Forbidden City China - Imperial Garden
Forbidden City China - Imperial Garden
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Fishes in Imperial Garden Forbidden City China
Fishes in Imperial Garden Forbidden City China
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Musician in Forbidden CIty Beijing China
Musician in Forbidden CIty Beijing China
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Garden of Benevolent Tranquility (Forbidden City / 紫禁城)
Situated to the south of the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility and the Palace of Longevity and Health (Shoukang Gong), the Garden of Compassion and Tranquility was a place where empress dowagers and imperial dowager consorts worshiped the Buddha, entertained themselves, and rested. It was first constructed in 1536 (the fifteenth year of the Ming dynasty Jiajing reign). To provide his mother, the Empress Dowager Xiaoshengxian (a faithful Buddhist who was living in the Palace of Longevity and Health) a place to worship the Buddha, the Qianlong Emperor had the Garden renovated in 1765 (the thirtieth year of his reign); as seen in today, this imperial garden runs 130m north-south and 50m east-west, covering an area of 6,800 square meters and containing nine architectural features, including the Hall of Understanding and Bringing Peace (Xianruo guan), the Pavilion of Benevolent Sanctuary (Ciyin lou), the Building of Auspicious Clouds (Jiyun lou), the Hall of the Solemn Buddha (Baoxiang lou), the Hall of Prolonged Longevity (Yanshou tang), the Lodge of Enclosed Purity (Hanqing zhai) and the Pavilion over the Stream (Linxi ting). These buildings structures are concentrated in the northern part of the garden; standing in the center among them, the Hall of Understanding and Bringing Peace is the main architecture of the garden.
After the completion of renovation was completed, the Garden of Compassion and Tranquility is open to the public, mainly to showcase the thousands of religious artifacts housed in the Hall of Understanding and Bringing Peace as well as to open the Pavilion over the Stream for visual pleasure and recreational purposes.
The Hall of Understanding and Bringing Peace is located in the northern part of the Garden of Compassion and Tranquility; the main hall has a hip-and-gable roof in yellow glazed tiles and the enclosed porch has a round-ridge hip-and-gable roof, of which the six wing corners are embellished with a bronze bell each. Here was originally a place to enshrine the statues of Buddha and to store the Buddhist scriptures. The Pavilion of Benevolent Sanctuary is located to the north of the Hall of Understanding and Bringing Peace, which is flanked by Hall of the Solemn Buddha and the Building of Auspicious Clouds to the east and the west. To the south of the Garden is a pond, over which is a white marble bridge; on the bridge is the Pavilion over the Stream, facing the Hall of Understanding and Bringing Peace. These buildings have also been renovated. The Garden of Compassion and Tranquility is a spacious and pleasant site, to which the open access will accommodate more visitors and their short stay.
Due to the constraint of various factors such as rites, patriarch, and fengshui, the buildings in the Garden of Compassion and Tranquility are in a hierarchical and symmetrical layout, which is orderly neat yet somehow monotonous. The garden atmosphere is enhanced by sophisticated interior embellishment as well as the ponds, rockery, and a wide variety of plants in the courtyards. The garden trees, mostly pine and cypress with occasionally Chinese parasol tree, ginkgo, magnolia, and clove, are densely planted in front of the Hall of Understanding and Bringing Peace and around the Pavilion over the Stream, while the flower terraces see profuse peony. With the changes of seasons and time, different sentiments and feelings are thus created in this garden ground.
Chinese Army in Forbidden City Beijing
Chinese Army in Forbidden City Beijing
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Forbidden City Palace of Heavenly Purity
Forbidden City Palace of Heavenly Purity
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Meridian Gate Forbidden City in Beijing China 紫禁城
Meridian Gate Forbidden City in Beijing China 紫禁城
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Gate of Divine Might Forbidden City Beijing CHINA
Gate of Divine Might Forbidden City Beijing CHINA
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The Emperor's Secret Garden (2010) 乾隆花园修缮记
The fabled Forbidden City in Beijing, a 178 acre city-within-a-city, clothed in secrecy and surrounded by myth, was for centuries a tantalising mystery to the west. Isolated behind high walls for nearly five hundred years, successive rulers built up a collection of the most remarkable and opulent buildings and artworks of Chinese culture. The city became The Palace Museum when the Emperor left its sanctuary in 1924.
