紫禁城英文介绍

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The Palace Museum is located on city center in Peking.China is existing biggest, most integrity of thou building cluster.It is been one of five greatest temples in the world by the fame.

故宫位于北京市中心。中国现存最大、最完整的古建筑群。被誉为世界五大宫之一。

The Palace Museum start to set up in A.D.1406, the Palace Museum have the size courtyard more than 90s and the house contain 980 and add up to 8704.

故宫始建于公元1406，故宫有大小院落90多座，房屋有980座，共计8704间。

the Palace Museum surroundings surround 12 meters in height, long the Palace Museum wall of 3400 meters, form is one rectangular city defense, there is 52 meter wide moat outside the wall surround, formation a fortress of severe barracks.

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。

The Palace Museum has 4 doors, center door Wu door, east door Donghua door, west door Xihua door, north door Shengwu door.

故宫有4个门，正门名午门，东门名东华门，西门名西华门，北门名神武门。

故宫的名称考义

故宫又称紫禁城。中国古代讲究“天人合一”的规划理念，用天上的星辰与都城规划相对应，以突出政权的合法性和皇权的至高性。天帝居住在紫微宫，而人间皇帝自诩为受命于天的“天子”，其居所应象征紫微宫以与天帝对应，《后汉书》载“天有紫微宫，是上帝之所居也。王者立宫，象而为之”。

紫微、紫垣、紫宫等便成了帝王宫殿的代称。由于封建皇宫在古代属于禁地，常人不能进入，故称为“紫禁”。明朝初期同外禁垣一起统称“皇城”，大约明朝中晚期，与外禁垣区分开来，即宫城叫“紫禁城”，外禁垣为“皇城”。

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 infact, 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” means “South”.2:The gate of Supreme Harmony（太和门）Function: Emperor usually held his imperial audience, accepted documents from his ministers and made decisions here.The following three halls are the main buildings in the outer court, successively, they are The Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Middle Harmony and The Hall of Preserving Harmony.3: the Hall of Supreme Harmony:（太和殿）The emperor exercised his role (重大典礼)over the country here. It is a hall for grand ceremonies as well as important festival celebrations.4: The hall of Middle Harmony（中和殿）The name of Middle comes from the Confucius idea of “mean”and “impartial”. It is a place for the emperor to take a short rest. In Qing Dynasty, the emperor usually came here and examined the tools for ploughing（农耕）in spring time. Besides that, the emperor also held ceremony of presenting the genealogy revision and approval.5: the hall of Preserving Harmony（保和殿）It is a place for the emperor to have banquets to entertain the civil and military officials. Later in Qing Dynasty, emperor held the Imperial Palace examination here. Attention! There is no pillar in its front part.When you are walking through the Gate of Heavenly Purity（乾清门）, you haveIn Ming and Early Qing Dynasty, emperors used to live here and handle the daily affairs. Later after emperor Yongzheng, it was changed to be an audience chamber for receiving foreign ambassadors and envoys form vassal states.8：the palace of Union and Peace（交泰殿）It is a place where the empress held the important ceremonies and her birthday celebration. in Qing Dynasty, the empress usually came here and examined the tools for picking mulberry in spring time.Name source: the name of this palace came from the book of Changes(ZHOU YI), which means the intercourse of heaven & earth, harmony of positive & negative, as well as the harmony between emperor & empress.7: The palace of Earthly Tranquility（坤宁宫）In Ming and Early Qing Dynasty, it was used as empress’s residence. Later ,the hall was completely reconstructed by imitating Qingning Palace(清宁宫) in Shenyang according to the Manchu’s custom.8:The Imperial Garden（御花园）it is about 12,000 square meters, containing more than 20 different types of buildings , pavilions, terraces etc. you can also see lots of pine trees, cypress trees and other botanies. Undoubtedly, the Imperial Garden is an ideal place for entertainment and relaxation.Ok, it is almost the end of our visit in the Forbidden city. You can have a 5 minutesshort break here. The last spot is the Gate of Divine Prowess(神武门). Actually, the name of the gate was Xuanwumen at first, but when to Emperor Kangxi, as his name is Xuanye, the gate’s name had the same pronunciation with emperor’s name. You know, it was a serious taboo for mentioning the emperor’s name in ancient times. Hence the gate’s name was finally changed to “Shenwumen”希望这些信息对您有帮助

故宫是从明朝中期到清朝末期的中国帝王宫殿。它坐落在中国北京中心，现在是故宫博物院。故宫博物群包括800座建筑共8886个房间。占地720，000平方米。1987年故宫作为“明清皇陵”被联合国教科文组织列为世界文化遗址之一，其入选理由是世界现存最大的木制建筑。The Forbidden City was the Chinese Imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China. It now houses the Palace Museum. The complex consists of 800 buildings with 8,886 rooms. It covers 720,000 square metres. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987 as the "Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties",[1] and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.