Forbidden City, The
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11727422 |
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| Authors | Gregory Bracken (0000-0002-7382-1534, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 1-6 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118568446.eurs0104 |
| OpenAlex | W2936664054 |
| ISBN | 9781118568446 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The Forbidden City was home to China's imperial family, as well as the seat of government, for almost 500 years from 1420. The complex's buildings and courtyards deliberately recall the solid‐and‐void relationship of yin and yang to achieve harmony and encourage qi . The Supreme Harmony complex accounts for 15 percent of the entire Forbidden City, which in turn is 15 percent of the old Imperial City. This proportional relationship reinforces the importance of concentric walled spaces in China and highlights the Forbidden City's status as the symbolic center of the civilized world. The entry also highlights what has happened to the complex, and its art collections, since it became a museum in 1925
Archaeology · Art · China · Epistemology · Genealogy · Geography · Harmony (color · Political science · The Void · Visual arts · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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