What kind of materials are the dragon chairs in the Forbidden City made of? You can't believe it
Our country has a history of more than 5,000 years, in which dozens of dynasties and more than 500 emperors have been produced. At that time, the emperor was the supreme ruler of a dynasty, and everything they did represented a dynasty.
In ancient times, each emperor had a unique chair - the dragon chair, which was a symbol of authority, and the emperor's throne was called the golden carved dragon wooden chair, and only the emperor was eligible to sit on it, representing the exclusive rule of the feudal emperor.
The Taihe Hall in the Forbidden City of Beijing is the place where the emperor summons his courtiers to deal with major state affairs, and the emperor's throne is placed in the middle of the Taihe Hall, so what is the material of the dragon chair.
Dragon chair as an important position for the emperor to accept the minister's worship, is also very exquisite, I believe that many people watched the ancient TV series friends have seen, at first glance it looks like it is made of pure gold, but in fact it is not so, it is actually made of brass, but it is coated with a layer of golden paint on the outside.
It is not what everyone calls a layer of gold, after all, there was no such technology at that time. In addition, its material is not made of ordinary wood, it is made of rosewood frame, embedded in the birch board core, but also made of gold silk nan wood, through the height of more than 1 meter, seat height 49 cm, seat width 158.5 cm, length 79 cm, lower seat length 162 cm, width 99.5 cm, height 21 cm.
And around the entire throne hovered 13 golden dragons, in addition to the carved mighty dragon, the last will be decorated with gold paint and decorated with various gems, on which countless treasures, agate, gold, silver and so on. The dragon chair we see in the Forbidden City now is actually from the Ming Dynasty, and it only appeared in front of people after some repairs.