The Forbidden City of China: The Mid

Welcome back and I'm back! and sorry for the 2 weeks hiatus..welcoming the business and corporate world into my student life! And here we are back into the part 2 of the Forbidden City. In this section we're gonna look into the museum and some weapons used by the previous Emperor of China as well as several halls where the Emperor presided for meeting and 'conference' with several Royal 'slogans' in every hall. Well 'nuff said..let's get down to the photos

Continuation from the previous part, I would like to focus on the granite grounds, battered for centuries and uneven...be careful when you move around as you might sprained your ankle accidentally..hehe

A rifle used by the Emperor Qianlong for his game hunting activity.

 On the left, a royal hunting spear, on the right, Emperor Qianlong's Golden horseback cover

Jade Handle of a Horse Whip

Golden Royal Horn

Upclose on the Golden Dragon Headed Horn

The Emperor's Parade Knife numbered as "the first from heaven" (天下第一）

As I headed out of the museum again, here we are at the very first hall..

The first hall..by the name 太和殿 (tai he dian) aka Hall of Supreme Harmony. There's one very amazing experience from this first hall. It was sunny and cloudy day; and thus it was a quite warm Spring on that day. But as I lent my hand into the hall, I felt that my hand just got through a magical temperature barrier. It was so cooling inside and yet the heat from the outside did not dissipate into the hall..interesting and amazing, that's a good energy flow within the hall of the Emperor..call me superstitious, but not everyone has the luck to be an Emperor. 

The 4 words 'you sui ji jian' written and 'certified' by Emperor Qianlong himself..the meaning, very abstract, it's something about the strength of a government through initiative? Any better word for that?

Three tier walkway with carvings all over..huge and majestic

The name of this hall in Chinese from right could be read as Yun Zhi Jue Zhong..which means something like dedication.

In this section literally from right, it's read as huang jian you ji, which basically means, the Emperor is the stronghold/base of the country..

 Left: Longest Stone carvings in the world, Right: Bronze Lion 

zheng da guang ming..steadfast in action..

The final part means wu wei, basically means without reasoning or you would say no questions asked...

End of part 2 and the final part will be posted very soon!...Hopefully ;)