the 50th year of Qianlong (1785). The second one was much bigger than the first one. more than 3,000 ministers, officials, sergeants, people, artisans, etc. Old people over 65 years old attended the grand banquet held by Emperor Qianlong. During the banquet, Emperor Qianlong also called the first ministers and people over 90 years old to the imperial throne and gave each of them wine and walking sticks. During the banquet, thousands of poems were written in a combination of sentences. During the Qing dynasty, Qing officials were still the place where the emperor parked his spiritual pivot after his death. Even if the emperor died elsewhere, he had to first transport his spiritual pivot (also called zigong) to dryqing and park it for a few days. Emperor Shunzhi died in the Palace of Nourishing Heart, Emperor Kangxi died in Changchunyuan, Emperor Yongzheng died in Yuanmingyuan, and Emperor Xianfeng died in the Summer Palace. All of their spiritual pivots were transported back to the cadres and officials, parked here, and commemorative ceremonies were held as required. Golden Pavilion in front of the dry Qing Palace on both sides of the platform has two stone benches. Each of the stone benches has a gilt bronze pavilion called the Golden Pavilion of the River and Mountain. It is also called the Golden Pavilion in colloquial language. The Golden Hall is deep and wide, divided into four doors with heavy eaves on both sides. On the rounded cushion-shaped upper eaves, there is a cast antique treasure roof, symbolizing that the country is in the hands of the emperor. There are three culverts, about two meters high and one meter wide, called Tiger Caves, located at the junction of the south of the Ganchonggung building with Yulu Road and the street wall. It is said that because of the strict hierarchy in the palace, the inner passages serving the emperor can not be able to ascend the terrace and the Royal Avenue, but only through the Tiger Cave. South Study Room anecdote Qing Palace South Room has a South Study Room. It is said that the young Emperor Kangxi was here to dismiss Aobai. At that time, Emperor Kangxi summoned Aobai and ordered tea. The serving dish served tea in a boiled bowl and brought it to Aobai. When Aobai picked up the tea, it was too hot and the bowl fell to the ground with a thud. The chamberlain behind him pushed the chair that had been tampered with, and Aobai fell to the ground. Emperor Kangxi shouted, Aobai is disrespectful. A group of strong teenagers immediately came out and grabbed Aobai. The Money Ball Ceremony in the Jiaotai Hall was held in the Qing Dynasty, and the Queen's birthday was known as the Money Ball Festival. On that day, the Queen will hold a ceremony in the Jiaotai Hall to receive greetings from the Noble Consort, Noble Consort, Concubines, Consorts, Princesses, and Fujin (the wife of the Crown Prince and the County King). Hidden twenty-five treasures twenty-five treasures is the exercise of the emperor's seal of authority. In the thirteenth year of the Qianlong reign (1748), the emperor deposited twenty-five treasures representing imperial power in the Hall of Jiaotai. These jade seals were held by the Cabinet and managed by the Palace Supervisor. Permission to use them had to be sought from the emperor and obtained before they could be used. Each of the seals treasured here had a different purpose: the Emperor's Treasure was used to issue imperial edicts and imperial lists when accepting scholars; the Treasure of Law-Making, the Treasure of Life, and the Treasure of Virtue were used for ordering and rewarding officials; and the Treasure of the Six Divisions was used for military purposes. The seals were placed in a treasure box and covered with yellow silk. Now, the treasure box is still displayed in the original position in the Hall of Jiaotai. dzmz within the Hall of Jiaotai on display in the "dzmz" is Jiaqing three years (1798) the Qing Dynasty Palace of the Interior made. Its shell is a wooden cabinet imitating a Chinese gazebo, 5.80 meters high, divided into upper, middle and lower levels. There is a small staircase behind the bell tower. When you climb the stairs, you can ring this bell. When the bell rings, you can automatically clock in on time. Now, the bell has gone through 200 years, but it can still move normally and accurately. When you ring the bell, the sound is clear and loud. It can be seen that its manufacturing process is excellent. ~~ If you recognize my answer, please promptly click accept as satisfactory answer ~~ cell phone question friends can be in the upper right corner of the client evaluation satisfaction. ~~ Your adoption is my motivation ~~ O(_)O, remember to praise the adoption, help each other. Thank you