Sui and Tang Dynasties flourished, still remembered by others. It is said that many data of the Sui Dynasty were not surpassed by the entire Tang Dynasty.
Palace of Ten Thousand Palaces-Ziwei City
In 605 AD, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang and called "Tokyo" (renamed Dongdu in 609), and built the Sui and Tang Grand Canal with Luoyang as the center. At the same time, Luoyang The construction of the palace is also underway. Yu Wenkai is responsible for the planning and design.
"Book of the Hou Han·Volume 48": "There is a purple palace in the sky, which is the residence of God. The king builds the palace, and the elephant does it."
In order to achieve the unity of heaven and man, the Luoyang Palace symbolizes the residence of the Emperor of Heaven. Named-Ziwei City.
"Henan History·Volume III·Suicheng Que Historic Sites": "The palace city is called the Ziwei City, and its city resembles the Ziwei Palace, because of its name."
This naming concept was inherited by the Forbidden City of the Forbidden City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Because of the symbolic meaning of Ziwei City, people often directly call it Ziwei Palace.
Tang Weishu's "Two Beijings": "Tokyo Purple Palace, six gates to the south of the city: Zhengnan Yingtian Gate, the exterior of the gate is sandwiched with lungstones and drums."
Project status
Ziwei City Walls 700,000 soldiers built it in 60 days. The speed of is the fastest in the history of palaces.
Ziwei City employs a total of 1.7 million people (Internal hall foundations and wall courtyards, more than 100,000 people are employed. Only the geotechnical supervisor is the regular service of 800,000 people, while the woodworkers, bricklayers, metalworkers, and masonry work again10 More than 10,000 people), more than twice the number of people in the Qin Afang Palace (about 700,000), is the highest in world history.
When building Tokyo, Yuwenkai "has the grandeur of the emperor's heart, so the Tokyo system is extremely magnificent". Yuwenkai's ingenuity and ingenuity made the Ziwei City "extremely magnificent, and the city has never been compared to it since ancient times." Ziwei The city became the most magnificent palace complex in the world at that time.
later generations continue to use
Wu Zhou Ziwei City restoration map
Ziwei City as the Luoyang city of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the palace is the main palace, the world political center and the national symbol of the Sui, Tang, and Wu Wednesday empires, located in the northwest corner of the Shendu Luoyang. It was built in the first year of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty (605). It has been used for more than 530 years and became the place of administration of the Nine Dynasties (Sui, Zheng, Tang, Wuzhou, Yan, Houliang, Hou Tang, Hou Jin, Northern Song Dynasty). is the longest and most used palace in Chinese history.
Architectural Wonders
Ziwei City "Its palaces and halls are all created by Yu Wenkai, and Kai is ingenious and ingenious. Therefore, the production is quite poor and luxurious. The capital of the previous generation is more than that." It was praised by the Tang Dynasty: " Palace All should be purple walls, and the magnificent residence is the supreme ."
Ziwei City Yingtianmen
Ziwei City's main gate (Yingtianmen) pioneered the two-way triple gate system, the main hall (Dianyang Hall) pioneered the triple eaves system, and Wu Zetian transformed it into a Mingtang . There is also a "five palaces" in the west of Ziwei City, which is composed of five palaces at the front and back. Compared with the Linde Hall of Daming Palace (composed of three palaces at the front and back), it is the highest standard of ancient palaces. Than Yan".
covers an area of 2100 meters from east to west, 1840-2160 meters from north to south and a total area of about 4.2 square kilometers, which is 6 times that of the Forbidden City in Beijing during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and 1 million square meters more than the Daming Palace of Tang Dynasty (3.2 square kilometers). It is , the largest Miyagi in the world in the Middle Ages.
Ziwei City layout
According to the "Old Tang Book": "There are four cities in the palace city". From north to south, they are Yuanbi City, Yaoyi City, Xuanwu City, and Luo City. Los Angeles is the main palace area of Ziwei City, which is composed of Da Nei, East and West, and Left and Right Jiacheng. It is "circled from left to right, and the elephant of Yiwei", covering an area of 2.5 square kilometers. The big inner is in the center of Los Angeles. It has a square shape with a side length of 1030 meters and an area of about 1 square kilometer. It is connected to the Imperial City in the south, two small cities in the east and west, and three small cities in the north. The small towns guard the Ouchi on the east, west, and north sides, and assume part of the functions of Miyagi and belong to Miyagi. Rudong Gecheng is the East Palace where the prince lives, the west Gecheng is the Jiuzhouchi Gongyuan area where the prince princess lives, and the north is where the Imperial Forest Army is stationed.
Daming Palace and Purple Micro Miyagi Comparison
Conservation Exhibition
Ziwei City Ruins Night View
Night view of Ziwei city ruins
