Chapter 852: Hongmen Banquet
Hey, I don't think it's a reception banquet, but a Hongmen banquet! I had food and drinks ready for us before we arrived, and it seems that it was all premeditated. It's okay, I'll go take a look first, and then I'll talk about it, and a few of them old men won't be able to play any tricks. If you do it now, I am afraid that it will dirty the reputation of the People's Liberation Army, saying that we will kill the people who surrender to Cheng, let's ride a donkey and read the record book and see, Supreme Treasure thought in his heart.
Those old ministers were naturally very happy when they saw that the Supreme Treasure had been hooked, thinking that you should not be too happy too early now, and let you taste the bitterness in a while. Xiao He and Lu Xiaoyu were worried that these old ministers of Southern Chu who suddenly appeared would be unfavorable to the Supreme Treasure and protect him on both sides to prevent him from being killed. Both sides pretend to be okay on the surface, but in fact they both have ghosts in their hearts.
As soon as you enter the palace of Nanchu, you will naturally see a magnificent scene, but the interior of these gorgeous palaces has already been hollowed out, and what remains is just an empty shell. Supreme Treasure looked at the empty scene in the huge palace, and really sighed in his heart, "The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, the waves are sweeping away the heroes, the success or failure is empty, the green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times." The Southern Chu Dynasty hopes that you will have a good journey, and I will take care of the rest of your mess for you. ”
"Chairman, you see that the palace is already empty, and then we all have to rely on you to help us rebuild this Nanchu! Oh no, it's the construction of the republic. Chen Hongliang took the Supreme Treasure around the palace roughly and said.
The Supreme Treasure looked around for a long time, and only then did he see what it means to be a skinny camel that is bigger than a horse. The imperial palace of Southern Chu is called Zhu Palace, which is nearly a kilometer long from north to south, more than 700 meters wide from east to west, and the area is almost the size of a hundred football fields. According to Chen Hongliang's introduction to the Supreme Treasure, there are a total of 8,704 rooms in the Zhu Palace, more than 90 large and small courtyards, and 980 houses, a total of 8,704 rooms (this "room" is not the concept of the current room, where "room" refers to the space formed by the four pillars).
The palace city is surrounded by a palace wall that is more than 10 meters high and more than 3,000 meters long, in the form of a rectangular city, surrounded by a moat 50 meters wide outside the wall, forming a castle with a strong barrier. The palace buildings are all wooden structures, yellow glazed tile roofs, blue and white stone bases, and decorated with brilliant paintings. There are four gates in Zhu Palace, the main gate is called Tianmen, the east gate is Qianmen, the west gate is called Kunmen, and the north gate is called Dimen. Facing the north gate of Shenwu Gate, there is a Jingshan made of soil and stone, and the mountain is full of pines and cypresses. In terms of overall layout, Jingshan can be said to be the barrier of the Nagisa Palace complex.
According to its layout and function, the architecture of the Nagisa Palace is divided into two parts: the "outer court" and the "inner court". The "outer court" and the "inner court" are bounded by the Qianqing Gate, the south of the Qianqing Gate is the outer court, and the north is the inner court. The architectural atmosphere of the outer court and the inner court of the Nagisa Palace is very different.
The Outer Dynasty is centered on the three major halls of Taihe, Zhonghe, and Baohe, and is the place where the Southern Chu Emperor held his court meeting, also known as the "former dynasty". In addition, there are Wenhua Palace, Wenyuan Pavilion, Shangsi Courtyard and South three in the east of the two wings; In the west, there are buildings such as the Wuying Hall and the Internal Affairs Office.
The inner court is centered on the three palaces after the Qianqing Palace, the Jiaotai Palace, and the Kunning Palace, and the two wings are the Yangxin Palace, the East and West Six Palaces, the Zhai Palace, and the Yuqing Palace, and there is the Imperial Garden at the back. It is the residence of the emperor and his concubine. The Ningshou Palace in the east of the inner court was built for retirement after the abdication of the first emperor of Southern Chu in that year. In the west of the inner court, there are Cining Palace, Shou'an Palace, etc. In addition, there are Chonghua Palace, North Five and other buildings.
