The Hall of Fengtian,the Forbidden City明朝紫禁城奉天殿
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The Hall of Fengtian is the biggest single wooden building in Chinese history."Fengtian" means "obey the sky to rule the country" in Chinese."Sky" can be referred to "the paramount god" in Chinese.It was built in 1420 when China came to Ming Dynasty(1368-1644).The width is 95.19 m and the length is 47.6 m.The height of this asset(including the pedestal) is 50 m.It is the main hall of the Forbidden city which is known as the palace of China in Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.But unfortunately,the hall had been burned to the ground in the late period of Ming Dynasty.For the lack of huge woods(as they had run out),the emperor decided to build a smaller one which is the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
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永乐十八年(1420),在北方幽燕苦寒之地,一座超级宫殿出现了!
永乐帝迁都北京,于永乐十五年十一月初二日,在紫禁城(今天故宫)奉天、华盖、谨身三殿正式开工建造,传说当时工地上出现五色瑞光,由地面直达霄汉,朗耀辉彻;又出现明亮团圆的五色庆云,大如日轮的璀璨天花回旋宫苑。金水河、太液池冰凝瑞相。凡此种种,数日不散。杨荣《皇都大一统赋》曰:“三殿攸建,觚棱云耸,丹漆霞绚,辇路逶迤,阁道回转。华盖屹立乎中央,奉天端拱乎南面。”金幼孜《皇都大一统赋》曰:“奉天屹乎其前,谨身儼乎其后,惟华盖之在中。”李时勉《北京赋》曰:“奉天凌霄以磊砢,谨身镇极而峥嵘,华盖穹崇以造天,俨特处乎中央。”陈敬宗《北京赋》曰:“其正殿则奉天、华盖、谨身之尊严。”
正殿奉天殿,出自《尚书》:“惟天惠民,惟辟奉天。”上天惠爱百姓,所以君王要尊奉上天。永乐帝把奉天殿看着是继承太祖的传业,是尊奉上天的场所,它高大雄伟,气冲霄汉,金幼孜称“竦摩空之伟构”,李时勉称“凌霄以磊砢”,陈敬宗称“屹中天以层构,抗浮云而上征。激日景以纳光,耀丹碧于紫清”,如高山耸入云端一样屹立于前,赫然当朝。
不幸的是奉天殿建成不到半年,于永乐十九年四月初八日被烧毁,瞬间化为瓦砾,它的出现如昙花一现,举国震惊。永乐帝心情惶恐,莫知所措,下罪己诏,称自己难道怠慢了敬天事神的礼仪吗?故再不提重建之事,直至北征蒙古死于甘肃榆木川。火场放置19年之后,于正统五年才得以重修,六年九月建成。
从嘉靖帝重建奉天殿,才得知奉天殿的体量为“广三十丈,深十五丈”,折合为今制米即东西宽95.19米,南北深47.60米,面积达4531.04平方米。重檐庑殿顶,面阔九间。
奉天殿与其北部的华盖殿(今中和殿)、谨身殿(今保和殿)共同组成了“三大殿”建筑群,是明清紫禁城建筑群的核心,坐落在全部用汉白玉包筑的三层石台上,每层台的四周都是雕刻精美的石栏杆,石台总高8.12米,边缘高7.12米,占地25000平方米。
注意!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!奉天殿目前被认为是中国历史上体积最大的单体木构大殿,体量是太和殿的1.9倍,很多人认为唐代的建筑最大,不过唐代大的是组合建筑(组合起来也确实比奉天殿要大不少),但是单体建筑做不到奉天殿这么大。我大明天下无敌啊!!!