Every Spring Festival, Forbidden City tour becomes popular. Many people go to the Forbidden City to enjoy the snow scenery, see cultural relics, and feel the royal style, but don’t forget to go to the Forbidden City to enjoy the auspicious atmosphere.
There are a total of six auspicious beasts in the Forbidden City. Legend has it that in the new year, I will collect photos with these six auspicious beasts and will have a particularly good luck in the coming year.
Today I will arrange for you a lucky check-in tour of the Forbidden City.
1. Copper lion
Entering from the Meridian Gate, many tourists head straight to Taihe Palace . The front and back bedrooms of the Forbidden City are the front office area and the rear lounge area. The largest hall in the previous dynasty was the Hall of Supreme Harmony, with nine open spaces and five deep, which is the Lord of Nine Five. For such an important place as
, of course, some auspiciousness must be arranged. Therefore, you can see the bronze lion in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony at first glance. One pair of two, one male and one female. The lion is on the east side, hanging bells, adorning a mane, stepping on a hydrangea, looking ahead, symbolizing the supreme imperial power; the lion is on the west side, stroking a young lion, symbolizing the prosperity of his offspring.
Pay special attention to counting the snail buns on their heads. The amount of snail buns symbolizes the status. There are 13 snail buns on the copper lion's head in the first-grade yamen. There are 45 people in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. 45, multiply nine and five. He is also the 195th Lord.
So, those who visit the Forbidden City believe that taking a photo under this pair of copper lions will definitely bring you a blessing and honor in the coming year.
2. Dragon Turtle
Don't worry after taking a photo with the bronze lion, another auspicious beast is nearby.
Outside the south gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there is a large copper crane above the three-layer white marble foundation. It's okay to take a photo with it. This is also a pretty awesome, but the highlight is behind it.
Behind the crane, there is a dragon turtle, with a dragon head and body, with a slightly open mouth. Why? Because its abdomen is in the middle, incense will be burned inside at major ceremonies, and the divine turtle swallows smoke and squirts mist, as if it is a fairyland.
and behind the also has a dragon turtle. Unlike the one in front, its mouth is closed and its forehead is smoother. Unlike the domineering dragon turtle in front, it is more feminine.
Obviously, the Qianqing Palace is a female turtle, and the Taihe Palace is a male turtle. Therefore, you should pay attention when checking in. The gay man went to the Qianqing Palace to take a photo, and the lesbian man took a photo together in the Grand Historical Palace. What is the meaning of
?
Young people will have a stable career foundation, the elderly can live a healthy and long life, and those who go out to work can return home in glory, because the dragon turtle is a return of glory.
3. Copper Deer
In front of Chuxiu Palace , there is a pair of particularly eye-catching copper deer. Chuxiu Palace is the place where Empress Dowager Cixi lives. Originally, there was no copper deer here. It was not until the ninth year of Guangxu that a pair of copper deer was erected here.
Why did Empress Dowager Cixi set up a pair of copper deer here?
In the ninth year of Guangxu, Cixi moved back to Chuxiu Palace from Changchun Palace where she had lived for ten years. This is the palace where Cixi lived in the palace. It was the place where Cixi became famous. It was here that she gave birth to the later Emperor Tongzhi and was promoted from concubine to concubine.
It was still in this year that Cixi carried out a major purge on the Qing court's military department, deposed the former military minister, and arranged for her confidant to take charge of the military department, thus beginning her true era of autocracy.
combined with these two points, you can understand why Cixi added two additional white deer in her Chuxiu Palace. The white deer is a symbol of love, embodies Cixi's husband-wife relationship with Xianfeng. At the same time, deer also represents power. Competing for deer in the Central Plains is to pursue power. Cixi placed the deer at her palace gate to remind everyone that she still has great power.
Therefore, many people think that taking a photo with this pair of Tonglu can consolidate their own territory (career), and it also has the meaning of a salary increase. Because deer is a fortune.
4. 海湾
There is a very strange statue on the throne in the Qianqing Palace, which looks like a sheep but not a sheep, with a chair horn on the head. It is the Xiezhi in Chinese legend. In Chinese mythology, Xie Xi can be good, evil, loyal and treacherous. After discovering the evil, he will use his horn to touch it down and swallow it.
