Mainland countries have a long history, but our culture and traditions did not disappear thousands of years ago, but were passed down over time, such as our Chinese characters, Confucian classics, traditional virtues, etc. Among these excellent traditions, some of them have been inherited by future generations and become an indispensable part of people's lives today. In addition, there are many famous historical buildings here, which carry a heavy historical mission and also embody the wisdom of ancient people. When it comes to the historical buildings and places of interest in the mainland, the Forbidden City must be an unavoidable topic.
In 1406, Ming Chengzu issued an order to build the Beijing Imperial Palace (Forbidden City) and its walls on the basis of the Nanjing Imperial Palace, which took 18 years to complete. Magnificent and splendid, this palace building is one of the most magnificent palaces in the history of ancient Chinese architecture. It is also the largest and best-preserved royal complex in the world. The imperial palaces of the feudal dynasties were built under the auspices of the emperor himself, so there was no edict dedicated to the emperor- the so-called "Forbidden Purple" meant this. In 1924, Puyi established the "Qing Chamber Dissolution Committee" to protect the Forbidden City, and in 1925 it was officially renamed the "Forbidden City". ；
As the royal façade of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Forbidden City covers an area of 720,000 square meters, with more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9,000 houses.
Today, the Forbidden City is the largest and most complete wooden ancient building in the world, listed as a national key cultural relics protection object in 1961, and listed as a world cultural heritage in 1987, becoming a treasure and wealth of all mankind. As the saying goes, going to the Great Wall is not a good person, but going to Beijing to see the Forbidden City is useless. Therefore, the Forbidden City has an important position in the history of Chinese culture, not only leaving us many precious historical relics, but also preserving rich and valuable traditional skills. There is also a very interesting place in the Forbidden City - the Forbidden City. With the improvement of people's quality of life and the development of tourism, people's interest in the Forbidden City has increased.
According to statistics, since the beginning of the 21st century, the Forbidden City has received an average of 6 million to 8 million Chinese and foreign tourists per year, which is a very large number. Many people have visited, people began to question the Forbidden City, some people asked why for more than 600 years, the roof of the Forbidden City has not been cleaned, but it is so clean, it can even be said to be "no bird droppings". Some people think it is because the Forbidden City is a big garden. So why is the Forbidden City like this? Is it really as mysterious as the legend says? The answer is yes. The water on the roof of the Forbidden City has been flowing. Some tourists have taken a closer look and found that the roof looks clean, which may be related to these three points.
The first point is the color scheme of the roof of the Forbidden City. There are many different types of buildings in the Forbidden City, but their roofs are the same color – red. Because red itself represents warmth and splendor, it is given the meaning of sacredness and majesty here. The roof of the royal palace is mostly red wall and yellow tile; but for the common people, they prefer the "court face" of white wall gray tiles and red and yellow because it can make people feel animal-like cuteness; the strong red and yellow are not only festive, but also relatively flawless.
The second feature is that in addition to the traditional sculpture of the water god, there are many graffiti patterns. The third reason is the application of the "scarecrow" shape in traditional Chinese architecture. The "Scarecrow" is a biological image that appears during the growth of rice. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient working people of the mainland. In this part, the author focuses on the relationship between these sculptures of the water god hanging on the roof and the graffiti patterns, as well as the reference and application of Chinese elements they embody, such as decorative embellishments, sculpture shapes, colors, etc. can be regarded as symbols of the spirit of the "Daote people".
The third feature is that there is no manual intervention on the roof of the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City has many birds chirping, pulling feces and other phenomena, which is related to the roof design of the Forbidden City. Although the roof of the Forbidden City is very high, due to the large slope, there is no trace of birds on the tiles. So even birds and finches will be restricted from flying far in the air, instead of flying freely as they are now. But the roof of the Forbidden City is a very good platform. It can provide a habitat for birds. If you look at the aerial picture of the Forbidden City, there are not many trees around the palace, which means that there are no birds nearby.
In the past, there were palace eunuchs in the palace, and now there are professional maintenance personnel in the Forbidden City, so even if there is dirt, it will be cleaned up quickly, but this kind of dirt is not common.