The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City has been viewed in many Hollywood videos over the years, bringing the allure and mystery of Chinese way of life that's not familiar to the west on the big TV screen. Due to the fact that of this Hollywood depiction, many people don't comprehend the fantastic feats this Chinese royal residence located In Beijing has made. The sheer overall size of the royal residence, the rationale for its design, and its lush history are all shown and still exist today though this palace.

The practical objective of this creation was to relocate the capital from Nanjing to Beijing,; this royal residence was to act as a birth of a new dynasty that would linger into the near future. The creation of this from a logistics and a manpower stand point is in the category of the establishment of the pyramids in Egypt. Millions of Chinese worked to build this palace and thousands of artisans were brought in to ornate the royal residence in lavish paintings, statues, and architecture. Many of the furniture and walls in the palace were painted yellow, because yellow in Chinese's customs at the time period was considered to be a colour of royalty. As one could imagine, the materials for the greatest and grandest royal residence globally would be needed to accomplish the construction. Timber, stone, and other building material was brought from faraway lands in order to meet the building requirements to accomplish this palace. The Chinese utilized the rivers around Beijing to bring building materials from other areas of China. To construct and complete this temple would only take 14 years (beginning in 1406). The palace would house 24 emperors under the Ming and Qing Empire for 500 yrs until 1912.

The palace is the biggest worldwide, having 9,999 rooms. This numeric number of 10,000 at the time of its creation in Chinese's society exemplified a number of the God's, due to the fact that the emperors wished to be regarded as close to God like at possible, the emperors created their home with 9,999 rooms to show this. These rooms in the royal residence were separated into a northern area and a southern region. The northern area of the Forbidden City was for the emperor, whereas the southern region was for the emperor's loved ones.

The royal residence housed many gems and jewels that were unmatched during the time period of the emperor's who would reside there. Rooms were filled with ornate decorations that exemplified Chinese society. Not only would the royal residence itself be a form of jewel, but even meticulous appeal down to the unique bedding that would be made of the finest silk would be imported.

The people who would take care of this royal residence were called unics. These unics devoted themselves to the emperors and made sure daily operations in the palace were upheld, keeping a form of consistent management over the royal residence during periods of shift from one emperor to another.

The Forbidden City now still exists today, and it's open to the public as a museum for people to visit.