Forbidden City Roof Figures

Glazed mythical lucky figures on roof of building in forbidden city in beijing china chiwen dragon sculpture on a roof protecting againt evil suzhou china detail of the colourfully decorated eaves and roof charms on the hall of supreme harmony forbidden city beijing china.

Forbidden city roof figures.

It is found in many places such as the number of animals visible on a roof or the number of nails on the doors. The ming 1368 1644 and qing 1644 1912 dynasties. The forbidden city s unique architecture chapter 2 the dougong. Build an earthquake resistant wooden building strong enough to endure several tumultuous centuries but without using nails or glue.

A nailless chinese construction method. Marco hernandez even today it sounds a near impossible task. Imperial roof decoration of a minor building at the forbidden city multiple gables with decorations along the ridges unions between the roof panels near the corner a row of small figures is placed. Forbidden city chinese pinyin zijincheng or wade giles romanization tzu chin ch eng imperial palace complex at the heart of beijing peking china commissioned in 1406 by the yongle emperor of the ming dynasty it was first officially occupied by the court in 1420 it was so named because access to the area was barred to most of the subjects of the realm.

In the whole forbidden city hall of supreme harmony that for the emperors to hold ceremonies has the highest statue. Forbidden city serves as the home of 24 emperors of ming dynasty 1368 1644 and qing dynasty 1636 1912 over 5 centuries. It is also the highest one as high as a 12 floor building. Construction on the forbidden city began in 1406 when zhu di son of the hongwu emperor became the yongle emperor and moved the capital of china to beijing.

Any study done the forbidden city has approximately 8500 rooms so the legend is false. An estimated 1 million laborers worked to complete the structure. So it is the largest palace inside as large as five and half basketball courts. When you visit the forbidden city in beijing observe the number of animals that are protecting the place.

It is that of the number 9. The forbidden city occupies 720 000 sq m 7 750 000 sq ft over three times larger than the louvre palace in france. While most of the buildings in the forbidden city are made from wood and have a similar style its architecture is nevertheless rich in subtle variations and symbolism.

In addition it has the most mythical animal decorations on roof ridges. A common myth states that there are 9 999 5 rooms but it is not supported by survey evidence. Animals by the unicorn and all shelled creatures by the tortoise.