The huge birthday congratulatory team walked in this huge imperial city, with no edges visible at a glance.
In the Longyan Dynasty.
Jinghua is just the capital.
The real imperial city is the palace that was expanded and renovated countless times by the Long Yan Dynasty.
Yes.
This is almost a city.
How big is Long Yan Imperial City? According to the calculation of the previous life, the total area is one million square meters! The construction area is about 200,000 square meters! There are more than 100 large and small palaces and nearly 20,000 houses. The walls of the Imperial City are fully fifteen meters high, and outside the Imperial City, there is a moat fifty-two meters wide. The buildings in the imperial city are divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court. The center of the outer dynasty is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Baohe, and the Hall of Zhonghe, collectively referred to as the three main halls. They are the places where the country holds major ceremonies.
Wherever everyone goes.
It is the Huangqian Hall not far from the Baohe Hall.
The Hall of Preservation and Harmony means that only by being single-minded and maintaining harmony within the universe can we achieve happiness, longevity and peace in the world. The plaque of Baohe Hall reads "Imperial Buildings Have Extremes". Canonical source: Jizi's "Hong Fan" "Huang Jian has its own extremes".
It wasn't until they actually entered the imperial city that people could realize that the Longyan Dynasty's thousands of years of history was not an unfounded reputation.
Especially the barbarians, when they saw the uncanny architecture and the exquisite sculptures that they had never seen before in the imperial city, they were undoubtedly shocked.
Whenever they come here, they will feel the greatness of this heavenly country and their insignificance.
In this imperial city, there are treasures everywhere, and things that are hard to exchange for a thousand dollars!
For example, in the middle of the back steps of Baohe Hall, there is a road stone carved with clouds, dragons, sea water and cliffs. People call it Yunlong stone sculpture. This is the largest stone sculpture in the imperial city, measuring 16.57 meters long, 3.07 meters wide, 1.70 meters thick, and weighing 250 tons.
The pattern is of nine swimming dragons playing with pearls among the cliffs, sea water and flowing clouds. Their images are dynamic, full of vitality and lifelike.
The sculpture art of the Longyan Dynasty is so vivid that it makes people take a breath.
The stone for Yunlong stone carvings is produced in Dashiwo, a suburb of western Beijing. At that time, it took more than 10,000 civilians to haul such heavy boulders to Beijing, and they were hauled by land boats. For this reason, a well was dug every mile along the way to provide drinking water for the people. The journey from the western suburbs to Jinghua was more than 100 miles, and the hauling time took nearly a month. Although this method of hauling was difficult and difficult, given the level of productivity at that time, it also showed the talent and wisdom of the workers.
For example, the thousand dragons spitting water.
Qianlong is more than a thousand stone-carved faucets protruding from the bottom of the pillar. Whenever it rains, rainwater is discharged from the dragon's mouth, organically combining the practical function of diverting rainwater with the ornamental function of architectural art. The spectacular sight of thousands of dragons spitting water comes from the three-story platform standing on the three main halls of Taihe, Zhonghe and Baohe. "Santai" covers an area of about 2,500 square meters and is made of large pieces of white marble. Xumi pedestals are carved around the base of each floor. On the Xumizuo, there are large rectangular stone strips placed horizontally, which are called earth burdens.
There are viewing pillars between the floor coverings, and railings are installed between the viewing pillars. Under them, there are drainage holes. A stone-carved faucet protrudes from the bottom of each pillar. There are a total of 1,142 faucets in the entire "Three Platforms". Except for the faucet protruding from the angled top of each platform base, round holes are drilled between the lips of other faucets, which are connected with the holes under the pillars.
Since the center of the countertop is designed to be higher than the surroundings, whenever it rains, the rainwater falling on the "Three Terraces" countertop will naturally flow to the surrounding areas at the bottom of the terrain, and then be discharged from the dragon's mouth, forming the spectacle of "thousands of dragons spitting water"!
uncanny workmanship!
There are countless such rare places throughout the imperial city.
Liu Zheng was also dazzled by what he saw. I couldn't help but be amazed.
Although this feudal dynasty was criticized for its institutional problems. But to a certain extent, without the arrogance and luxury of these royal families, it would indeed be difficult to leave various treasures to future generations under those production conditions.
Once there is a big event in the royal family, it is the Palace of Preservation and Harmony.
Including when the emperor changes clothes before the grand ceremony, and when the queen and crown prince are appointed, the emperor will be congratulated in this hall.
