Forbidden City
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The Ming and Qing Dynasties were the
last imperial dynasties of China, and ruled China proper from 1368 and 1911.
The palace that reigned throughout this approximate 5 decades was the Forbidden
City. The Forbidden City is a palace complex located deadest in the middle of
Beijing and served as the headquarters of the emperors during this ruling
period.
This large structure is inspired and
kicked off the notion of Ancient Chinese Architecture. Chinese
Architecture is a style of building development that features heavy timberwork
that collaborating antique styles and techniques of stone carving, bucket arch
buildings and many more practises. Other famous miracles that shadow this
methodology is The Great Wall of China àààààà (to be covered in a later blog).
Anyways back to this Chinese beauty,
The Forbidden City represents the climax of the art of Chinese civilisation,
and is currently the largest surviving wooden construction in China, which is
surrounded by a 2.4 mile long moat and 8metre high walls. Another feature that
is important to highlight is the roofing and tiling of this structure, yellow
intricately glazed and designed tiles supported with pristine white
marble-layered terraces.
-Karthik
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