Tiananmen, as the capital's landmark, is familiar to the whole country. However, whether locals or outsiders, walking through Chang'an Avenue and coming to the 600-year-old Tiananmen, they do not necessarily know all about its history and structure, especially what is the use of the two inconspicuous small houses under Tiananmen.
Tiananmen, known in ancient times as the Gate of Chengtian and the Gate of Chengtian, is the first gate of the entire Forbidden City, carrying countless historical and political significance. In ancient times, Tiananmen was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties held ceremonies, and the officials of the Ceremonial Department read the edicts on the upper floors of Tiananmen, and the civil and military officials stood on the south side of the Jinshui Bridge to listen, performing three kneeling and nine prostrations.
From top to bottom, the roof of Tiananmen Square is the top of the mountain in the chinese classical architectural style, and then down are glazed tiles, national emblems, Tiananmen Tower, Tiananmen City Floor, Tiananmen City Floor width 9 rooms, into the depth of 5 rooms, taking the meaning of "9th Five-Year Supreme".
The head portrait under the city tower is changed every year, on both sides are "Long live the People's Republic of China" and "Long live the great unity of the people of the world", and then below are the five ticket gates under the city platform. Why should there be five ticket gates, which are taken from the five gates of Tianzi in the Zhou Li, and the five ticket gates are reduced sequentially from the middle to the two sides, corresponding to the five bridges.
The middle ticket gate corresponds to the largest and widest bridge under Tiananmen, called the Royal Road Bridge, the column head of the railing carved dragon The specifications of this bridge are very high, in ancient times only the emperor could walk, the Royal Road Bridge was lined with two royal bridges, the balustrade pillar head carved lotus, only allowed princes and nobles to walk, commonly known as "Prince Bridge". The Royal Family Bridge is lined with grade bridges, and only officials of more than three grades can walk. The two ordinary relief stone bridges on the far side, Allowing officials below 4 pins to walk, are commonly known as "Gongsheng Bridge".
On both sides of the Jinshui Bridge, there are Huabiao and lions, Huabiao weighs 20 tons, from top to bottom are the roar of the divine beast, the circular dew plate, the sickle-shaped cloud plate and the six-sided panlong pillar, next to the Huabiao is the four large stone lions in front of Tiananmen, a total of two pairs.
Behind the lion is the small house mentioned above, and the lion in the back has two small houses, which do not look very eye-catching, and their role is the temporary rest of the workers who built Tiananmen Square at that time, the soldiers standing guard and the small house where the equipment for guarding the city gate is stored. When you came to Beijing Tiananmen Square, did you pay attention to them? (For more exciting content, please pay attention to / Fall into the list)