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2 yuan
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Can reach to take 1, 4, 10, 20,etc. cars to Tian An-men
Introduce
The Imperial Ancestral Temple (theAncestralTemple) The Imperial Ancestral Temple lies in the square Northeastern side of Tian An-men of Beijing.
The Imperial Ancestral Temple is the family temple where the emperor held a memorial ceremony for the ancestor in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, were established in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420) ,Takes up an area of more than 200 mu, offer the grandfather of France of day in ancient times according to China Traditional gift system build. The level of the Imperial Ancestral Temple takes the form of the rectangle, 475 meters long from south to north, 294 meters wide from east to west, own the treble enclosure in common, from before, in, it is closed without being lasted three layer in halls three the last flower garden. The centre where the audience hall towers in the whole of buildings of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, a rich 11, enter dark four, the floor area is up to 2240 square meters; The intersection of layers of eaves and the intersection of Wu and top of the palace, treble white marble must fill of the intersection of type and base, enclose the stone guardrail all around; Wrap up the wood of agalloch eaglewood outside main roof beam one in the hall, other building components are the famous and precious gold silk nanmu; Ceiling and the intersection of corridor and column stick to all pure gold spend, making ornamental and luxurious meticulous. The Imperial Ancestral Temple is the place where the emperor holds ceremony of offering a sacrifice to an ancestor, each there are 15 side halls in a palace or temple on both sides of audience hall, enshrining and worshipping the meritorious spirit tablet of people of imperial lineage of successive dynasties in the east side hall in a palace or temple, it is surnamed the spirit tablet of the distinguished person that the west side hall in a palace or temple is enshrined and worshipped differently. Naves and back halls after the audience hall are all nine audience halls of Huang s glazed tiles Wu top of the palace, the nave calls getting into bed the hall, the back hall is called Tiao temple. In addition there are ~s buildings of supernatural kitchens, supernatural storehouse, killing domestic animal s pavilion, managing domestic animal s room etc.. The Imperial Ancestral Temple is famous for ancient cypress, tree age up to for several hundred more year, in different poses and with different expressions, vigorous and clumsy. After the 1911 Revolution, the Imperial Ancestral Temple still belonged to clear room for a time, laid out into the peaceful park in 1924, changed into a present name in 1950 The Working People s Cultural Palace . The Imperial Ancestral Temple was listed in the Chinese Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection in January of 1988.
View of the Imperial Ancestral Temple
Total arrangement: The subject building of the Imperial Ancestral Temple is three halls, opposite to the audience hall is the door of root of Beijing euphorbia. The intersection of root of Beijing euphorbia and door the intersection of jade belt and river and gold the intersection of water and bridge, the intersection of bridge and in the north the east, all the west have one six the intersection of horn and the intersection of well and pavilion, the south of the bridge is supernatural kitchen and supernatural storehouse. It is and then the colored coloured glaze door to the south, kill domestic animal s room, treat in domestic animal s room and well pavilion etc. in the southeast at the door.
The main entrance of the Imperial Ancestral Temple: Locate in the Tian An-men resisting the intersection of way and the east, call the Imperial Ancestral Temple the intersection of street and door, the intersection of emperor and doors walked offer sacrifices to in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Resist the state jar door in the west of Luis in these door and Tian An-men symmetrically. The main entrance of the Imperial Ancestral Temple changed to set as the main entrance of the Working People s Cultural Palace now on Chang an Avenue after opening to the outside world.
Colored coloured glaze door: It is the main entrance which holds a memorial ceremony for the hall, this door gains the name to decorate in colored coloured glaze. In the door is river and gold water bridge of jade belt, its function and name are the same as gold water bridge within the Forbidden City.
The door of root of Beijing euphorbia: Door this gain the name, display have eight the intersection of halberd and shelf, 15 halberds Chen on the each the intersection of halberd and shelf inside and outside door, 120 old halberds altogether. There are five rooms on the door of root of Beijing euphorbia, three flights of steps leading to a palace hall before and after three are among them, the steps of China are nine grades, left and right sides are seven grades respectively. There is a Xiao Jin s hall at the door among the east, are for the emperor to change one s clothes and wash hands and face to use while sacrificing.
Burning stove: There is a yellow brick burning stove respectively in the slightly east and southwest side in the door of root of Beijing euphorbia, are designed to burn and wish the silks specially.
Three halls of the Imperial Ancestral Temple
The front hall is the main hall in three halls, the emperor holds the large place that offers sacrifices to.
The front hall, were established in the Ming Dynasty, clear at end of Ming Dynasty and is destroyed so as to only have three and hall column while having left for the first time. Rebuild the audience hall of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, 11 principal columns of a hall of audience hall after completing, four deep principal columns of a hall in the period of Shuizhi, the layers of eaves list the spine, there is contrast of all over Chinese in the volume of the hall The Imperial Ancestral Temple . The treble base outside the hall is surrounded with the white marble stone railing, the railway platform resists a front and is carved with Long WenShi, lion s line stone and sea beast stone sequentially. The summer beam in the hall is the wood of agalloch eaglewood, the others use the elm of gold silk; The shakedown The gold brick ; The ceiling and four columns, post the pure gold leaf. Enshrine and worship the spirit stand of the wooden gold lacquer in the hall, carve dragons in emperor s stand, the back seat carves the wind. Display offerings, incense burner table and copper stove,etc. before the seat. The side hall in a palace or temple on both sides sets up the memorial tablets of the people of imperial lineage and distinguished person.
Nave, wide nine principal column of a hall, dark four principal column of a hall, connect front hall through the intersection of stone and balcony, the intersection of stone and steps outside the hall lay, have two the intersection of stone and light by all left and right sides. The intersection of centre and room support emperor who found a state in the hall, other grandfather divide, support on all inserting the room. Display supernatural chair behind the the same as god brand number emperor outside the shrine for idols or ancestral tablets, as to to offer sacrifices to queen, only offered first wife in the Ming Dynasty, and concurrently offered sacrifices to the second wife in Qing Dynasty. Have another name called the nave, enshrine and worship the place of emperor s ancestor s memorial tablet. Established in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty 1420) ,Huang glazed tiles the intersection of form and eaves Wu top of the palace. One is nine wide It is 62.31 meters long) ,Stock dark 4 It is 20.54 meters wide) ,Forefather s memorial tablet and different room of the hall in the hall. Each insert things such as indoor furnishings supernatural chair, incense burner table, bed couch, cotton-padded mattress pillow,etc., the memorial tablet places oneself in the cotton-padded mattress, signify forefather s daily life goes to bed. Clear to enshrine and worship red the intersection of nguktrum and Kazakhstan and the intersection of emperor and Taiji, good fortune face and profound Ye, the intersection of Yin and enlarge person who go through 11 memorial tablet behind the the Supreme Being. When the previous day of allusion quatation of holding a memorial ceremony for, move the memorial tablet to enjoy the hall and lay, presented with respect going back after holding a memorial ceremony for.
The back hall, enclose with the red wall all around, there are five principal columns of a hall on doors, nine principal columns of a hall of hall. Carve the dragon design stone, the supernatural card after chasing the emperor of one in the stone steps before for founding a state in the hall in Qing Dynastying outside the hall.