Imperial architecture

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Imperial architecture
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4-31 Hall of Supreme Harmony, Imperial Palace,
Bejing, Begun 17th c.
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The Forbidden City, Beijing
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The Forbidden City, Qing period
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Imperial Beijing, the Three Great Hall, Qin Dy.
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The Forbidden City

• Built during Ming and Qing Dynasties (14-20th
  centiries founded in 1407 many halls were
  built in the 18th C.
• Purple Forbidden City-identification of the
  emperor with the numinous purple radiance of the
  Pole Star
• As the Son of Heaven, the emperor maintained
  cosmic order by performing annual rituals such as
  those at the Altars of Heaven and Earth, the
  Temple Imperial Ancestors, and the Altar of
  Society
• Oriented North-south axis encompassed the main
  altar complexes, with the palace building facing
  south
• The complex surrounded by walls, which protecting
  the royal family from the outside world.

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Feng Shui

• Qi (energy) is the most important
• Belief that people and nature are linked in an
  invisible dialogue.
• The flow of energy along the surface and within
  the earth are believed to have the power to
  influence the lives of people near them.
• The flow of qi runs from mountains along the
  outlines of hills. It may altered and improved
  along the landscape, plant, and objects.
• The principles of feng shui reflects the Chinese
  beliefs in the wholeness of the universe and the
  necessity of living in harmony with nature.

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Yin and Yang

• Two opposite forces that emerged from the
  primordial Dao, and whose interaction defines and
  regulates the mechanisms of the universe
• It is the constant process of changes countless
  patterns of existence the transformations of
  energy can be systematically charted (The Book of
  Changes)
• In ancient time, Yin and Yang were symbolized by
  the tiger and the dragon, and in later period by
  the yin and Yang diagram (taiji diagram)

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Yin and Yang

• Yin and Yang are two complementary modes of being
  which characterize and animate all phenomena
• Yang is seen as a mode of being which included
  male, the bright, dryness, and heat, the
  creative, the sun, characterize the east and the
  south
• Yin includes the complimentary, phenomena not
  opposite the female, the dark, moisture, and
  cold, the recessive, the moon, characterize the
  west and the north
• As for the elements, they associated with the 5
  elements (Wood, fire, earth, metal, water), the
  seasons, and the colors

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Yin and Yang

• A color is associated with each
  element-direction-season EGreen SRed
  Wwhite NBlack centeryellow
• The associate with colors have a great important
  with rituals and liturgy, for clothes, ornaments,
  and offering have to conform with colors

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View of the Forbidden City
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Hall of Three Treasure, Forbidden City
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Palace complex

• Hall of Supreme Harmony-in the center of the
  complex laid in N-S axis built in 1697
• Housed the Emperors thorne
• Used for celebration of the Emperors birthday,
  the new year, and other important proclamations
  or ceremonies.
• 11-bay structure double eave hipped roof
  decorated in the yellow tiles symbolic of
  imperial status

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Wumen (Meridian Gate, the Forbidden City
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Hall of Supreme Harmony, Forbidden City, 17th
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Temple of Heaven Complex
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Hall for Player for Prosperous Year
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