But the city had one more secret to reveal; tucked away in the Forbidden City's north-east corner lay something different; a unique group of buildings that had lain unused and virtually untouched for more than two hundred years. In 2001, the Palace Museum and a foreign NGO, the New York-based World Monuments Fund partnered to conserve the Garden, choosing to restore Juanqinzhai (倦勤斋, the Studio of Exhaustion from Diligent Service) first. This was the first large-scale interior conservation project and the museum's first international collaboration.
May 2010, China's ambassador to London, Liu Xiaoming, joined Prince Charles at a showing in the British Museum of The Emperor's Secret Garden, a documentary sponsored by the Robert Ho Foundation of Hong Kong about the lodge's restoration. The film was aired on Sky in June. Later that year furniture and fittings from the garden also began a year-long tour of America, the first such showing outside China.
The Forbidden City – Hall Of Literary Glory And Hall Of Military Eminence – Beijing – Audio guide –
The Hall of Literary Glory is an elegant building formed by two small pavilions, linked by a long corridor. The rear part is the Hall of Main Respect, a structure similar to the front hall, but smaller.
It is part of a complex of buildings that include the Palace of Tranquil Longevity and the Pavilion of Spreading Righteousness. The Pavilion was built as the main hall of the crown princes who studied here with a teacher.
Around the 16th century, however, the hall became the place where the emperors studied the Four Books of Confucianism – Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Analects and Mencius – and the Five Classics of Chinese Literature, Book of Changes, Book of Odes, Book of Documents, Book of Rites, and Spring and Autumn Annals, considered the most important written works of Chinese culture, and the imperial examinations to become public officials were based on these. Even the emperor had to write reports on the books and then discuss them with ministers and officials.
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Forbidden City Beijing Hall of Suoreme Harmony
Forbidden City Beijing Hall of Suoreme Harmony
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Lijiang: A Tranquil Paradise of China - P1/2 (In Chinese)
-- Lijiang: A Tranquil Paradise of China - P1/2 (In Chinese). Episode: 1747, Air Date: 27 June 2011.
Today's A Journey through Aesthetic Realms will be presented in Chinese, with subtitles in Arabic, Aulacese (Vietnamese), Chinese, English, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Greetings, blessed viewers, and welcome to A Journey through Aesthetic Realms on Supreme Master Television. In 1933, British author James Hilton published a best-selling novel titled Lost Horizon.
The book portrays a peaceful paradise in a little-known territory of eastern Tibetan mountains called Shangri-La, where people enjoy a carefree life and incredible longevity. The manuscript was believed to be inspired by the travel logs of botanist Joseph Rock, who stayed in Lijiang in Yunnan Province of China to study the unusual flora of the area.
Today, in part one of a two-part series, please join us for a journey to this amazing utopia and experience its ethereal beauty.
Lijiang is nestled in the northwestern mountains of Yunnan where the Tibetan Highlands transition into the lower-lying Yungui Plateau. The high level of geotectonic activities of the region has over the years sculpted a rugged terrain with alternating high mountains and deep valleys. Three major rivers of Asia pass through this area.
They are Changjiang (Yangtze River), Mekong River, and Salween River. The Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site that features awe-inspiring sceneries and tremendous biodiversity.
Flowing in from the northwestern mountains, Changjiang, the world's third longest river, takes a sharp V-turn, then heads towards the northeast. The turn is also called the First Bend of Changjiang. According to folklore, Salween, Mekong, and Yangtze were three traveling sisters. When they reached the Lijiang area, Salween and Mekong decided to go south, while Yangtze preferred to head towards where the sun rises. Therefore, she made a resolute turn and never saw her sisters again. Today the three sisters are the life-giving rivers of Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Âu Lạc (Vietnam), and China.
