What is the reason why the Forbidden City has been intact for 600 years?

Some time ago, there was an earth-shattering news on the Internet, Notre Dame Cathedral in France suffered a serious fire, the fire of Notre Dame Cathedral almost destroyed this 800-year-old civilization, and the Forbidden City, as an ancient building with a history of more than 600 years in our country, has been well protected, on the one hand, our country's protection of cultural relics is in place, on the other hand, it is also related to the structure of the Forbidden City building itself. <>

As we all know, the Forbidden City is actually what we now call the Forbidden City, the name of the Forbidden City comes from the "Purple Micro Star", because the Purple Micro Star belongs to the soil, and the ancients believed that the Purple Micro Star is located in the center of the firmament, and the Forbidden City is located in the center of Beijing, and at the same time it is the center of power, hence the name. The Forbidden City was once the palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties of China, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, with more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9,000 houses, and is one of the largest and most well-preserved ancient buildings in the world. <>

In the 600 years of the Forbidden City, it has experienced more than 200 destructive ** and retreated unscathed, because of the use of the structure of the dougong. Dougong, also called 枓栱, Douke, is a characteristic structure of Han architecture, and it can be traced back to the history of thousands of years. The bucket arch bears the roof on the top and the column below, and has always played the role of standing up to the sky and the earth in the ancient building.

It is precisely because of the existence of the dougong structure that the Forbidden City can stand proudly. To this end, the staff and a foreign carpenter also did an experiment to prove, they according to the scale of 1:5, with the bucket arch structure to copy the mini version of the Forbidden City model and carried out a simulation test, the results of the mini Forbidden City no matter what wind and waves it faces, its foundation is always stable.

Moreover, our country set up the Forbidden City Fire Special Service Squadron in 1975, which has continued to this day, under their strict defense, the Forbidden City has never had a fire for more than 40 years, and the Forbidden City is equipped with 94 high-pressure fire hydrants, 4866 fire extinguishing appliances, and 55 fire extinguishing plans are specially designed to ensure that the Forbidden City is foolproof.

The reason is that people are well protected now, there has not been large-scale destruction, and the reason is that when it was built, it was built with the best materials and the strongest building structure.

On the one hand, every owner of the Forbidden City cherishes and cares for the Forbidden City, and will regularly carry out a series of repairs to the Forbidden City; On the other hand, ordinary people cannot go to the Forbidden City, which reduces the probability of man-made damage.

Personally, I think that on the one hand, because the Qing Dynasty emperor lived here, so the protection is very good, and on the other hand, it is the dougong structure designed by ancient craftsmen, so that the Forbidden City can be preserved to this day.

Forbidden city. Built 600 years ago, the Forbidden City for Chinese culture.

YesVery significantBecause the Forbidden City has been the cultural capital of many emperors in China for so many years, it is also a major political, economic and cultural center, so the entire capital has a pivotal position for Chinese culture, so the Forbidden City is now in the history of Chinese culture, and the impression of each of us is your emperor's dormitory, or an administrative office, but what we have to understand now is that the meaning of the Purple City in ancient times and in modern times is not the same. It is hoped that the Forbidden City will be preserved for a long time, so that future generations can also see its magnificence.

The history of the Forbidden City is also very long, because this is the concentration of ancient Chinese cultural and political centers, the ancient emperors generally worked in the Forbidden City, so he also belongs to a royal garden, so all the luxurious scenes of the Forbidden City are from the casting of every emperor in the previous generations, and the painstaking efforts of every emperor are reflected in it.

No matter what the Forbidden City looks like now, but for us, it only belongs to a historical and cultural monument, so now, we can only protect this cultural monument well, so that it can exist for a longer time, so that our future generations can see these things and let them have a clear understanding of history.

The Forbidden City was built for 600 years, which is the end of Chinese culture and the beginning of history, and it is an ancient feudal society.

The end of our modern society is the beginning of our modern society, because since we have modern society, China has entered a stage of rapid development, so for the Forbidden City, it also belongs to a part of our history and culture, and it is an indispensable brilliance in the long river of historyProfound and of great significance

It is a crystallization in the 5,000-year history of the Chinese nation, and the 600-year ups and downs of the Forbidden City have witnessed everything our country has suffered in the past 600 years.