Zhu Palace was built strictly according to the imperial capital construction principle of "the front dynasty and the rear city, the left ancestor and the right society" in the Zhou ceremony. The entire Nagisa Palace, in terms of architectural arrangement, is combined into a whole with the technique of shape change and ups and downs. functionally in line with the hierarchy of feudal society. At the same time, it achieves the artistic effect of left and right balance and shape change. The roof forms of Chinese architecture are rich and colorful, and there are more than ten different forms of roofs in the Nagisa Palace architecture.
Take the three major halls as an example, and the roofs are different. The roof of the Nagisa Palace building is covered with various colored glazed tiles. The main temple is predominantly yellow. Green is used for the buildings of the prince's residential area. Other blue, purple, black, emerald, peacock green, sapphire blue and other colorful glaze are mostly used in gardens or glazed walls. There are glass-kissed beasts at both ends of the main ridge in the roof of the Taihe Palace, swallowing the big ridge steadily and powerfully. The beaker beast has a beautiful shape, which is both a component and an ornament. Some of the tiles create three-dimensional animal images such as dragons and phoenixes, lions, and seahorses, symbolizing auspiciousness and majesty, and these components play a decorative role in the architecture.
The front palace of Zhu Palace, at that time, the architectural modeling required grandeur and magnificence, the courtyard was bright and open, symbolizing the supremacy of the feudal power, the Taihe Hall was located in the center of the diagonal line of the Forbidden City, and the designer of Zhu Palace believed that this would show the majesty of the emperor and shock the world. The inner court at the back requires the courtyard to be deep and compact, so the six palaces in the east and west are self-contained, each with the palace gate and palace wall, which is relatively arranged and orderly, and then matched with the palace lamp couplet, embroidered couch and several beds, are all reflected in the arrangement that adapts to the needs of luxury life. The inner court is followed by the palace garden. In the back garden, there are the pine and cypress that are not carved in the cold year, there are the exquisite rockeries that are stacked with beautiful stones, and the buildings, pavilions, pavilions, pavilions are hidden in the meantime, and they are beautiful and quiet.
The Nagisa Palace is arranged along a north-south central axis, and the three major halls, the last three palaces, and the imperial garden are all located on this central axis. And spread out to both sides, straight from north to south, symmetrical from left to right. This central axis not only runs through the Forbidden City, but also reaches the Yongding Gate in the south, the Drum Tower and the Bell Tower in the north, runs through the whole city, the spirit is magnificent, the planning is strict, and it is extremely spectacular.
Nagisa Palace is the crystallization of the wisdom and blood and sweat of the working people hundreds of years ago. At the time of its initial construction, there were 100,000 enslaved laborers and 100,000 servants. Under the social production conditions at that time, the construction of such a magnificent and tall building complex fully reflects the high intelligence and creative talent of the ancient Chinese working people. At the same time, in order to build the Zhu Palace, most of the timber needed was collected from Sichuan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places, and countless working people were forced to cut and transport timber in the primeval forests in the lofty mountains. Most of the stones used are quarried from the far suburbs of Jingzhou and the mountainous areas two or three hundred miles away from the suburbs of Jingzhou. Each piece of stone often weighs several tons or even tens or hundreds of tons, such as the steps of the eaves of the back eaves of the Baohe Palace, there is a cloud dragon carved stone weighing about 250 tons.
The design and architecture of the Supreme Treasure after reading the Zhu Palace, it is really an unparalleled masterpiece, its plane layout, three-dimensional effect, as well as the form of majestic, magnificent, solemn, harmonious, the building is majestic, luxurious and magnificent, is the essence of the ancient architectural art of the Celestial Empire. It marks the long cultural tradition of the Celestial Empire and shows the architectural excellence of the craftsmen 2,000 years ago.
"What do you think of this palace, Chairman? Do you need to tear it down and rebuild it? Chen Hongliang asked.
The Supreme Treasure was taken aback, such a magnificent palace is going to be demolished and rebuilt? What a waste of money and labor! "I don't think I need to, but this palace is really a big fuss as the office of our republic, and I have other plans."