The capital of the Ming Dynasty was originally in Nanjing. Judy took Beijing as a fief and was designed and built by Kuai Xiang after she took the throne in the battle of South Beijing. As a royal palace, according to people's point of view at that time, it attached great importance to geomantic omen, ranging from site selection and orientation to bricks and paintings, which was due to ancestors' belief in geomantic omen theory.
The geomantic theory contained in the Forbidden City building is that the Forbidden City faces south, which is related to? Facing south and the king? Statement. The overall design is symmetrical. In front of the central axis are the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe and the Hall of Baohe, followed by Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace. The main palaces correspond to the stars in the sky, which is very particular. In terms of architectural color, it corresponds to five elements and five colors. The land where the emperor lives belongs to the soil, and the yellow of five colors corresponds to the land of five elements. Therefore, the main buildings of the Forbidden City use yellow glazed tiles. In the relationship between the five elements, fire is born, and the palace walls are mostly red; The South Umbrella, where the Prince lives in concentration, is located in the east of the Forbidden City and belongs to the five elements. The wood is straight? It has the nature of hair growth, symbolizing that princes can thrive; Another example is the tianyi pavilion in the palace library. Books are most afraid of fire, but water is better than fire. Life is full of water? , so? Tianyi? Naming, black in the five colors corresponds to the water of the five elements, so there is a river in front of Tianyi Pavilion and a black glazed tile on the roof. In numbers, what is the emperor? Ninth Five-Year Plan? There are nine doornails in each row of the palace gate, nine Kowloon walls and nine Kowloon chairs. The palace is nine wide and five deep. Ninth Five-Year Plan? The number of.
What do you think of the Forbidden City? Feng shui theory? Geomantic omen is a theory that ancient people know nature and connect human life with everything in nature. At first, the theory was formed in order to choose a suitable address, and later it was more general, affecting the food, clothing, housing and transportation of our ancestors. This is the embodiment of the wisdom of the ancient working people, and it is an idea that connects their own development with nature. It also has certain merits and benefits, but we must treat it dialectically, take its essence and discard its dross, so as to gain something. As an ancient building with a history of 600 years, the Forbidden City witnessed the humiliation and revival of the Chinese nation, and its historical and cultural connotation deserves our careful taste and in-depth study.