The Forbidden City plays an important role in the inheritance of Chinese culture, and it was the royal palace of several dynasties, integrating office, politics and economy.

Because the Forbidden City is the cultural capital of many emperors in China for so many years, and it is also a major political, economic and cultural center, the entire capital city has a pivotal position in Chinese culture. Because this is the concentration of ancient Chinese cultural and political centers, ancient emperors generally worked in the Forbidden City, so it also belongs to a national garden.

The grandeur and magnificence of the Forbidden City show us the splendor of our 5,000 years of Chinese culture. It can enhance our pride and pride in our nation.

History of the Forbidden City (generally referred to as the Forbidden City in Beijing):

The construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing began in the fourth year of Yongle (1406) of Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, and was built on the basis of the Nanjing Forbidden City, and was completed in the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420).

In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing (1557), the Forbidden City caught fire, and the first three halls, Fengtianmen, Wenwulou and Wumen were all burned down. It was not until the 40th year of Jiajing (1561) that the reconstruction was completed. During the Jiajing period, the names of the three major halls of the Forbidden City were changed to the Huangji Palace, the Middle Pole Palace, and the Jianji Palace.

In the 22nd year of Kangxi (1683), the reconstruction of the remaining destroyed buildings of the Forbidden City began, and it was basically completed in the 34th year of Kangxi. After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, according to the old practice of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Shunzhi and Emperor Kangxi used the Qianqing Palace as the main place to live and deal with court affairs.

After the Xinhai Revolution in the third year of Xuantong (1911), the palace of the Forbidden City should have been nationalized, but according to the "Preferential Conditions for the Qing Family" drawn up at that time, Emperor Xun Aixin Jueluo Puyi was allowed to "temporarily live in the palace", that is, the "back bed" part.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Forbidden City building was renovated on a large scale, and a large number of cultural relics were sorted out. In 1961, the Forbidden City was promulgated as a national key cultural relics protection unit. There are 1.5 million pieces (sets) of cultural relics in the Palace Museum.

In 1987, the Forbidden City was listed as a "World Cultural Heritage" by UNESCO and was established as the "Palace Museum".

The Forbidden City of Beijing, formerly known as the Forbidden City, is located in the center of Beijing's central axis, is the imperial palace of 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties of China, is the essence of ancient Chinese Han court architecture, an unparalleled architectural masterpiece, and is also one of the world's largest and most well-preserved ancient buildings with wooden structure. It has more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9,000 houses, with the three major halls of Taihe, Zhonghe and Baohe as the center.

The Forbidden City was built in 1406 A.D. (Yongle four years), 1420 (Yongle eighteen years) was basically completed, lasted 14 years, was built by Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, built on the basis of the Yuan Dadu Palace. Covering an area of 720,000 square meters (961 meters long, 754 meters wide), with a construction area of 10,000 square meters, it was built by Emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty, and the designer Kuaixiang (1397-1481, the word Tingrui, Suzhou), covers an area of 780,000 square meters, with 1 million migrant workers, built for 14 years, there are 9999 and a half houses, according to the actual 1973 expert on-site measurement of the Forbidden City has more than 90 large and small courtyards, 980 houses, a total of 8707 rooms (and this "room" is not the concept of today's room, here" "room" refers to the space formed by the four pillars). The main buildings are the Taihe Palace, the Zhonghe Hall and the Baohe Hall (the place where the imperial examination is held).

In the end, it was determined that the total number of rooms in the Forbidden City was 8,703.

Reason: In 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded Beijing on the way to be blocked by the Boxers, when the army advanced to Beijing, it took a lot of time to enter the outer city of Beijing, on the eve of entering the outer city of Beijing, when Cixi and others who lived in the inner city of Beijing, that is, the Forbidden City, hurriedly fled, they sued for peace with the Eight-Nation Alliance, asking the Eight-Nation Coalition not to enter the city of Beijing, and at the same time, in order to give the Eight-Nation Coalition a good face, ordered the remaining Qing army to exterminate the Boxers, However, the Eight-Nation Coalition did not agree to this peace condition, continued to march to Beijing, and ransacked the entire outer city of Beijing, and for the inner city, that is, the Forbidden City, because the Eight-Nation Coalition Army considered that it would sign the "Xinchou Treaty" with the Qing ** after the war, so the destruction of the Forbidden City was only stationed in the Forbidden City, and did not do the kind of action like the looting of the outer city of Beijing, but the Forbidden City was also damaged to a certain extent, but it was generally intact.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Forbidden City at that time has become the Palace Museum, before the Japanese army entered Beijing, Zhang Xueliang at that time had ordered someone to escort the important national treasure to the south with a special car, the treasures left in the Forbidden City were very few, at that time the Japanese army was mainly staring at the national treasure train, not many troops were placed in the Forbidden City, in addition to the foreign envoys stationed in Beijing at that time, the Japanese did not dare to take big action against the Forbidden City for the sake of international face, the above reasons are the reasons why the Forbidden City was not completely destroyed.

