The spring sun is warming up, and "World Book Day" is approaching on April 23rd. It's time to read the charming and profound book "The Forbidden City" again.
Brilliant and magnificent architecture, exquisite and complex details, a long and dusty history, and timeless cultural inheritance... Countless people have read it thousands of times, often reading it, but they never seem to really understand it.
Today's Forbidden City is no longer just an old city, a scenic spot, or a museum. It is more like a big cultural book that is always waiting for you to turn to the next page, healing you with an ancient warm light at every reading moment. of the moment.
Next, we will use 7 books to describe every detail of the Forbidden City from the perspectives of architectural history, cultural relics exhibitions, vegetation, mythical animals, etc. I hope that by reading these small books, you can have a more detailed and in-depth understanding of the "big book" of the Forbidden City.
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"The Great Forbidden City" (Commemorative Edition) | Yan Chongnian
An encyclopedia that comprehensively displays the main buildings, characters, and events in the 600-year history of the Forbidden City
The "Grand Forbidden City" commemorative edition is divided into two volumes, full color and hardcover. Mr. Yan Chongnian polished the text from suggestions received from millions of readers. This book comprehensively displays the main buildings, characters, and events in the 600-year history of the Forbidden City. With detailed historical materials and plain language, it provides readers with one of the models for understanding and in-depth understanding of the Forbidden City. It can be called an encyclopedia for understanding the Forbidden City. The book also comes with two large high-definition paintings reflecting court life in the Qing Dynasty, which are disclosed for the first time for readers to collect and appreciate.
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"Awakening the Sleeping Palace" | Wang Zilin
Based on the Forbidden City archives and cultural relics warehouse, we will restore the Forbidden City for you
This book carries out research from four aspects: first, the architecture of the palace itself, second, the internal furnishings of the palace, and third, the palace Several owners, the fourth is the author’s experience and feelings during the original display work. Mr. Wang Zilin, a research librarian who has worked in the Forbidden City for more than 30 years, insists on combining archival materials such as "Working Records", "Memories and Sales Files", "Furnishings Files", and "Forbidden City Object Inspection Report" with paintings, old photos, and cultural relics. In principle, the furnishing materials of related similar palaces were investigated by analogy.
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"100 Forbidden City" | Zhao Guangchao
is carefully created by Mr. Zhao Guangchao and his team. Encountering the Forbidden City from 100 Forbidden City buildings and collections
"100 Forbidden City" is divided into nine volumes - Looking down at the mountains and rivers, looking at "the affairs of the world", seeing how the emperors "carried out their affairs solemnly", including "family affairs and state affairs", palace maids, and souls, they all "care about everything"... The images in each volume are all made by Zhao Guangchao and His team transformed their ten years of love for this city and several years of hard work into the structural texture of each palace and the light and shadow colors of each piece. This book will lead readers into this grand palace with endless stories and descriptions.
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"The Forbidden City in Detail" | Li Min
restores the history of the Forbidden City in depth and breadth.
The nineteen chapters of the book clearly introduce the various buildings of the Forbidden City, deduce the historical facts through relevant historical materials, and reveal the events in a three-dimensional way Various important events in the Forbidden City explain its historical background. The book is rich in content, full of historical materials, and has unique insights. It is both informative and interesting. It is a knowledge manual for understanding the historical details of the Forbidden City.
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"Chronicles of Plants and Trees in the Forbidden City"｜Nahai
is a collection of beautiful essays written in prose about the plants and trees in the Forbidden City and the vegetation-themed cultural relics they contain.
This unique book Taking a new approach, it focuses on the vegetation of the Forbidden City for the first time. It also compares the vivid flowers and trees in the Forbidden City with the images of flowers and trees on the exquisite cultural relics in the museum. It uses poetic language to integrate the natural beauty and human history, bringing readers a period of A unique cultural aesthetic experience.
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"Mythical Beasts of the Forbidden City" | Jiang Lan
reveals the little mythical beasts that guard the Forbidden City.
Mythical beasts in architecture often appear on eaves, gables, lintels, screen walls, etc., and exist in the form of painted paintings, wood carvings, stone carvings or glazed components. These mythical beasts originate from ancient myths and legends and all have specific meanings. In the 600-year-old Forbidden City, turtles, cranes, lions, haechi... resided on tripods, furniture and other utensils. The little animals transformed into auspicious beasts, and after all the vicissitudes of life, they still guard every corner of the Forbidden City.
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"A Skillful Tour of the Forbidden City - Discover 60 Details of the Forbidden City" | Si Junfeng
Take this book with you to visit the Forbidden City and embark on a joyful tour of the Forbidden City
This book is a handheld guide to quickly understand the Forbidden City. The book is divided into 60 topics, of moderate length, you can learn a "cold knowledge" about the Forbidden City that you may not know in 5 minutes. This book helps you discover more of the wonderful things hidden in the Forbidden City’s subtleties while touring the Forbidden City.
Source: Micro Forbidden City
