The Forbidden City Essay
John Morales
Coach Schiele
CP English-6th Period
3/1/2015
The City that was Forbidden. The Forbidden City is the biggest palace complex on earth!
The Forbidden City is an immense palace complex that has a rich History, an exquisite architecture, and plays a major role on tourism today. It has a rich History because it was home to fourth-teen Ming emperors and ten Qing emperors. The Forbidden City has an exquisite architecture because it has been a topic of fascination for many years in the field of Chinese architecture. It plays a big role on tourism today because more than 8 million people a year visit it.
The Forbidden City has a rich history because it has served several emperors as a palace and it was made by a tremendous amount of people. It was commissioned in 1406 by emperor Yongle of the Ming dynasty. I took 14 years to complete and from 1420 to 1644 it served as the imperial palace of the Ming emperors. Artisans from all over china made it. The Forbidden City was home to nine thousand eunuchs at one time. “It is estimated that 200,000 men were employed simultaneously on its construction and that more than a million people worked on it over the course of the project”(unknown, 1). The emperors of the Qing dynasty resided in the palace from 1644 until the abdication of Puyi in 1914. Altogether, It was home to 14 Ming emperors and 10 Qing emperors.
The Forbidden City has an exquisite architecture because it is the largest palace complex on earth that was built with exact measures and precision the whole site covers an area of 720,000 square meters. The forbidden city is based on a Chinese diagram of the universe, Three halls represent the layout: The Hall of Suspense Harmony (Taiedian), The Hall of Middle Harmony (Zhonghedian), and The Hall of Preserving Harmony (Baohedian). The doors have 81 nails except the Donghua Gate, which has 72 nails. All 890 buildings together provide a built-up area of 150,000 square
Coach Schiele
CP English-6th Period
3/1/2015
The City that was Forbidden. The Forbidden City is the biggest palace complex on earth!
The Forbidden City is an immense palace complex that has a rich History, an exquisite architecture, and plays a major role on tourism today. It has a rich History because it was home to fourth-teen Ming emperors and ten Qing emperors. The Forbidden City has an exquisite architecture because it has been a topic of fascination for many years in the field of Chinese architecture. It plays a big role on tourism today because more than 8 million people a year visit it.
The Forbidden City has a rich history because it has served several emperors as a palace and it was made by a tremendous amount of people. It was commissioned in 1406 by emperor Yongle of the Ming dynasty. I took 14 years to complete and from 1420 to 1644 it served as the imperial palace of the Ming emperors. Artisans from all over china made it. The Forbidden City was home to nine thousand eunuchs at one time. “It is estimated that 200,000 men were employed simultaneously on its construction and that more than a million people worked on it over the course of the project”(unknown, 1). The emperors of the Qing dynasty resided in the palace from 1644 until the abdication of Puyi in 1914. Altogether, It was home to 14 Ming emperors and 10 Qing emperors.
The Forbidden City has an exquisite architecture because it is the largest palace complex on earth that was built with exact measures and precision the whole site covers an area of 720,000 square meters. The forbidden city is based on a Chinese diagram of the universe, Three halls represent the layout: The Hall of Suspense Harmony (Taiedian), The Hall of Middle Harmony (Zhonghedian), and The Hall of Preserving Harmony (Baohedian). The doors have 81 nails except the Donghua Gate, which has 72 nails. All 890 buildings together provide a built-up area of 150,000 square
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