故宫重要景点英文介绍-The-Forbidden-City.pdfVIP

精品 The Forbidden City （紫禁城） Size:The forbidden city is located in the centre of Beijing city, it used to be the imperial palace for the Ming and Qing 24 emperors to live and handle state affairs. It has a history of about 600 years. Name Source:In the feudal society, emperor was commonly considered the son of God, so he always had the supreme power and his residence was absolutely forbidden to the common people. What is the name source of Forbidden City. Of course, it is open to the public today, so you guys are very lucky! Room: The forbidden city is rectangular in shape with a total space of about 163,000 square meters. There was a popular saying that it had 9,999 and a half rooms in the Forbidden city. Accordingly, the number is only a half less to 10,000 because emperor on earth did not dare to compare himself with the God of Heaven. Well in fact, the forbidden city consists of 980 buildings with 8,700 rooms. It ’s amazing, right? What shocked me most is that the appearance is never disordered with so many rooms. That is mainly because the forbidden city was built along the central north-south axis and show great symmetry. Path: Today our pathway is from south to the north, that is, we entered the forbidden city from Meridian Gate and exit from the Gate of Divine Prowess. The total journey inside is about 2 hours. 1: The Meridian Gate （午门） Name source: the emperor believed that the meridian line went through the forbidden city and his imperial residence was the center of the whole universe. That is another explanation is that in the ancient times, “ meridian ”