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.

The ming 1368 1644 and qing 1644 1912 dynasties. A common myth states that there are 9 999 5 rooms but it is not supported by survey evidence. A nailless chinese construction method. It has more than 90 palace quarters and courtyards 980 buildings and over 8 728 rooms.

It is also the highest one as high as a 12 floor building. The forbidden city s unique architecture chapter 2 the dougong. Another principle is often respected even if it is more questionable.

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. 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. So it is the largest palace inside as large as five and half basketball courts. Build an earthquake resistant wooden building strong enough to endure several tumultuous centuries but without using nails or glue.

In the whole forbidden city hall of supreme harmony that for the emperors to hold ceremonies has the highest statue. In addition it has the most mythical animal decorations on roof ridges. Animals by the unicorn and all shelled creatures by the tortoise. When you visit the forbidden city in beijing observe the number of animals that are protecting the place.

The forbidden city occupies 720 000 sq m 7 750 000 sq ft over three times larger than the louvre palace in france. Marco hernandez even today it sounds a near impossible task. An estimated 1 million laborers worked to complete the structure. The forbidden city is the largest medieval palace architecture in the world and was the main imperial palace of china s final two dynasties.

Any study done the forbidden city has approximately 8500 rooms so the legend is false. 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. It is that of the number 9.