As a concentrated representative of Chinese culture, many of the architectural patterns and single structures in the Forbidden City are similar or homologous like mirror images, confirming and complimenting each other.
Deng Lun, Wei Chen, and Guo Jingfei, the "Innovative Products Developers of the Palace Museum" in this issue, will deeply explore the mirror legend in the Forbidden City. Not only will they reveal the secrets of the two "same gardens" in the Forbidden City, the three will also reappear together. The famous scene of "One Eye for Ten Thousand Years" in the first season of the program is very exciting.
Looking at the buildings in the Forbidden City, palaces, pavilions, and gardens all show the beauty of symmetry.
In this issue, the "Forbidden City Cultural Innovation Product Developer" will go to Jianfu Palace Garden and Ningshou Palace Garden to explore the mirror legend in the Forbidden City.
One is located in the northwest of the Forbidden City, the area where Qianlong lived before ascending the throne; the other is located in the northeast of the Forbidden City, and is the residence built by Qianlong for his abdication.
The two gardens have a one-to-one correspondence in terms of architectural form, indoor space division and use functions.
Faced with two buildings that look like “mirror images”, even the “Forbidden City Lun” Deng Lun, who can associate the specific orientation of the object with only one picture, cannot help but admit the wrong location.
Why did Qianlong build two "same gardens" in the Forbidden City?
Although the two gardens are very similar, Ningshou Palace actually incorporates some new garden elements on the basis of "re-engraving" Jianfu Palace.
Before participating in the construction of the Ningshou Palace Garden, Qianlong had a deeper feeling about the construction of the garden, and some changes have taken place in the aesthetics. What are the little-known innovations in the Ningshou Palace Garden?
In addition, in the Ming Dynasty Imperial Kiln Porcelain Comparison Exhibition in Jingren Palace, the three were also fortunate to see the landmark Yongle Year blue and white lotus pattern pressed cup in the history of ancient Chinese porcelain production.
According to Wang Guangyao, a research librarian at the Palace Museum, this hand-pressing cup borrows the shape of a thick-walled cup built in the Song Dynasty to achieve the purpose of keeping the tea warm. How does it relate to the mirror image legend in the Forbidden City?
Looking back on the first season of "The Forbidden City", Deng Lun looked at the view of the Bamboo Fragrant Pavilion through the window in the Ningshou Palace Garden. He once spurred the hearts of countless audiences and was praised as "One Eye for Ten Thousand Years".
This time he returned to the Ningshou Palace Garden, Deng Lun did not forget Anli Guo Jingfei to give it a try.
At the scene, Guo Jingfei questioned: "How can this kind of action be handsome?" In the end, how will the two interpret the different styles of "a glance"?
Another exquisite acting "Forbidden City Literature Innovation Developer" Wei Chen, in the scene reappearance, put on a costume style, incarnate the most handsome "pottery inspector" in the Ming Dynasty, and reproduce the work of the "pottery inspector" a hundred years ago for the audience. daily.
In addition to the wonderful performances of the three "Forbidden City Cultural Innovation Product Developers", the cultural and creative competition among college students is also worth looking forward to. In this issue, students from Beijing University of Technology and Hunan University will make new and iterative creations on the basis of watches. In the show, although the team captains Guo Jingfei and Wei Chen’s return elements are very similar, making it more difficult to "innovate", the students with extraordinary creativity still designed two dazzling cultural creations, one of which attracted Wei Chen. The anchor of the second change brought the goods directly called "buy it", what kind of cultural and creative products did the students create? Stay tuned for the third season of "The Forbidden City" broadcast on Beijing Satellite TV and iQiyi at 20:30 this Saturday.