The palace is the most important building type in ancient China. In many ways it represents the highest level of the traditional architecture. Chinese palace design ideas are focused on the order and logic so as to play up the sense of imperial power, which has distinct characteristics of nation and time. The following you may find the top three most magnificent palaces in China.
The palace is the most important building type in ancient China. In many ways it represents the highest level of the traditional architecture. Chinese palace design ideas are focused on the order and logic so as to play up the sense of imperial power, which has distinct characteristics of nation and time. The following you may find the top three most magnificent palaces in China.
The Forbidden City also known as Palace Museum was home to 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It covers an area of about 72 hectares with a total floor space of approximately 150, 000 square meters. To represent the supreme power of the emperor from the God and the place where the he lived being the center of the world, all the gates, palace and other structures of the Forbidden City were arranged on both sides of the south-north central axis. The museum is a real treasures house of Chinese cultural and historical relics, recognized as one of the most important five palaces in the world. The splendid architecture of the Forbidden City represents the essence and culmination of the traditional Chinese architectural accomplishment.
The Potala Palace is 3,756.5 meters above sea level, covering an area of over 360,000 square meters, measuring 360 meters from east to west and 270 meters from south to north. It has 13 stories, and is 117 meters high. The walls of the Palace are over one meter in thickness, the thickest sections being five meters. They are painted with huge colorful murals, which make it beautiful and lively. The Potala Palace is the most valuable storehouse in Tibet. It is a huge treasure house for materials and articles of Tibetan history, religion, culture and arts. The Palace is widely known for the precious sculptures, murals, scripture, Buddha figures, murals, antiques, and religious jewelry treasured up, they are of great cultural and artistic value.
As one of the famous constructions in Chinese history, the Epang Palace, built on a large scale and with a vigorous style, was the imperial palace of the first and second emperors of the Qin Dynasty (221-206BC). According to historical record, after Qin united the six states, Emperor Qingshihuang forced over 700,000 people to build the Epang Palace on the south bank of the Weishui River in the his 35th reign year (212BC). Only the front hall was completed during Emperor Qingshihuang's reign. As described in The Records of the Great Historian-The Biography of Qin Emperor Shihuang, the front hall of the Epang Palace was 500 steps from east to west and 50 zhang (1 zhang = 3.3 m) from south to north, with a capacity of 10,000 people. A road from the palace led straight to Zhongnan Mountain and a channel way was dug near the peak of the mountain. Crossing the Weishui River from the Epang Palace, one will arrive at lands belonging to Xianyang City.