So, Xiezhe represents fairness and justice.
Then why put such a shrew in front of the throne of the Qianqing Palace? Everyone looked up and saw a plaque with "On the Great Bright" in the hall. Behind this is the most eye-catching secret of the Qing royal family: the candidate for the crown prince.
During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the sects fought for the throne, causing chaos in the palace. After Yongzheng took office, in order to avoid the dispute between the philosophers, he set up a secret box to build a depositary, and wrote the name of the successor in the box and placed it behind the plaque of righteous and brightness. Only when the emperor dies can he open the box and announce the next emperor.
So, Xie Zhi is used to supervise the most important thing in the Qing Dynasty.
It is said that taking a photo with it can pray that all poisons will not be invaded in the coming year.
5. Ruixiang
0 The back half of the Forbidden City is the Imperial Garden. This is the garden of the royal family in the Qing Dynasty, allowing the emperor to rest for a while. And here, there are two auspicious beasts: elephants.
The two elephants are more than one meter tall, with gilded all over their bodies, kneeling towards each other, as if welcoming the emperor. What's even more strange is that the kneeling positions of the two elephants are opposite, and the legs in front are kneeling against each other. Why is this happening to
?
Because this means: wealth and auspiciousness (bearing auspicious sign).
So, don’t miss this auspicious beast check-in point.
6. Kirin
In Chinese legends, Kirin is associated with "Ren". Ancient books record it: its nature is warm and kind, does not overwhelm, does not break grass, has horns on its head, meat on its horns, and does not use it, so it is called "benevolence and favor". And in the Forbidden City, there are Qilins to guard it.
There is a palace with a particularly high status in the Forbidden City, called Cining Palace .
When the Forbidden City was first built, there was no Cining Palace inside. Until the Jiajing period, Emperor Jiajing was a vassal king who entered the capital. In addition to the original Zhang Empress Dowager , he also had his own biological mother. So there were two empress dowagers in the palace, and Jiajing arranged for Empress Dowager Zhang to live in East Palace , and his biological mother lived in Renshou Palace. Jiajing renovated and expanded Renshou Palace and renamed it Cining Palace.
From then on, Cining Palace became the residence of the empress dowagers of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Until the four hundred years after Emperor Xuantong abdicated, many empress dowagers lived here, and the most famous one was Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang.
In front of Cining Palace is a pair of gilded unicorns, with both dragon heads and scales on the body, and their spirits are revealed. Why put the gilded unicorn here? This is because the Qilin represents the reproduction of offspring.
And the Empress Dowager made great contributions to the royal family's reproduction of offspring. Putting the unicorn here means the endless inheritance of the royal incense.
So people who go to the Forbidden City often like to go to the Cining Palace. Those who come to Cining Palace must touch this pair of golden Qilin, especially those expectant mothers who are preparing to give birth to a baby.
However, the Forbidden City is very large. It is almost an unlikely task to complete these six places in one day and get all the six palace-town auspicious beasts.
It is said that only by collecting these six auspicious beasts can your wish in the Forbidden City come true. What should I do if
? KFC has arranged this issue for you. This year, KFC cooperated with the Forbidden City to invite the six auspicious beasts of the Forbidden City to KFC.
This time, KFC's production was particularly thoughtful, and each auspicious beast was created based on the prototype of the Forbidden City.
White deer is elegant and luxurious.
Kilin is dignified and elegant.
Ruixiang looks cute.
The lion is majestic and noble.
divine turtle is steady and longevity.
Even Xie Xi, who has always been stern, looked very happy this time.
This time, the KFC auspicious beast is deeply rooted in the essence of the auspiciousness and festiveness of the Forbidden City. It has also specially launched two new auspicious beast barrels, allowing everyone to hold the joy in their hands in the new year.
just make up for this feeling, I will make up for this bucket of land!
In addition to the delicious bucket, KFC stores have specially decorated it, which is like the "Forbidden City's Palace".
The store is also full of various Forbidden City elements, which are particularly eye-catching at first glance. It is definitely a scenic spot in the city’s New Year.
In the new year, go to KFC to enjoy the joy of the auspicious beasts in the Forbidden City, and get the New Year blessings from the joint efforts of KFC and the Forbidden City!
