On the Japanese side, there is no such thing as zài. Among the female officials who accompanied Emperor Sakura, there was only one heir of Ting Tian who was of enough grade to attend the ceremony. The courtesy has already expressed his willingness to bow to the emperor and empress dowager of China in the manner of the emperor's courtesy.

There is no high platform in the middle hall, and there is only one floor in the center of the hall, which is less than a foot high, which originally meets the requirements. But the area of the platform is not large, and it is too crowded to put four heads of state; Moreover, because it is overcrowded, it will also create the same problem of difficulty in separating the gifts.

Therefore, the platform must be extended to both sides. Technically, this is very simple: do two movable platforms, put them on both sides of the original platform, and the area of the whole platform will be greatly expanded; After the ceremony, the platform of the event will be removed and the original state can be restored.

However, there is a large pillar on the left and right sides of the platform of the Zhonghe Temple, which is less than a foot away from the edge of the platform, and it is impossible for the platform of the Zhonghe Hall to expand to both sides.

The "first three palaces" are not successful, but what about the "last three palaces"?

In the "Hou Three Palaces", Jiaotai Hall is the place where the queen is given a gift on her birthday and the "Twenty-five Treasure Seals" of the Qing Dynasty are stored; Kunning Palace, theoretically the "Middle Palace" - the queen's main dormitory, but in fact has become a place for the palace to worship shamans.

These two palaces, which are extremely "professional", are definitely not suitable for holding foreign-related ceremonies.

What about the Qianqing Palace, the head of the "Later Three Palaces"? The Qianqing Palace is magnificent, not losing the "three major halls", but like the Taihe Palace and the Baohe Palace, the center of the main hall of the Qianqing Palace is also the Gaotai Dan Majesty.

picked and chosen, and finally decided that the ceremony would be held in the Heart Cultivation Palace.

The status of the Temple of Heart Cultivation in the Forbidden City. It wasn't too high. But since Sejong moved to the Palace of Heart Cultivation. The status of the Heart Cultivation Hall slowly increased. After the two palaces listened to the government, the Palace of Nourishing Heart has become the de facto political nerve center of China. If you tell the Japanese about this, "Holding a ceremony at the Heart Cultivation Hall is why we attach great importance to you" - it will probably be able to justify it.

The key is the "Ming Palace" of the Yangxin Palace, that is, the main hall, which has neither a high platform nor a pillar in the way, which can be "transformed" as planned.

The Ministry of Rites racked its brains. The following set of plans was proposed.

The central platform of the Yangxin Hall expands to both sides, and in the middle of the platform, there are eight foldable bright yellow gauze screens, which divide the platform into two halves.

The left half of the platform, the front of the imperial couch, is the seat of the little emperor; There are two thrones side by side in the back, which are the seats of the queen mother of the two palaces, and a pair of square-eyed yellow veils hang in front of the throne.

On the right half of the platform, there is a royal seat, and the style is the same as that of the queen mother of the two palaces. For the seat of Emperor Sakura.

China respects the left, Japan respects the right. This arrangement is very happy.

From the platform to the temple door, there are four pairs of purple gauze screens in the middle, each pair of eight fans, a total of thirty-two fans, and the heart hall is divided into left and right sides. At the time of the ceremony, the Chinese, Japanese and ceremonial officials entered the Ming Hall first, the Chinese officials lined up on the left, and the Japanese ones on the right—only the heir of Teda.

Then, as the master, the little emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces entered the palace first, took the left road, and ascended to the throne; Then, the guests and Emperor Sakura entered the hall, walked to the right, and ascended to the throne.

The officials of the two countries saluted their heads of state according to their own etiquette.

After the ceremony, the officials of the two countries withdrew from the temple gate. Then, swapping places, the heir of Teda enters the temple from the left and stands on the left; Chinese officials enter the temple from the right and stand on the right.

The celebrant sang: "Respectfully to the Emperor of Japan, St. Ann!" - Chinese officials salute thousands.

Sing again: "Respectfully invite the Emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty and the Empress Dowager Sheng'an!" "——The heir of the court field bowed down.

After the ceremony, the officials of the two countries withdrew from the Ming Hall again, and the ceremony was completed.

This paragraph is just a "gift of congratulations", and the two heads of state do not meet directly. So, when and where will we actually meet? Next, East Warm Pavilion.

The little emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces first went out of the Ming Palace and entered the East Warm Pavilion.

The layout of the East Warm Pavilion is similar to the central platform of the Ming Palace, with the left and the right in the center, but there is no screen and curtain - the guest is a woman, and there is no need to "hang the curtain".

And the Empress Yingtian out of the Ming Palace, before entering the East Warm Pavilion, the roll call outside the official gate, the little emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces waited.

When the guests entered the door, the two heads of state bowed slightly and bowed to each other, and the Empress Dowager of the two palaces invited Emperor Sakura to take a seat.

Once you've sat down, say a few kind words to each other. The Queen Mother of the Two Palaces: "The emperor has worked hard all the way. Emperor Kazakura: "There is the Empress Dowager Lao who is concerned." "And so on.

