The Forbidden City, also known as the Forbidden City, located in Beijing, is the largest and most complete ancient architectural complex in the world. There are many questions about the Forbidden City. Here are some answers:
How many rooms are there in the Forbidden City?
There are countless rooms in the Forbidden City. At first, it was said that there were 9,999 rooms in the Forbidden City, and some people said that there were 9,999 rooms and a half. Which statement is more accurate? Where did this half room come from?
In fact, this half room doesn't exist. It originally refers to a small room in the west of Wen Yuan Pavilion. This room is very small, with only one staircase up and down. Because it is a detached house, it is barely one. Originally, this room didn't exist, because there is the Sikuquanshu in Wen Yuan Pavilion, which pays attention to geomantic omen, so it was designated as the sixth room, but for the beauty of the whole building, its area was reduced, so it looks like half a room.
Now people have measured that there are neither 9999 nor 9999 half rooms in the Forbidden City, but more than 8600 rooms.
Who is the designer of the Forbidden City?
Who will design such a magnificent building and such a huge project of the Forbidden City? Many people think that it was designed by Kuai Xiang, an outstanding craftsman in the Ming Dynasty. His nickname was Kuailuban.
However, in recent years, Mr. Yu, a senior engineer in the ancient architecture department of the Palace Museum, believes that although Kuai Xiang participated in the construction of the Nanjing Palace, he was only the person in charge of the construction, not the designer. The real designer should be Cai Xin. When the Forbidden City began to build on a large scale, Kuai Xiang had just arrived in Beijing from Nanjing to take over the project. Before him, Cai Xin had taken charge of the planning, design and construction of the Forbidden City and Beijing City. Therefore, Yu Xiansheng believes that Kuai Xiang's statement is not accurate.
Why doesn't the word "door" in the Forbidden City have a tick?
Visitors who have visited the Forbidden City can easily find that the word "door" on every door plaque in the Palace always ends at the bottom, and there is no upward hook. Why?
This has to start from the Song Dynasty. It is said that the Jade Butterfly Temple in the Song Dynasty caught fire and the gate of the temple was completely burned down. The minister said: "The word" door "in the plaque has a hook at the end and a fire pen, which is easy to cause fire and disaster. Only by burning these plaques can we avoid disaster. " As a result, the saying that the word "door" is hooked with a fire pen has been handed down. After that, the kings of the past dynasties put the word "door" at the end of the plaque straight down and removed the tick mark. Of course, the Forbidden City also followed this writing, which is why the word "door" in the palace is not ticked now.
There are many mysteries about the Forbidden City, such as: Why is it also called the Forbidden City? Why not plant trees in the three halls? How did the national treasure "Shigu" come from? What happened to the fire in Fu Jian Palace ... These strange things in the palace are all waiting to be revealed to the world one day.