A few kilometers on her solo journey heading northeast, Changjiang meets the famous Tiger Leaping Gorge, where the roaring Yangtze gushes through 15 kilometers of a narrow path between the southerly Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and the northerly Baha Snow Mountain, both measured at over 5,000 meters in height. With snow peaks, verdant forests, and steep valley, Tiger Leaping Gorge is among the world's deepest gorges.
Folk story has it that a tiger jumped across the gap to escape peril; hence the place got its name. With the shortest distance between the craggy banks at 25 meters and a flow rate of 70,000 cubic meters per second, the rapids at Tiger Leaping Gorge are among the fastest on the planet.
Further north on the other side of the Baha Snow Mountain is another amazing spectacle of nature -- the White Water Terrace. Here white sandstones form multiple levels of perfectly flat platforms with raised vertical edges. Crystal-clear water fills each level of the terrace, reflecting the entrancing blue sky.
These unique features are of a geological formation called travertine, which occurs at fault lines where mineral-rich water oozes out from geothermal springs. Under special underground conditions, the originally alkaline water is supersaturated with carbon dioxide. Upon emergence, carbon dioxide is released from the water, resulting in reduced acidity and decreased solubility of carbonate minerals. Over time, calcium carbonate precipitants from the water form flat sedimentary terraces. Standing next to the spectacular structures, one can't help but be in tremendous awe of nature's greatness.
Equally magnificent are the many rice terraces, which can be readily seen from the road. The local people have harvested from these extensive, perfectly engineered paddies for over a thousand years. During the sowing season, viewed from a high mount on a sunny day, each patch of rice terrace is like a piece of glittering mirror flawlessly fitted into a mosaic of nature's painting.
Between the Tiger Leaping Gorge and Lijiang city is the renowned Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, to which many folk songs sing praises. Its snowcap is actually a glacier whose melting water feeds the fairytale city of 1.2 million inhabitants.
Lijiang has at least 800 years of history. In early Yuan Dynasty, it was developed into a flourishing meeting point for caravans that traveled between China and Tibet and India. The trading route that passes Lijiang, is called the Old Tea Horse Road. It originated from the Pu'er region of Yunnan, which is world-famous for its Pu'er tea.
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Yan Hui Ge Forbidden City China
Yan Hui Ge Forbidden City China
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The Forbidden City in Beijing, viewed from Jing Shan
The Forbidden City in Beijing, viewed from Jing Shan
This video is about the forbidden city in beijing, china. In the forbidden city are many places, like the meridian gate, gate of divine might, west glorious gate, east glorious gate, corner towers, gate of supreme harmoney, hall of supreme harmony, hall of military eminence, hall of literary glory, southern three places, palace of heavenly purity, imperial garden, hall of mental cultivation, palace of tranquil longevity. Verbotene Stadt
China/Beijing (Summer Palace 2) Part 26
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The Summer Palace (Chinese: 頤和園;), is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing, China. It serves as a popular tourist destination and recreational park. Mainly dominated by Longevity Hill (万寿山; 萬壽山; Wànshòu Shān) and Kunming Lake (昆明湖; Kūnmíng Hú), it covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometres (1.1 sq mi), three-quarters of which is water.
Longevity Hill is about 60 metres (200 feet) high and has many buildings positioned in sequence. The front hill is rich with splendid halls and pavilions, while the back hill, in sharp contrast, is quiet with natural beauty. The central Kunming Lake, covering 2.2 square kilometres (540 acres), was entirely man-made and the excavated soil was used to build Longevity Hill.
In December 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List. It declared the Summer Palace a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value.
