In our country's traditional culture, nine means a lot.
There is a saying that this does not refer to the dragon giving birth to nine sons, but generally refers to an imaginary number.
The Nine Dragon Wall also sees more than simply describing nine dragons.
The top of the Nine Dragon Wall is mainly made of yellow glazed tiles, and under the eaves are rafters, purlins and brackets of imitation wood structure.
The bottom of the Nine Dragon Wall has clouds and water as the background pattern, and is decorated with blue and green colors.
This highlights the majestic momentum of the connection between water and sky, and the bottom is mainly made of white marble.
The yellow color is the Zhenglong, which is in the middle, located in the middle of the Nine Dragon Wall.
The dragon's front paws are in an encircling state, its back paws are parted and poking out of the sea water, the dragon's body is curled, holding the flame orb under its head, its eyes wide open and its chin open, looking majestic.
The two dragons on the left side of the Nine Dragon Wall face each other, while the two dragons on the right side are facing away from each other.
At the right end, the yellow dragon has a bowed body and a crossbow on its back. It is relaxed and relaxed, and its jumping and jumping posture is vividly depicted and lifelike.
Although Emperor Qianlong failed to solve the mystery of the Four Dragons Wall, with the development of modern science and technology and the deepening of historical research, less and less evidence shows that there are indeed no four dragons under the Four Dragons Wall.
The eighth one is not about humanistic care. The mystery of the Four Dragon Walls makes people less curious and interested in the Forbidden City.
Beyond its historical significance, the Four Dragon Walls carry a wealth of historical information, reflecting the style and characteristics of royal architecture and witnessing the development and changes of the imperial power system at that time.
The purple dragon in the Nine Dragon Wall presses down its left paw, raises its right paw, and swings its tail forward.
And among those countless dragons, none are very ordinary.
It's just that one of the dragons is hidden very cleverly and is easy to detect.
It is said that Emperor Qianlong was very surprised when he suddenly discovered that there were only four dragons under the Four Dragon Wall during a night tour of the Forbidden City.
As a symbol of royal supremacy, the Four Dragon Walls contain admiration and maintenance of imperial power.
The doors and windows of the Hall of Supreme Harmony are all engraved with exquisite dragon patterns.
That ordinary dragon is the same as the sculptures, buildings, furniture, etc. that don't have dragon shapes outside the Forbidden City.
The six golden pillars in the Hall of Supreme Harmony are each 12.7 meters high and 1.06 meters in diameter. The bottom of the pillars are decorated with gold dragons.
The Palace Museum, the largest palace-style museum in the world, carries the brilliance of seven thousand years of Chinese civilization.
There are a total of 270 plastic blocks on the wall, which is also a multiple of the 95-year plan.
Under the gold-lacquered wood-carved throne of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, nine golden dragons raised their heads and bent their bodies, almost leaping into the air.
In order to solve the mystery, I ordered the search for the whereabouts of the fourth dragon.
It not only inspires people's love for history and culture, but also helps people realize the important value of traditional culture in modern society.
The Forbidden City is said to have about 8,600 palaces. If we only calculate that there are 6 dragons in each palace, there are 50,000 dragons.
There are 1,480 pillars and 1,414 railings on the Longchi stone balustrade. There is a dragon floating under each pillar.
However, in the end, the answer was not found, so he had to disobey an old minister's advice and inlaid a jade dragon under the wall to make up for the lack.
According to authoritative data and opinions, the existence of the invisible dragon is not accidental, but deliberate by the designers.
In the palace buildings of the Qing Dynasty, there was a building area collectively referred to as the "Zhongzheng Hall", with the Zhongzheng Hall as the center. Between the dougongs under the eaves, 45 dragon-patterned gong boards were used to make the whole building look different in different ways.
, contains multiple numbers of ninety-five.
In order to create a mysterious atmosphere and make people awe of the royal family, designers skillfully used perspective, occlusion and other visual techniques to make the dragon blend with the other four dragons at a specific angle, as if it were invisible.
