Which palace in the Forbidden City is the Golden Palace?
Hall of supreme harmony. The Golden Hall, commonly known as the Hall of Supreme Harmony, belongs to one of the three halls of the Forbidden City in Beijing. It is the place where the emperor ascended the throne and held grand ceremonies. It was built in the 18th year of Yongle, the third emperor of Ming Dynasty (1420). Jindian was originally called "Fengtian Temple", and it was renamed "Huangdian" in the forty-first year of Jiajing (1562). The "Imperial Palace" was used until the second year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1645) before it was renamed "Hall of Supreme Harmony".
The decoration on the roof of the Hall of Supreme Harmony is different from that on the roofs of many palaces in China. The most obvious place is the decoration on the main ridge and fork ridge (also known as "vertical ridge") of the roof of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Not only the decoration made of yellow glazed tiles, but also the pitchfork beast on the roof of the hall is the only one with a complete range.
The "Golden Temple" in Beijing is the tallest double-eaved building in the world, with four vertical ridges (also called "bifurcated ridges") on the two-story double-eave and eight vertical ridges on the two-story double-eave. Each vertical ridge is decorated with gods and animals with different images; On the eight "vertical ridges", * * * is decorated with 88 gods and animals. But the decoration on each ridge is the same.
According to the records in Qing Hui Dian, the first one is "immortal riding the wind", followed by dragon, phoenix, lion, Tianma, hippocampus, sister-in-law, gambling on fish, sister-in-law, bullfighting and behavior. For these ten animals with different images, each has its own "origin".
Architectural features:
"Dragon" is a magical animal that can make clouds and rain, and it is a sacred symbol of imperial power. "Phoenix" belongs to the king of birds, and taking "Phoenix" also shows the supremacy of emperors; "Lion" originated from Buddhism. According to Tongguang Lu, "When Sakyamuni Buddha was born, he pointed to the sky and roared as a lion:' Heaven and earth are the only one'"; "Debate" and "Records of Foreign Objects" contain: "Those who are loyal in nature, those who can't touch people directly when they fight, and those who can't touch people directly when they talk", which are symbols of justice; Sister-in-law is also one of the dragons. It is neither a dragon nor a beast, but also a lion and a horse, because it looks like a lion and is used as a town animal. "Jellyfish" is a strange animal in the sea, and it is said to be an "expert" in making clouds and rain, fire fighting and disaster prevention; "Bullfighting" is a kind of dragon in ancient legend and an auspicious animal to eliminate disasters.
There are strict grade differences in the decoration of the vertical spine animals in the palace. Only the vertical-ridged beasts on the top of the "Golden Hall" are all available. There are seven kinds of "Zhonghe Hall" and nine kinds of "Baohe Hall". Although there are animals on the vertical ridges of other palaces, they should be reduced step by step.
The origin of the golden hall:
The Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City and the Forbidden City in the Qing Dynasty is often called the "Golden Throwing Hall". However, the origin of the Golden Throwing Hall is the Daming Palace in Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty. However, the golden palace here is not the most important main hall in the palace, nor is it the most important place for the emperor to handle government affairs.
Jindian is located in the south of Taiye Pool in Daming Palace, with Gao Shuang terrain. There is a golden slope next to the temple, adjacent to Linde Hall and Hanlin Academy. "The First Year of Zishun Zongyongzhen" was uploaded: "Cang suddenly called Hanlin Bachelor Zheng _, Wei Cigong and others to the Golden Temple." Hu Sansheng, a historian of the Song Dynasty, quoted Cheng Dachang's Lu Yong in the Song Dynasty as saying: "Those who climb the Golden Road are the branches of Longshou Mountain, and those who climb the slope from the ground will also lose. There is a temple above, called the Golden King Hall. " There is a slope near the temple called Jinluanpo. Because it is adjacent to the Hanlin Academy in the west of Daming Palace, Jinxitang is a place where scholars wait for the response of the emperor's letters, so it is very famous.