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Starting from the Zhongzheng Hall in the Forbidden City, there are ten Tibetan Buddhist halls, including Baohua Hall, Yuhua Pavilion, and Fanzong Tower, from south to north.

These buildings constitute the only building area in the Forbidden City that is entirely composed of Buddhist halls.

These existing Buddhist halls have been closed for a long time, and Yuhua Pavilion is one of them.

In the Yuhua Pavilion, the gilded bronze dragon on the top of the hall is particularly peculiar.

It is 3 meters long, and it seems to be suspended in the corner of the eaves, so it is called "running dragon".

Four golden dragons jump on the ridge of the hall, the roof of the hall is covered with gilt copper tiles, and there are no bucket arches under the gilt roof.

The cornice decoration is gorgeous and complex, and its colorful three-dimensional squares and beam heads with animal faces all have distinct Tibetan architectural art colors.

It is a clever combination of Han-style palace architecture and Tibetan-style architecture.

This unique architectural form of the combination of Tibetan and Chinese is the only example in the entire Forbidden City complex.

Yuhua Pavilion is a special one among the many temples and Buddhist halls built in the early Qianlong Dynasty.

Was the Yuhua Pavilion built by Qianlong also for the political purpose of promoting Huang Anmeng?

The imperial palace is the living place of the emperor and the political center where the government issues orders.

Yuhua Pavilion is located in the hinterland of the palace. It is a dedicated Buddhist hall of the palace.

Except for lamas who do Buddhist work, people outside the palace are not allowed to step in.

It is not for the living Buddha to live, nor for Mongolian and Tibetan leaders to worship.

It's just the place where Emperor Qianlong practiced Tantric Buddhism. Well, I really want to add some strange things here.

Because Tantric Buddhism is not a serious practice method in the impression of ordinary people.

Regardless of whether these are serious or not, anyway, like the dragon in this big spot, there are many strange dragons in the Forbidden City.

The Forbidden City is the place where the Ming and Qing emperors governed and lived, and contains a large number of ancient palace buildings.

They not only present exquisite architectural art, but also contain rich historical culture.

Qianlong on the beam of Yangxing Hall is a typical representative.

This hall was built in the 37th year of Qianlong and is located in the northeast of the Forbidden City. It was the bedroom of Qianlong after his abdication.

There is a money dragon on the beam of the Hall of Yangxing, which is located on the side of the ridge pad in the Ming Dynasty, and is made of copper coins strung together to form a dragon.

The Qianlong is about 2 meters long, with its teeth and claws open, in the shape of flying clouds and fog, with a mighty image and a strong sense of shock.

On the side of the ridge purlin above Qianlong, there are long strips of red satin hanging on it, showing a strong meaning of celebration.

Qianlong, the beam of the hall of nourishing nature, can be said to be the embodiment of our country's culture of welcoming auspiciousness and accepting blessings.

Seeing such a dragon, in fact, we should all think that this money dragon belongs to the ancient Chinese culture of aversion to victory.

Sickness is an ancient superstitious behavior, that is, the ancients used certain objects to "suppress" the enemies and ghosts that users believed, and achieved the purpose of eliminating disasters and bringing good fortune.

Yanshengwu, also known as Zhenwu, first appeared in the "Hanshu" compiled by Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Volume 99 of its volume contains a Beidou-shaped utensil made by Wang Mang, called Weidou, which is used as a victorious object when fighting and retreating.

In ancient my country, when the building construction was about to be completed, craftsmen often placed different types of objects on the beams (roofs), and copper coins were one of them.

For example, in Volume 36 of the official book "Ri Xia Jiu Wen Kao" in the Qing Dynasty, in the Guanghan Hall of Beiyuan in the Ming Dynasty, "there is a hundred and twenty inscriptions of money on the beam, and the town is also covered."

Another example is recorded on the eighth day of December in the eighth year of Shunzhi in the Manchu archives of the Academy of Internal History. On that day, Emperor Shunzhi ordered Chengtianmen to be changed to Tianmen, a plaque was hung, gold and silver coins were placed on the wooden beams, and the minister of the Ministry of Industry was sent to fix the forehead of the mountain. Really perform the sacrificial ceremony.

