China News Service, Beijing, April 1st (Reporter Shangguanyun) On the 31st, the Zhonghua Book Company held a reader meeting of "The Six Hundred Years of the Forbidden City" at the China International Exhibition Center.
According to reports, the book "Six Hundred Years of Construction of the Forbidden City" written by ancient architect Jin Hongkui, former vice president of the Forbidden City, describes the main points and central axis of Beijing's urban planning in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties from the perspective of architecture and architectural culture. The formation of the Forbidden City, the layout of the Forbidden City and the characteristics of space art, introduced the ancient Chinese architectural art represented by the Forbidden City.
The cover of "The Forbidden City was built six hundred years ago".
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In addition, the book briefly describes how the construction of the Forbidden City can be completely continued to this day, and how to carry out long-term protection of the Forbidden City in accordance with the requirements of world cultural heritage protection. It clearly summarizes the development of the palace from the beginning of the Yuan and Ming dynasties to the completion of the palace. Long history of construction.
From the content point of view, the "Six Hundred Years of Forbidden City" started from the integrity of Beijing's cultural heritage and designed the narrative structure of the book: Since the mid-12th century, the Jin Dynasty has made important contributions to the construction of Yanjing and the development of water transportation.
In the second half of the 13th century, the ancestors of the Yuan Dynasty began to build Yanjing. In 1272, the new city was named the Metropolis, opening the history of Beijing as the capital.
From 1406 to 1447 in the Ming Dynasty, the project of transforming the capital of the Yuan Dynasty into Ming Beijing was completed, and the construction of the Forbidden City was the core of this grand project.
According to the publishing house, Jin Hongkui presided over the first phase of the "One Hundred Years Overhaul" project of the Forbidden City from 2002 to 2008. The book described in detail the two themes of "How the Forbidden City was built" and "How to protect the Forbidden City" This is also the feature and highlight of the book "Six Hundred Years of the Forbidden City".
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