Then she and Emperor Sakura got up to say goodbye, not to go back to her own "palace" - Prince Li's Mansion, but to take a rest in the West Warm Pavilion of the Yangxin Palace.

Because the next thing is to hold a "state banquet".

The banquet is held in the Nourishing Hall of Ningshou Palace, and after the banquet, please stay with Emperor Sakura in the Rakujudo Hall of Ningshou Palace.

Ningshou Palace is the residence of Gaozong to enjoy his old age after his abdication, and it takes a lot of effort, the regulations are grand, and the essence is gathered, which can be regarded as a specific and small Forbidden City.

Therefore, Ningshou Palace is also divided into the front and the back. "Former Dynasty" is the Emperor's Palace; The Nourishing Hall and the Le Shou Hall are part of the "Hou Bed".

Among them, the Nourishing Hall was built in imitation of the Nourishing Heart Hall, and after a slight transformation, it was very suitable for holding receptions and banquets of Emperor Sakura. Le Shou Tang is the dormitory after Gaozong's abdication; In the original time and space, Cixi in her later years also lived here for a time.

The fact that the Palace of Cultivation and the Ninjugu Palace are the main places for the reception of Emperor Sakura is indeed a sign of the great importance attached to the guests.

The next day, the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces invited Emperor Sakura to visit the Imperial Garden, and the little emperor did not participate in this event.

There are three highlights on the itinerary of the Imperial Garden:

The first is to visit the "Zaodo".

The word "摛海" is taken from the meaning of "摛汉振藻", which means "to display literary brilliance and lay out rhetoric". The hall stores the "Four Libraries of the Whole Book Collection", which is really a place where civilization gathers and a typical place for education.

The reason why we arranged for Emperor Sakura to visit the "Orido Hall" was because Emperor Sakura traveled to the west, in the name of "emphasizing learning, educating a hundred generations, and setting an example for future generations", and the visit to the Tibetan site of the "Siku Quanshu Huiyao" was in line with the nominal mission of Emperor Sakura, and had a strong symbolic significance.

In fact, after Emperor Kazuzakura learned about this arrangement, he was very excited, and he looked like he was "yearning for it".

The second out, the temple of Qin'an.

The Qin'an Hall is the main building of the Imperial Garden, and the hall is dedicated to the god Xuantian. At that time, Buddhism was the main religion in Japan, not Shintoism, although there was a tendency for the two to be mixed. However, like the Chinese imperial family, in the spirit of "many gods are not strange", the Japanese imperial family does not reject Taoism. The Ministry of Rites consulted Emperor Sakura in advance, and she expressed her willingness to go to the Kinan Hall to pay homage.

The third out, climb Yanhui Pavilion, taste tea and enjoy the scenery.

Then, we had lunch at Yanhui Pavilion.

Visit the Imperial Garden, from beginning to end, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces acts as a "full escort".

After a short rest, he and Emperor Sakura temporarily bid farewell to the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, went out of the imperial garden, and went to the main hall to worship the Buddha.

The main hall is the central place of the Qing Dynasty royal family to worship the Buddha, and going to the central hall to worship the Buddha is the most important religious activity of Emperor Sakura's trip to the Forbidden City. Although Buddhism in Japan is based on Mahayana Buddhism, which is quite different from Tantra revered by the Qing imperial family, no one cares about this difference.

After coming out of the main hall, he and Emperor Sakura went to Zhongcui Palace and Changchun Palace successively, and said goodbye to the Queen Mother of the two palaces.

Then, out of the Forbidden City, return to the "Imperial Palace" of Yinwan Hutong.

The actual situation of the ceremony is roughly the same, and it is inevitable that the book friends will ridicule "the water is endless", except for two details, the other lions will not be repeated.

Both of these details took place in the Temple of Heart Nourishment.

First, when the Chinese officials saluted Emperor Sakura, Emperor Sakura, who was sitting on the throne, bowed his head and signaled; The second is that when the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces got up to go to the East Warm Pavilion, she stood up with Emperor Sakura, and bowed slightly in the direction of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces through the bright yellow gauze screen.

This is not in the instrumental notes.

Also, the real "full accompaniment" is not the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, but Guan Beile.

The female emperor traveled to the Forbidden City for two days and one night, except for staying in Le Shou Tang at night, Guan Zhuofan accompanied her from beginning to end, accompanied by eating, playing and meeting, and was truly "tripled". After the "two-day tour", Guan Zhuofan consciously traveled for so long, and he had never visited the Forbidden City so thoroughly.

The Chinese imperial family and imperial court, the reception and the solemnity of Emperor Sakura, the specific situation was transmitted back to Japan, causing a huge repercussion and far-reaching impact. However, this is a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.

The "great event" of "the emperor's entry into the palace" is still warm, and an even more lively "big event" happened on the other side of the ocean: the delegation of the United States of America to China set off.

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(It's late, Khan)

*(To be continued......)