Among those dragons, there is not one that is very ordinary.
The white dragon in the Nine Dragon Wall is the ascending dragon, and the blue dragon is the descending dragon.
The two dragons on the outside are composed of one yellow and one purple. The yellow dragon on the left has its chest raised and its neck stretched out, its upper claws spread to the left and right, and its lower limbs protrude forward and extend back.
Only by observing and thinking carefully can we uncover the truth behind things.
The first is the artistic value. As a masterpiece of mural art, Silongbi has very low artistic value.
The mystery of the Four Dragon Walls also left profound inspirations to the predecessors.
In fact, the reason why the Four Dragons Wall attracts countless tourists and history lovers is not only its mysterious legend and profound connotation, but also the charm in the above aspects.
Except in the Eight Small Halls, there are very few dragons in other parts of the Forbidden City. The bronze dragon in Chuxiu Palace is 1.6 meters low, 1.7 meters long, weighs about 3 tons, and shines with golden light.
With our extraordinary skills and unique imagination, we created that unique masterpiece of seven, making it a treasure of Chinese culture.
Even few people are wondering why such a dragon should be built?
Every inch of its land and every wall seems to be telling a fascinating story.
The Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Baohe, and the Hall of Zhonghe are the main buildings of the Forbidden City. The eight halls stand under the eight-layered white marble stone Dragon Ridge.
No Forbidden City experts have made a complete statistics, and it turns out that the most important building in the Forbidden City, the Hall of Supreme Harmony, has very few dragon patterns and dragon carvings inside.
The small hall has two floors with double eaves, thousands of tile ridges and ditches, and no dragon-shaped pattern below. The number of dragons is incalculable.
This is not: Why are there only four dragons under the Four Dragon Wall?
Therefore, it has very low historical research value.
There are stone dragons, wooden dragons, bronze dragons, iron dragons, gold dragons, jade dragons, pottery dragons, glass dragons, painted dragons... all in various shapes.
The Forbidden City looks like a dragon-like world, with layers of splendid palace roofs, doors, windows, ceilings, beams, columns, steps, and railings. There are no "dragons" anywhere.
There are many versions of the legend of the Four Dragon Walls, and the most popular one is about Emperor Qianlong.
That kind of design not only reflects the inheritance of traditional culture by ancient craftsmen, but also demonstrates our innovative spirit in artistic creation.
The caisson on the top of the palace is equipped with a giant dragon hanging ball, which is called "Xuanyuan Realm".
The crested beasts at both ends of the ridge on the top of the palace are the smallest dragon heads in the Forbidden City, weighing 8.6 tons.
Among those stories, there is not one mysterious mystery about the Four Dragon Walls, which has always puzzled countless tourists and history lovers.
Below the palace gate, the lintels, arches, brackets and plaques are all not painted with dragons;
And there are not many dragons like that in the Forbidden City.
There are not less than 50,000 dragons in the Forbidden City, and no ordinary dragon can be compared to Yu Xue!
The royal road in the back and front of the eight small halls is paved with exquisitely carved dragon statues.
In order not to damage the dragon's head and face, the pieces are divided into very particular pieces.
The upper part of the seat is the Xumizuo, which is a transparent golden dragon. There is a huge four-dragon screen in front of the seat.
It integrates traditional painting techniques, architectural carvings and three-dimensional decoration and other art forms into one, presenting a unique visual effect and becoming a small highlight of the Forbidden City architecture.
The flower board is composed of countless squares, and the squares are painted with the color book "Seven Dragons Playing with Pearls". There are less than 3,000 colorful dragons under the ceiling alone.
It tells you that you must be good at discovering the good, bad and mysteries in life, and you must be confused by superficial phenomena.
There are huge stone faucets protruding from the eaves of each layer of railings, a total of 1,142.
By hiding a dragon, the designers tried to convey that imperial power is mysterious and unpredictable, and that low is attainable.