The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, is the essence of China's ancient court architecture, and is one of the world's largest and best-preserved wooden ancient buildings. There are more than 70 large and small palaces in this grand complex, and today I will talk about one of the most important palaces - Taihe Palace.
The reason why it is important is that the first manifestation is the position. Taihe Hall in the center of the Forbidden City, the prominent position of the north-south main axis line, was built in the Ming Dynasty, called Fengtian Hall at that time, to the Qing Shunzhi period changed its name to Taihe Palace, the hall is 26 highAt 92 meters, it covers an area of 2,377 square meters, making it the largest palace in the Forbidden City.
The second performance is in the degree of design and decoration luxury, under the eaves of the Taihe Palace is a dense dougong structure, the indoor and outdoor beams are decorated with Hexi color paintings, the upper part of the doors and windows are inlaid with rhombic patterns, and the lower relief is the cloud dragon pattern, which are the most superb craftsmen at that time to complete the process. The width of the Taihe Hall is 11 bays, and there are as many as 10 small beasts on the four vertical ridges, which is unique in the entire Forbidden City.
The third manifestation is functional. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, major ceremonies and important activities of the royal family, such as the emperor's enthronement, weddings, and the canonization of the queen, were held in the Taihe Palace.
Taihe Hall is what we folk commonly call the Jinluan Palace, the dragon chair throne in the middle of the hall, is a relic of the Ming Dynasty, in recent years, because of the excessive number of visitors to visit, in order to protect the ancient cultural relics, the Taihe Palace is set up in front of the fence, can not be close **. However, when you face such a magnificent Ninety-Five Supreme Palace, the awe and shock in your heart will be indescribable!
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