imperial culture in china forbidden city

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Imperial Culture in China Forbidden City

People who visit Beijing will never miss the Forbidden City. This is

the best place to admire Chinese imperial culture. The Forbidden

City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming ynasty to the

end of the !ing ynasty. It is located in the centre of Beijing"

China" and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost #$$ years" it

served as the home of emperors and their households" as well as

the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. The China

Forbidden City was declared a %orld &eritage 'ite in ()*+ by

,-'C/ as the 0Imperial Palace of the Ming and !ing ynasties0"due to its significant place in the development of Chinese


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architecture and culture.

Built in (1$2 to (13$" the comple4 consists of )*$ buildings andcovers +3$"$$$ m3 5+"*$$"$$$ s6 ft7. The palace comple4

e4emplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture" and has

influenced cultural and architectural developments in ast 8sia and

elsewhere. 9ectangular in shape" it is the world:s largest palace

comple4 and covers +1 hectares. 'urrounded by a #3;meter;wide

moat and a ($;meter;high wall are more than *"+$$ rooms. The

wall has a gate on each side. /pposite the Tiananmen . The

distance between these two gates is )2$ meters" while the

distance between the east and west gates is +#$ meters. There

are uni6ue and delicately structured towers on each of the four

corners of the curtain wall. These afford views over both the

palace and the city outside.

The name ?Forbidden City@ has more meaning more than just a

title. Aying at the city center and called Palace

includes the northern sections" and was the residence of the

mperor and his family" and was used for day;to;day affairs of

state. 8ncient Chinese people displayed their very considerable s>ills

in building it. Ta>e the grand red city wall for e4ample. It has an *.2

meters wide base reducing to 2.22 meters wide at the top. Theangular shape of the wall totally frustrates attempts to climb it.
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The bric>s were made from white lime and glutinous rice while the

cement is made from glutinous rice and egg whites. These incredible

materials ma>e the wall e4traordinarily strong.

'plendid painted decoration on these royal architectural wonders"the grand and delu4e halls" together with their surprisingly

magnificent treasures will certainly satisfy every visitor.

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