The entire Summer Palace is centred around Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, with the latter covering about three quarters of the area. Most of the important buildings were built along the north–south axis of Longevity Hill, which is divided into the front hill and the back hill. There are three small islands within Kunming Lake: Nanhu Island, Zaojiantang Island and Zhijingge Island. The West Dam of Kunming Lake divides the lake into two. The East Dam was constructed during the reign of the Guangxu Emperor. The attractions in the Summer Palace may be divided into six different sections or scenic areas: the Halls, Longevity Hill, Kunming Lake, the Farming and Weaving Picture Scenic Area, the Long Corridor, and the Central Axis area.Wikipedia
Six Western Palaces / Xiliugong / 西六宫 (Forbidden City / 紫禁城)
Xiliugong, Six Western Palaces, lies north of Yangxindian (Hall of Mental Cultivation), three palaces on each side of an alley running from north to south.
The complex was originally built with the Forbidden City. The group of palaces includes Yongshougong (Palace of Eternal Longevity), Yikungong (Palace of the Queen Consort), Chuxiugong (Palace for Gathering Elegance), Taijidian (Hall of the Supreme Pole), Changchungong (Palace of Eternal Spring) and Xianfugong (Palace of Universal Happiness). Every palace has its own courtyard, the front hall and the rear hall, and annexes. They were the residences for emperors' women. Since in feudal China, emperors were polygamists, it was exaggerated that they had 3,000 wives. Since polygamied emperors usually had at least dozens of ladies, these palaces were necessary to lodge them. Now they are displayed to the public with original settings untouched.
Chuxiugong (Palace of Gathering Elegance) is the most famous one among the six since the notorious Empress Dowager Cixi lived here for a long period. When hierarch Cixi was in power, although she was behind the throne, she spent huge amount of money to decorate the palace, making it the most luxurious one to celebrate her 50th birthday in 1884. Now it is exhibited to visitors same as that time.
Outside on the stone stands, there are a couple of bronze dragons and a couple of bronze deer. Inside, original delicate pieces of furniture and decorations now on display are all original pieces when Cixi used.
The Palace of Eternal Spring is famous for its fresco named A Dream of Red Mansions. A Dream of Red Mansions, a most noted Chinese novel, became very popular in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The Empress Dowager Cixi liked reading it very much, which led to this fantastic fresco being painted.
Beijing View from Jing Shan
Beijing View from Jing Shan
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Six Eastern Palaces / Dongliugong (Forbidden City / 紫禁城)
As the name Six Eastern Palaces indicates, this region houses six palaces in the same styles located on the east side of the axis in the Inner Court, which are Palace of Great Benevolence (Jingrengong), Palace of Celestial Favour (Chengqiangong), Palace of Eternal Harmony (Yonghegong), Palace of Great Brilliance (Jingyanggong), Palace of Purity (Zhongcuigong) and Palace of Lasting Happiness (Yanxigong). First built in 1420, these buildings provided living quarters for the imperial concubines. Most were restored during the 17th century and now most have been turned into exhibition halls to display Chinese treasures collected by the imperial family.
The Palace of Great Benevolence faces south. There is a stone screen inside the main entrance, which was said to have dated from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). It has two layers of courtyard with the main building in each yard having penthouses and side halls. It has a pavilion built above a well which was used to wash offerings before they were processed in the Sacred Kitchen. It was the residence for the emperors’ concubines in the Ming Dynasty (1368-144). In the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Kangxi (reign time 1661-1722) was born and lived here temporarily. After that time, it was used by the emperors’ wives.
The Palace of Celestial Favour was named Yongning Gong (Palace of Eternal Tranquility) when it was first built and then given its present name in 1630. It also has two layers of courtyard. It was the residence for high ranked imperial concubines in the Ming Dynasty. In Qing, Emperor Shunzhi’s most favorite wife and Emperor Daoguang’s empress lived here.
The Palace of Eternal Harmony was initially called the Palace of Eternal Peace and then changed its name in 1535. It was the residence for imperial concubines in both Ming and Qing Dynasties. Emperor Kangxi’s empress lived here for a long time. It has a well pavilion in the southwest corner. It and Palace of Celestial Favour are now the exhibition halls for more than 15,000 bronze articles, nearly 1,600 of which date from before the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC).
