According to the principle of "Left Group, Right House, Facing the Future" of Zhou Li Kao Gong Ji, the building is located on the eight-kilometer-long central axis, which is straight from north to south and symmetrical from left to right.

Architectural features:

The tenon-mortise structure of ancient houses in China is yellow and purple in color, which is solemn and reflects the royal style.

Extended data:

Building scale

The Forbidden City in Beijing was founded by the Ming Emperor Judy, and its designer was Kuai Xiang (1397— 148 1, Suzhou native). It covers an area of 720,000 square meters (96 1 m long and 753 m wide), with a building area of about10.5 million square meters and an area of 720,000 square meters. With 1 10,000 migrant workers, 65,438+9,999 rooms and a half were built in 2004.

According to experts' field investigation in 1973, there are more than 90 courtyards and 980 houses in the Forbidden City, with a total of 8707 rooms (but this "room" is not the concept of rooms nowadays, and the "room" here refers to the space formed by four pillars).

Architectural modeling

At that time, the front hall of the Forbidden City required magnificent architectural modeling and clear and open courtyards, symbolizing the supremacy of feudal regime. The Hall of Supreme Harmony is located in the diagonal center of the Forbidden City, and there are ten auspicious beasts on each corner.

The designers of the Forbidden City thought it would show the majesty of the emperor and shock the world. The palace behind requires depth and compactness, so the six palaces in the east, west and east are self-contained, with their own palace doors and walls, which are relatively orderly. Behind the palace is the backyard.

The Palace Museum is arranged along a north-south central axis, and the three main halls, the last three palaces and the imperial garden are all located on this central axis. And spread to both sides, straight from north to south, symmetrical left and right. This central axis not only runs through the Forbidden City, but also runs through the city from Yongdingmen in the south to the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Beijing Forbidden City