Jiajing is the master of the outer domain, and the "theft" of his own heart will show all kinds of toughness on the outside. Leaving his mark in various royal buildings became his heart disease. For example, the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth, the biggest changes were in the Jiajing Dynasty; the three halls of the Forbidden City were renamed in the forty-first year of Jiajing (1562), from the Fengtian Hall, the Huagai Hall, and the Zhensheng Hall to the Imperial Pole Hall, the Middle Pole Hall, and the Jianji Hall.
His first major change to the Forbidden City was in 1535, when he transformed the Chin An Temple.
Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, the eleventh emperor of the Ming Dynasty, advocated Taoism and was known as the "Taoist Emperor". The Qin'an Hall was built by Zhu Di when he built the Forbidden City. Zhu Di also believed in Taoism, and chose to build a Qin'an Hall dedicated to the god Xuantian in the north of the Forbidden City, where the water phase was located. Jiajing's earlier strokes in the Forbidden City began at the Qin'an Hall. In the fourteenth year of Jiajing (1535), Jiajing carefully added walls and Tianyi Gate to the periphery of the Qin'an Hall, perfecting the layout and function of this royal Taoist temple area, and the courtyard of the Qin'an Hall has since become a self-contained one.
The badger who guards the Gate of Heaven.
The Qin'an Hall is now a relatively independent courtyard, and the walls and Tianyi Gate were added by the Jiajing Emperor.
The Qin'an Hall was built by Zhu Di and is dedicated to the Xuantian God who guards the north. The interior of the temple is the same, but unfortunately it is not open. The Xuantian God inside seemed to have been shaped according to Zhu Di's appearance.
The eaves of the Chin An Temple are all painted. It has more meaning of "gods nagging" than other temples.
It is said that the Xuantian god enshrined in the Qin'an Hall was shaped according to Zhu Di's appearance. The furnishings inside have not changed for many years. Of these buildings on the central axis of the Forbidden City, only this one was never hit by fire.
Of course, although the inside is intact, you and I can't see it. However, in the Forbidden City's "Danchen Yonggu - Six Hundred Years after the Forbidden City Was Built", there are several cultural relics from the Qin'an Hall.
Copied from the Historical Atlas of Beijing, map of the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty (7th year of the Apocalypse).
Emperor Shanzi Qing (1644-1911).
The right side of the cave entrance is carved with two pine trees, especially the one on the upper side, tilted to the left, and its thick round pine leaves form a treasure cover on the head of Emperor Zhenwu. At the entrance of the cave, a stone platform protruded outwards, and Emperor Zhenwu sat on a stone bench, draped in hair and feet, dressed in soap, with a jade belt tied around his waist, his right hand with whiskers, and his left hand on his leg. Crouching next to his right foot was a jade turtle, and the snake wrapped around its neck and body.
The back of the mountain is engraved with a Qianlong imperial poem.
Under the jade mountain, the rosewood seat is like a rosewood seat, the wooden seat is like a peak, and the carved peak is like a thousand auspicious clouds stacked on top of each other, and there are flying waterfalls in between.
It is enshrined in a wooden niche in front of the main shrine of the Chin An Temple.
Statue of Emperor Zhenyu Zhenwu of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
Jade, Zhenwu Emperor has a full face, a long beard hanging from his chest, dressed in soap, and tied a belt. Cyanotic, hands on his knees, sitting on a rosewood throne.
It is enshrined in a wooden niche in front of the west niche of the Chin An Temple.
Jade token (1644-1911).
Jade, upper circle below. The front and back of the token are all inscribed with gold Taoist spells, the sides are engraved with seven stars and six stars, the top is engraved with three stars, and the bottom is engraved with two stars, all of which are yin carved with gold. It is now enshrined in the small scroll of red lacquer depicting gold in the Qin'an Temple.
Tokens are one of the magic tools commonly used in Taoism.
Wooden token clear.
Wooden, the front, sides and upper and lower inscriptions of Taoist spells, the back of the no spells.
It is enshrined on the offering table in the Qin'an Temple.
Wooden token clear. Wooden, round on top and below.
It is provided in a wooden brocade box of tokens on the small scroll of red lacquer depicted in the Qin'an Temple.
Wooden token clear. Wood, nearly square, text and patterns indicted with gold.
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