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午门

Meridian Gate

午门是进出紫禁城的主要通道。这样命名是因为皇帝认为自己是

“

天

子

”

，紫 禁城是宇宙的中心，因此贯穿南北的中轴线作为子午线贯穿

故宫。

The main entrance to the Palace is the Meridian Gate, which was so

named

because

the

emperor

considered

himself

the

of

the

Heaven

and

the

Palace,

the

center

of

the

universe,

hence

the

north-south axis as the Meridian line going right through the Palace.

午门在紫禁城南面城垣正中，

为禁城 正门，

是紫禁城四座城门中最大

的一座。明永乐十八年（

1420

年）建成。

Meridian gate, in the middle of the south wall, is the mine entrance to

the

Forbidden

City.

It?s

the

largest

one

in

the

four

gates

of

the

Forbidden City, built in the eighteenth year of Emperor Y

ongle, Ming

Dynasty. (1420).

“

御路门

”

，此外只有皇后大婚时喜轿入

宫，

殿试高中的状元、

榜眼和探花出宫时可以走中门，

以示 皇帝的优

崇。宗室王公则出入西门，文武官员出入东门。

The central doorway is for the emperor to go in and get out, called

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“Imperial

Gate”.

In

addition,

to

show

the

emperor's

preferential

treatment,

only

the

queen's

wedding

sedan

into

the

palace,

the

Champion scholar, Runner-up scholar and the Third in the imperial

examination out the palace can walk in the central door

(

“Imperial

Gate”

). Imperial clan get in and out from the west gate, officials from

the east gate.

明 代，皇帝施淫威处罚大臣的

“

廷杖

”< /p>

也在此进行，

“

推出午门斩首

的说法即由此讹化而来。

In

Ming

dynasty,

Emperor

punished

their

minister

by

“

Court

Beating

”

in

front

of

Meridian

Gate.

“

Launch

meridian

gate

beheaded

”

was incorrectly relayed this information, which is not real.

(As

the

legend

goes, the

Meridian

Gate

used

to

be

a

place

where

condemned ranking officials would be executed. This not true)

内金水桥

Inner Golden Water Bridge

流经太和门广场，蜿蜒呈弓形。广场中央五座汉白玉石桥跨 越河道，

齐指太和门方向。

正中主桥 是皇帝专用的“御路桥”

，栏杆上雕云龙柱头。两旁四座宾

桥栏 杆皆饰二十四气柱头，主桥旁两座供宗室王公行走的称“王公

桥”

，再次两座供三品以上文武大臣行走，称“品级桥”

。

Beyond the Meridian Gate unfolds a vast courtyard across which the

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Inner

Golden

Water

River

runs

from

east

to

west.

The

river

is

spanned by five bridges, which were supposed to be symbols of the

five

virtues

preached

by

Confu cius

——

benevolence,

righteousness,

rites, intelligence, and fidelity.

Golden

Water

Bridge:

They

are

five

white

marble

stone

bridges

across the river.

The

one

in

the

middle

was

used

exclusive

by

the

emperor

and

its

banisters

were

carved

with

dragon

and

phoenix

designs,

called

“Imperial

Bridge”

.

The

railings

of

the

other

four

bridges

on

both

sides

are

decorated

with

24

Solar

Terms.

The

bridges

flanking

the

imperial

one

were

reserved

for

princes

and

other

royal

members,

called

Bridge

The

rest

were

used

by

palatines,

called

太和门

Gate of Supreme Harmony

是紫禁城外朝庄严的门户，

明永乐年建成，

初称奉天门，

嘉靖朝改 名

皇极门。

清顺治入主北京后始名太和门。

现有建筑为清光绪年间火灾

后所重建而成。

太和门坐落于汉 白玉基座上，

丹陛下列铜鼎四只，

门

前 左右分列石亭、

石匮，

还有两只宫内最巨大的青铜狮子为明代铸 造。

东侧玩一个球的石狮是男性

,

象征 着权力和全民团结。另一个在西侧

幼崽拥抱在它的爪下的是女性

,

代表繁荣无休止的继承。

Built in yongle year, Ming dynasty, at

first called “

Mukden door

”.

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Gate

of

Supreme

Harmony

is

located

on

a

white

marble

pedestal,

there are

four

bronze

tripods,

and

stone

pavilion and stone

cabinet

are in the left and right sides respectively in front of the gates. In the

foreground stand two massive bronze lions, they are the biggest ones

in the palace. They were casted in Ming Dynasty. The one on the east

playing with

a

ball is

male,

symbolizing

power

and

universal

unity.

The

other

on

the

west

with

a

cub

cuddling

underneath

its

claw

is

female, representing prosperity the endless succession.

奉天门（即太和 门）在明代是皇帝早朝御门听政的场所，且洪熙、宣

德、正统三朝皇帝即在此门登基即位 ，所以在明代又被称为大朝门。

清入关后，顺治皇帝也在此颁诏天下。

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Mukden

door

(Gate

of

Supreme

Harmony)

in

the

Ming

Dynasty

is

the place the emperor and ministers to discuss politics like a morning

rally. And three emperors of Ming dynasty

ascend the throng here.

In

Qing

dynasty,

the

emperor

shunzhi

also

in

there

issued

proclamations to the world.

太和殿

Hall of Supreme Harmony

是紫禁城 中的至尊金殿，即民间所谓皇宫中的“金銮宝殿”

，这里是

皇帝 举行重大朝典之地。

Its

name

indicates

the

hope

of

harmony

in

the

world.

It?s

the

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supremacy

palace

in

the

central

of

the

Forbidden

City,

called

the

“Majestic

palace”

in

the

folk,

where

the

emperor

held

the

momentous ceremony and celebrations.

太和殿是紫禁城中最大的殿宇，

也是 中国现存规制最高的古代宫殿建

筑。

大殿内外饰以成千上万条金 龙纹，

屋脊角安设十个脊兽，

在现存

古 建筑中仅此一例。

The

hall

of

supreme

harmony

is

one

of

the

largest

palaces

in

the

Forbidden

City,

is

also

the

Chinese

existing

highest

regulation

of

ancient palace buildings. Inside and outside of the hall was decorated

with

hundreds

of

thousands

of

gold

dragon,

ten

ridge

beasts

were

installed

on

the

roof

Angle,

all of

these

make

it

the

only

one

in

the

extant ancient buildings.

太和殿