The Palace Museum, formerly known as the Forbidden City, is the imperial palace of China's Ming and Qing dynasties, located at the center of Beijing's central axis.
The Palace Museum in Beijing, with three main halls as the center, covers an area of about 720,000 square meters, with a building area of about 150,000 square meters.
The Construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing began in the fourth year of Yongle (1406) and was completed in the 18th year of Yongle (1420).
The Imperial Palace is arranged along a north-south axis, along which the three main halls, the latter three palaces and the imperial garden are located. And spread out to both sides, north and south straight, left and right symmetry.
The Palace city is surrounded by 12 meters high and 3400 meters long palace wall, in the form of a rectangular city, surrounded by 52 meters wide moat outside the wall, forming a fortified castle.
The Palace Museum has four gates. The main gate is called the Meridian Gate. Behind the meridian Gate are five marble arch Bridges leading to the Gate of Supreme Harmony. East gate name Donghuamen, west gate name Xihuamen, north gate name Shenwu Gate.
The Imperial Palace in Beijing is one of the largest and best preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
The Imperial Palace in Beijing is a national AAAAA tourist attraction.
In 1961, the Imperial Palace in Beijing was listed as one of the first national key cultural relics protection sites.
The Forbidden City in Beijing was listed as a World cultural Heritage in 1987.
北京故宫是中国明清两代的皇家宫殿,旧称紫禁城,位于北京中轴线的中心。
北京故宫以三大殿为中心,占地面积约72万平方米,建筑面积约15万平方米。
北京故宫于明成祖永乐四年(1406年)开始建设,到永乐十八年(1420年)建成。
故宫宫殿是沿着一条南北向中轴线排列,三大殿、后三宫、御花园都位于这条中轴线上。并向两旁展开,南北取直,左右对称。
故宫宫城周围环绕着高12米,长3400米的宫墙,形式为一长方形城池,墙外有52米宽的护城河环绕,形成一个森严壁垒的城堡。
故宫有四个大门,正门名为午门,午门后有五座汉白玉拱桥通往太和门。东门名东华门,西门名西华门,北门名神武门。
北京故宫是世界上现存规模最大、保存最为完整的木质结构古建筑之一。
北京故宫是国家AAAAA级旅游景区。
1961年北京故宫被列为第一批全国重点文物保护单位。
1987年北京故宫被列为世界文化遗产。
故宫价值
故宫成为世界文化遗产,使人们对故宫古建筑价值的认识有了深化。故宫所代表的是已经成为历史的文化,而且有着宫廷文化的外壳,同时它却代表了当时的主流文化。
经过了长时期的历史筛选和积累,当然不能简单用“封建落后”来概括。故宫和博物院不是毫不相干或对立的,而是有机的统一,相得益彰。