太和殿详细英语介绍TheHallofSupremeHarmony课件.pptVIP

太和殿详细英语介绍 The Hall of Supreme Harmony;The Hall of Supreme Harmony, also called the Throne Hall, is the largest hall in the Forbidden City. ;The Hall of Supreme Harmony was built on a 工-shaped marble terraces. The marble terrace with stone carvings is over 10 meters high, with 21 steps in the bottom part and 9 steps in the middle and upper parts respectively.;;In the rear of the platform, there is a gold painted screen, and in the front, there is an imperial desk.;On the two sides are decorations of an elephant, crane, unicorns, and other real and mythical creatures.;角 端;;There are 72 pillars supporting the whole palace. Six of them are carved with dragon designs and gilded with gold encircled the throne;The Emperor had this mirror hung here in order to show that he was the legitimate emperor. And the mirror was placed just over the throne.;藻 井;藻 井;藻 井;;On the terrace of the Supreme Harmony Hall;;Four bronze vats are placed on the two sides outside the hall, which represent territorial integrity and were once used to store water to present fire.;Crane and Tortoise;Placed on the ease and west sides of the terrace are a bronze crane and a tortoise, the emblems of longevity.;;;Opposite it is the stone-made sundial, a time clock in ancient times. It symbolized that the Emperor had the standards of time measurement that was just and aboveboard in judging men and affairs.;The courtyard below is the courtyard of the Supreme Harmony Hall. It is 30,000 square meters in area. There are neither trees nor grass on the spacious and tranquil courtyard, making it appear overwhelmingly solemn.;;In the center is the imperial road flanked by the brick-paved roads on the two sides. The bricks were laid seven layers lengthwise and eight layers crosswise, making up fifteen layers in all to prevent people from tunneling their way into the palace.;Looking upward from below, visitor can see the brilliant yellow tiles under the blue sky and the white;Thank you !