Because the Japanese have respect for ancient Chinese civilization, they are embarrassed to say what they destroyed compared to after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

As the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties of China, the Forbidden City has a long architectural history and is one of the treasures of Chinese culture. So, how long did the Forbidden City take to build?

The construction of the Forbidden City began during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, when Ming Emperor Zhu Di ordered the construction of a large-scale imperial palace to consolidate the position of imperial power. Starting from the second year of Yongle (1404), after 14 years, the Forbidden City was officially completed. In the past 14 years, countless craftsmen and workers have worked hard to build, always adhere to the belief of "the Son of Heaven and the people", and build every detail of the palace building to almost perfect.

However, the Forbidden City was not a work made overnight. Before Ming Chengzu ordered the construction, the place where the imperial palace was located was once the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, Jinyu City, and during the Yuan Dynasty, the palace buildings also existed here. However, due to the changes of history and the impact of natural and man-made disasters, the former imperial palace has long since ceased to exist.

Therefore, during the Yongle period, Ming Chengzu ordered the construction of a larger imperial palace to highlight the majesty of the Ming Dynasty's imperial power.

With the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the rise of the Qing Dynasty's Yin Zeliang, the management of the Forbidden City also shifted. After the Qing emperor entered the Forbidden City, he made a series of renovations and expansions to make it more suitable for the court culture of the Qing Dynasty. Throughout the Qing Dynasty, the Forbidden City was in a period of prosperity as an imperial palace and political center, but it also experienced a series of wars and political upheavals, but the palace architecture was still well preserved after hundreds of years of wind and rain, and became an important treasure in the history of ancient Chinese architecture.

Today, the Forbidden City has been under construction for nearly 600 years, and its historical and cultural value is not only reflected in its architectural style and layout, but also in the vicissitudes and evolution of China's imperial power over the centuries. As one of the representatives of ancient Chinese culture, the architecture and history of the Forbidden City attract tourists from all over the world to visit and explore. <>

The Forbidden City can be said to be a very representative building of our country, and it is also a very important cultural and architectural property left to us by the ancients. Many people know that the Forbidden City has remained its original appearance for more than 600 years since its establishment, and it is an incredible thing in itself to be able to let us descendants. <>

The Forbidden City, also known as the Forbidden City, was the main place for the imperial family to work, live and live during the Qing Dynasty, and was also the core political and economic center of the entire dynasty at that time. The reign of the Qing Dynasty is very long, so as the most important core, the construction of the Forbidden City can be said to be very luxurious, and full of the wisdom of the ancients, it can be said that it is a very important treasure of our country, the entire Forbidden City is a huge cultural wealth, through the interpretation of the Forbidden City, we can better understand the culture of the Qing Dynasty, and can gradually restore the history of the year. <>

In addition, as the core of the Qing Dynasty for many years, the Forbidden City must have had a lot of big and small events, and it can be said that the Forbidden City witnessed the prosperity and decline of the Qing Dynasty. In the Forbidden City, there are countless stories, until now, many historical events about the Qing Dynasty are gradually drawn through the investigation of the Forbidden City, so for the current Forbidden City, it has important historical significance in archaeology, culture and so on, and is an important cultural heritage of our country. <>

From my own point of view, I prefer the Forbidden City, a building full of history. Because walking in it, you can feel the strong charm from the precipitation of time, and you can also enjoy the profound edification from the culture. The Forbidden City is a very important tourist attraction in Beijing today, tens of millions of tourists visit and browse every year, including many foreign friends, a hundred years of wind and rain of the ancient building contained in the charm, naturally is charming enough, enough people are willing to touch, the story behind it is still talked about to this day.