The number 9 and Chinese imperial buildings
Perhaps not widely known among Western visitors that the number nine for a special meaning in ancient China. Ancient Chinese regarded as odd and even numbers of men to women. Nine , is the largest one-digit number that has designed the last man and therefore a symbol of the supremacy of the emperor. Therefore, the number nine multiples (or his) is often used in structures Palace and designs. A good example is the number of rivets in the palace gates. The nails are usually in nine rows of nine each in total. This applies even to the gates of marble underground palace of the Dingling Mausoleum in Beijing: 81 (cut or 9 x 9) of the stone tunnel. When visitors go to the Temple of Guan Yu in Luoyang, will also be on the red gate nine rows of nine wooden pins each. This is the posthumous honor, because he was given the Emperor Guan.
Ancient palaces generally consist of nine farms and places, which is the same as the Temple of Confucius in Qufu. Shandong Province - a magnificent architectural complex worthy of an imperial family and attests to the importance of the great sage accompanied by courts of various dynasties.
The buildings of the Forbidden City as traditionally measured a total area of 9,900 bays. Some even say bays of 9999, but this may be excessive. The picturesque towers guarding the four corners of the palace compound each 9 beams and 18 columns, and the three famous screen walls nine dragons on each.
The number nine sometimes five combined to represent imperial majesty. The large hall of Tiananmen-9 bays wide by 5 bays deep.
This is a seventeen-arch bridge in the Summer Palace in Beijing. This has much to do with nine . Number of branches on both sides, and find that the longer the ninth in the center.
An extreme example of the game of nine is perhaps the Circular Mound Altar (Huanqintan) in the Temple of Heaven. Worship location for the Ming and Qing emperors in heaven, the altar is arranged in three stages. The roof over nine concentric circles of particular groups together. The first ring or inner circle consists of nine fan-shaped town boards, the second ring 18 (2 x 9) blocks, the third 27 (3 x 9) … until the last or ninth ring, which consists of 81 or 9 x 9 squares.
The number nine is not only used for buildings. New Year’s dinner for the imperial family has been together for 99 courts. To celebrate the birthday of the Emperor, the proceedings shall include the period of 99 numbers as a sign of good luck and long life.
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