Hall of Supreme Harmony;
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Title
Hall of Supreme Harmony ;
Title Alternative
Forbidden City ;
File Name
98300879.jpg
Copyright Status/Owner
Licensed from William Hamblin, 2004
Publisher Original
William J . Hamblin , PHD . Department of History ; 305 KMB PO Box 24446 ; Provo , Utah 84606
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http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/genericnote.php
Course
HIST
Professor
William J. Hamblin
Description
At the beginning of his reign , the third Ming emperor , Yongle (r . 1403-1424) , moved the capital back to Beijing and redesigned the city . Plans for the new capital began in 1406 and the design was for three nested walled cities . A 15-mile long wall enclosed the entire city , but each section also had its own partition . In the heart of the Imperial City was the grand imperial palace compound , surrounded by a moat . This was known as the Forbidden City because of its limited accessibility to all but the emperor ; he alone could enter any section at will. The architecture of the walled complex adheres rigidly to traditional spatial principles , with the orientation of the whole city following a north-south line and the most important buildings face south to honor the Sun . This layout provided an ideal setting to carry out the elaborate ritual of the imperial court . In the center of the Forbidden City are the three main halls , one of which is the Hall of Supreme Harmony , where the throne
Creator
Ming Architects
Country
China
Geographic Region
Asia
Type
Slide
Format
JPEG
Platform
Cross-Platform
Genre
Architecture
Category
Architecture
Keywords
Beijing , China ; Hall of Supreme Harmony ; Imperial City ; Forbidden City ; Emperor's Palace ;
Time Period
Ming Dynasty , Ch'ing Dynasty ;
Date Range
1400 AD : 1912 AD
Historical Date
1368 AD
Date Original
1406 AD
Date Digital
12/16/2004
Contributor Metadata Entry
Pending;
Collection
Civilization Hamblin; Western Civilization
Contributors
Hamblin, William J.
Copyright Expiration Date
9/1/2005
Owning Institution
Forbidden City , Beijing , China
Publisher Digital
Brigham Young University
Source
Hamblin Slide Collection; Beijing 4.17; Fred S. Kleiner and Christin J. Mamiya, Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 12th ed. (Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005), 766-768; Encyclopædia Britannica, 2006 Online ed., s.v. “Forbidden City”, available from Internet http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9034829, accessed 15 June 2006.
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