Every New Year's Eve and the Lantern Festival in the Longyan court, the emperor would also give banquets to vassal kings, princes and first- and second-rank ministers here. The scene was very spectacular.
Even the emperor's wedding will be held here.
As for the Huangqian Hall, it is a temple dedicated to worshiping the "Emperor God" and the emperor's ancestors and ancestors. In the imperial city, it belongs to the category of praying for grain altar. The Praying for Grain Altar is the place where the Meng Chun Praying Ceremony is held. The main buildings include the Praying for Good Harvest Hall, the Huanggan Hall, the East and West Side Halls, the Praying for Good Harvest Gate, the Divine Kitchen, the Sacrifice Pavilion, and the Corridor. The ancillary buildings include internal and external walls, a service platform, and a Danbi Temple. Bridge, there are Tianmen on the southeast and northwest walls of the inner altar, a praying valley gate on the west outer altar wall, and a seven-star stone on the east side of the inner altar.
Every year before the emperor went to the Prayer for Grain Altar to offer sacrifices, he would bathe and change clothes in the nearby Baohe Hall.
A verandah-style main hall, covered with blue glazed tiles, with a base of white marble railings below. It is located near Baohe Hall.
For the Christmas ceremony, all the preparations for the sacrifice have been prepared here.
The ancient and solemn Huangqian Hall is connected by precious glazed doors. In the Longyan Dynasty, sacrifices to the sky were performed before dawn. But ancestor worship only needs to be done before noon.
program.
It’s still unbearably cumbersome.
Under the scorching sun, so many people queued up and followed the chanting of the ritual officer, kneeling and worshiping, standing up, standing up, and kneeling down.
At this time, they missed Liu Zhizhou's "snow in June" very much...
Under the command of these ceremonial officers, they invited gods, saluted, lined up, and formed square formations, preparing for the emperor's sacrifice.
"Ah ah ah, it hurts me to death, it hurts me to death!"
at this time.
Xie Tianyao in the Baohe Hall cried and held his head.
Manager Zhou was almost crying, and the doctors nearby also started to work.
He was changing into his uniform, why did he start to get sick again? What's more, what worries Mr. Zhou is that the frequency of the Holy Emperor's illnesses has become higher and higher recently.
"Quick, quick, quick, elixir, elixir!"
After swallowing a few more elixirs, Xie Tianyao's dark complexion slowly turned rosy.
"Your Majesty..."
Manager Zhou was trembling with fear.
Xie Tianyao, who had regained his composure, said coldly: "Why, does Lao Zhou think that I am going to die?"
Manager Zhou was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground: "I don't dare, I don't dare!"
Xie Tianyao laughed at himself: "What is there to be afraid of? Look at the barbarians outside. This time, they want to eat me! What did the barbarians on the grassland and the dwarfs from the Japanese country say to me? Um?"
"Want to marry Princess Longyang? Promise?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Are they worthy?"
Xie Tianyao's eyes flashed with murderous intent.
Manager Zhou was sweating profusely and didn't know what to say.
Xie Tianyao looked at him funny: "Why don't you tell me that you can betroth Chan'er to Liu Zhizhou?"
Manager Zhou was shocked: "Your Majesty, I dare not get involved in this matter..."
Under the service of a group of eunuchs, the uniform was finally put on. Gongfu is the formal attire that the emperor wears exclusively at state sacrifice sites. Xie Tianyao's uniform is embroidered with four five-clawed golden dragons on the front, and the sun and moon are embroidered on his shoulders. Different from the bright yellow of the emperor's usual court uniforms, the main color of the military uniforms is azure, which is unassuming and solemn, showing human beings' devotion to God.
Manager Zhou quickly brought a cup of tea.
Because the following sacrificial activities were simply unbearable. He was afraid that Xie Tianyao's body might not be able to support him.
Xie Tianyao took a sip of tea and said with a faint smile: "Based on merit, if Liu Zhizhou wants to marry him, I can't help but refuse to marry him."
Manager Zhou nodded.
Regarding the young talents of the Longyan Dynasty at this time, who is more outstanding than Liu Zhizhou?
What's more, the two of them have long been in love.
If you are given a marriage, it may not be a good story.
A cunning look flashed in Xie Tianyao's eyes: "But, just giving him my Chan'er, I always feel that this boy is a little advantageous..."
"ah?"
Manager Zhou was stunned.
Old emperor, what do you want to do again?