The Palace of Great Brilliance was used as the residence for imperial concubines in the Ming Dynasty. The empress of Emperor Shenzong (reign time 1573-1620) lived here. When it was renovated in 1686 during the reign of Qing Emperor Kangxi, it changed to be used as a library. It is now the exhibition hall to display exquisite gold and silver treasures of the Forbidden City.
The Palace of Purity (also translated as Palace of Gathering Essence) was for imperial concubines and was the place where the crown prince lived during the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Xianfeng (reign time 1850-1861) of the Qing Dynasty spent his childhood here. His empress Ci’an (parallel to Empress Dowager Cixi) lived here from the time she moved to the Forbidden City up till her death. When Emperor Guangxu married his empress, she lived here for a while, as did Qing’s last emperor Puyi. Now, it is the exhibition hall for jade collections.
The Palace of Lasting Happiness (Yanxigong) contains an absurd-looking unfinished building in western style. It was called Longevity Palace in the Ming Dynasty and changed its name later in Qing. It was destroyed by fire in 1845 and only the gate survived. It was to have been rebuilt in 1872 but the plan failed. In 1909 during the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing court wanted to build a ‘crystal palace’ on the ruins, a three-decked western building. The walls were two layers of glass with fish swimming between the panes. Each of the palace’s four corners would be connected with a three-decked hexagonal pavilion. As we can see from the abandoned building, its framework is metal and the whole building is mainly built with white marble stones with carvings on the outer wall and porcelain tiles on the inner wall. The exorbitant plan was abandoned due to weak imperial finances. Now it is temporarily used as the exhibition hall for the official kiln porcelain of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) until October 30, 2011.
Forbidden City | Gate of Divine Might
Forbidden City | Gate of Divine Might
This video is about the forbidden city in beijing, china. In the forbidden city are many places, like the meridian gate, gate of divine might, west glorious gate, east glorious gate, corner towers, gate of supreme harmoney, hall of supreme harmony, hall of military eminence, hall of literary glory, southern three places, palace of heavenly purity, imperial garden, hall of mental cultivation, palace of tranquil longevity
Beijing, China
Video with images of the Forbidden City or Imperial Palace in Beijing capital of China. The Imperial Palace has approximately five hundred buildings. It is the largest and best preserved cluster of ancient buildings in China. No one was allowed to enter the Imperial Palace without special authorization. The emperor only left the palace for special occasions. He ruled his empire from the palace and here he regulated all of his official affairs.
The Meridian Gate in the south was the front entrance to the Imperial Palace. Entering from the Meridian Gate, one encounters a large square with offices for the imperial servants. The offices have red walls and pillars. The beams in the ceilings have blue and green colours and gilded dragons. The tiles of the buildings have a yellow gold colour. At each corner is a figure of a dragon or some other kind of animal to repel the evil spirits.
Passing the gate of Supreme Harmony in the north one enters a square with three imperial halls for official state business. The Hall of Preserving Harmony is one of them. In the hall is an elaborately decorated dragon throne. From this throne the emperor presided meetings with his senior officials. His officials had to kneel down for him and show him their respect and obedience. They were not allowed to make any comments or objections to his decisions.
The Gate of Celestial Purity in the north separates the public halls from the private palaces for the emperor and his family. Through the gate one enters the courtyard of the private Palace of Celestial Purity. In the Palace the emperors lived from the Ming dynasty up until the early Qing dynasty. All around the palace is a white marble balustrade. The painted ceiling shows a fine work of artisanry.
The private Palace of Tranquil Longevity at the east side of the Imperial Palace has gilded lions on both sides of the entrance. The lion with a large ball under its leg is the male lion. The ball represents his overall authority. The other lion with a small cub under its leg is the female lioness. The cub represents her care for the people. Near the Palace is a large bronze vessel with water to extinguish the flames in case of a fire.
In the north end of the Imperal Palace is a private garden with a small path between rocks, trees and pavilions. The emperor and his family came here to relax and enjoy the sounds of nature. The living quarters around the garden were for the emperor and his family only.