Peeking the Royal Palace of China at Forbidden City

The remnants of the Ming and Qing dynasties can be seen directly when you visit the forbidden city in Beijing, China. The forbidden city entrance faces south.

For, it was mentioned that the king believed that the sitting position is in the north facing south. In addition, by facing the southern part of the sunlight is easily available.

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After entering the gate of Forbidden City, there is a building consisting of five bridges. Guide of Norgen Health entourage, Brian Lau explained that at that time, the bridge in the middle can only be passed by the king. While the bridge on the left and right side may be passed by the royal relatives.

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For others who have no relationship with the king must pass another bridge on the edge of the edge. Before reaching the king's residence, there is the last door leading to it. Formerly, if there was a special celebration the king would come out of the door because a king should not just sit in the office but must come out and face to the sky and the ground.

Do not be surprised if you find two statues of the lion's left and right side of the door. Because first, the two statues of the lion are believed to be the keeper of the king.

"Formerly the king would pass through the middle door and the two left and right sides were passed by the Empress.In each building, the ladder for the king is made of white jade, on the left, there is a writing which means the ancestors protect us, and to the right of the writing which means the heavens give the king, "Lau said.

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Around the Forbidden City also stood firmly on a stove called Xiang Lu. Xiang Lu used to be used to burn incense during the celebration. Xiang Lu comes from the word Xiang which means incense and Lu which means the stove. In addition, there are many large stoves with lion head ornaments on the sides. Formerly, it was a security furnace to avoid a fire. If there is a fire can be taken water from there to extinguish the fire.

In addition, in the Forbidden City, there is also a test room for ordinary people who want to enter the royal environment. This test is done directly by the king and the champion gets the title of Chuang. The rules are also very strict where for those who are caught cheating his hand will be cut.

In front of the exam room, there is a lion statue facing down. Why is the lion facing down? Apparently, the statue symbolizes outsiders who cannot hear info from inside the palace.

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In addition, the lion facing down also symbolizes the empress that should not be disturbed by outsiders. Meanwhile, there is a statue of a lion boy who symbolizes that the king has offspring.

Well, then how does the king live? Like the king's residence, there is a bed in it. Lau disclosed, the king has 40 thousand empresses and if there is a need then the king will call the queen to his residence.

Because the number of empresses is not small, the kingdom has a palace inside. The inner palace is central to regulating royal households considering the many queens. Every year there is a celebration in the palace inside. Not just a place of celebration and household settings alone, the palace inside is where made a jade stamp made of jade.

In the rear of the palace is a garden planted with various trees with varying heights. Inside there is a statue of a dragon boy as a guardian of the garden so that the trees are not easily burned. All plants in this garden should not be doused with dirty water.

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About a few meters into the park, you can find a building like a useful house as a place of kings of worship. For a very religious king, he will spend more time in this place. Once out of the garden, there is a fake mountain that the king can climb to see the view while drinking tea. Forbidden city is open from 8.30 to 16.00 local time. To go in there, visitors simply spend 40 yuan.