In addition, non-negotiable currency is generally used for Yansheng money, which is mainly used for auspicious items or evil products, and its characters and patterns have special meanings.

The diameter of the copper coins on the beams of the Yangxing Hall is about 2.8 cm, in the shape of an outer circle and an inner square hole, implying "a round sky and a round place";

There are bruises on the copper coins, indicating that they are newly minted copper coins and have not been used in circulation;

The words "Qianlong Tongbao" are also engraved on the copper coins, indicating that they were made during the Qianlong period.

Similarly, other palaces in the Forbidden City, such as Baohua Palace, Compassionate Palace, and Yangxin Palace, also have Yansheng money on the roof.

Most of these winning coins are placed in treasure boxes, and the copper coins have the words "Tianxia Taiping" in Chinese and Manchu.

The use of the above-mentioned copper coins on the roof of the building implies the emperor's hope for the prosperity of the country and the people.

The red satin above the Qianlong reflects the traditional folk culture of "Shangliang Daji" in my country.

When the construction of ancient buildings in our country comes to the process of placing the roof girders, the craftsmen will hold a grand ceremony.

This kind of ceremony is mainly to express the long-term hope for the stability of the building. This kind of ceremony is called "Shangliang Daji".

The installation of large beams is an important process in the construction of ancient buildings. It not only implies that the construction has reached the critical stage of the end, but also determines the overall construction quality of the building.

Accurate placement of girders and tight joints are conducive to the stability and long-term stability of the building as a whole.

The original meaning of the Chinese folk saying "the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked" also shows the importance of placing the upper beam.

The construction of the Yangxing Hall during the Qianlong period also included the folk custom of "Shangliang Daji".

The "Zou Wei Ningshou Palace Yuliang Jiqi Ying Xingyi Notes" published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Qing Dynasty contains the relevant etiquette of Liang Daji in the Hall of Yangxing.

That is to say, "I would like to choose Wushen on September 37th of this year ([-]th year of Qianlong), and it is appropriate to use Chenshi Shangliangji and other words... All etiquette should be respected, except for offering incense for sacrifices and deacons, officials and craftsmen. Bonuses and rewards for servants, etc., in addition to the preparations for the work when the deadline is due, the beams need to be covered with a pair of honeysuckle flowers and a bolt of red cloud satin."

From the above-mentioned records, it is not difficult to find that the content of Shangliang Daji in Yangxing Hall mainly includes: choosing auspicious days and times for Shangliang, speaking auspicious words, holding sacrificial ceremonies for the protection of gods, rewarding craftsmen, and approving red satin on the girder, etc.

The custom of "Shangliang Daji" has been passed down in the restoration and protection of ancient buildings in the Forbidden City.

In addition, the Qianlong is also the embodiment of ancient Chinese imperial culture.

The dragon is one of the auspicious totems in ancient my country, and its shape is a combination of various animal images that have been deeply artistic.

The special image of the dragon endowed the ancients with a rich imagination. They believed that the dragon had extraordinary abilities and was a protective god for eliminating disasters and exorcising evil spirits.

Volume [-] of "Shuowen Jiezi" written by Xu Shen, a philologist in the Eastern Han Dynasty, contains "Dragon, as long as a scale insect, can be quiet and bright, can be thin and huge, can be short and long, reach the sky at the spring equinox, and hide at the autumn equinox." deep".

It can be seen that the reflecting dragon has omnipotent ability.

During the development of ancient society, the totem worship of dragons was gradually used exclusively by feudal rulers.

In order to consolidate their rule, the ancient emperors often claimed to be the real dragon emperor, to flaunt that they had the same supreme power as the dragon.

The palace buildings used by emperors are also decorated with images of dragons in large numbers.

Take the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City as an example. The Hall of Supreme Harmony was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties held important national ceremonies.

There are tens of thousands of dragon patterns on the roof, tiles, beams, columns, platform foundations, railings, thrones, screens and other positions.