The short videos I watched from all dynasties

Chapter 395: Respect the Middle Way and Stand in the Middle

[The ancient kings chose the center of the world to establish their country, chose the center of the country to establish their palace, and chose the center of the palace to establish their temple.

“Respecting China”

An unparalleled central axis is a line that emperors of all dynasties have dreamed of as a way to demonstrate their status.

From "The Book of Zhou: Kaogongji" to "Lüshi Chunqiu", many ancient thinkers put forward the idea of ​​"selecting the middle".

The capital of the Xia Dynasty (today's Erlitou Site) was built, and large palace complexes began to be planned along the central axis.

According to legend, Duke Zhou built Luoyi while surveying the world.

People in the Middle Ages once envisioned an ideal capital city with a central axis running through the entire city.

Yecheng of Cao Wei: Cao Cao established a single palace city system for Yecheng, and the central axis began to take shape.

Luoyang City of the Northern Wei Dynasty: The central axis runs through the palace, the imperial garden and the main city gates.

Chang'an during the Sui and Tang Dynasties: Chang'an's central axis was planned rigorously, the neighborhoods were square and symmetrical, and citizens' lives followed a strict order.

Kaifeng in the Northern Song Dynasty: The streets of Dongjing City were opened to residents for trade, and the central axis was integrated into the daily lives of the people.

...all of them have turned this ideal into reality.

The emperors who established their capital in Beijing had indeed designed a central axis that was far superior to that of previous dynasties. Since the Yuan Dynasty established Beijing as the capital, the construction of the central axis of Beijing over three dynasties has formed a complete ancient royal architectural complex.

Under the auspices of Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, a nearly 4-kilometer central axis was created in Beijing. During the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di renovated and expanded the city of Beijing and extended the central axis by 1 kilometer. A hundred years later, Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty built the outer city of Beijing and extended the central axis by 2 kilometers to the south.

A hundred years later, the Qing emperors rebuilt and expanded Beijing again, and the central axis also underwent new changes. Emperor Qianlong built the Wufang Pavilion on Jingshan Mountain, which overlooked the capital, and became the highest point on the central axis.

＜True Old Beijing Collection＞

＜The great China chose the center to build its capital.＞

＜Kublai Khan was obsessed with "Zhong" Chao, and the first reign title was also "Zhongtong".＞

＜Jin Zhongdu, Yuan Dadu, Ming and Qing Beijing＞

＜No wonder we are Chinese~＞

＜Chang'an's planning is the most comfortable city for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.＞

＜The special effects are amazing, so realistic! The whole thing is rising from the ground.＞

＜Jingshan?! Chongzhen hanged himself on the hill [covering face] Now this is Jingshan Park.＞

＜Although the city wall has been demolished now, it is also a helpless move. After all, we have to industrialize, so we have to do this. I still feel a little reluctant. [Sigh]＞

[Qin Shi Huang: China]

[Tang Taizong Li Shimin: The Central Axis of Chang'an...]

[Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che:?! Chang'an was defeated here?]

[Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin: Kaifeng is well designed! ]

[Emperor Cao Cao of Wei: Hmm, hmm, I have a good eye!]

[Yuan Shao, the sixth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty: Cao thief! Damn it! That's my Yecheng!]

[Emperor Cao Cao: What are you talking about?! That is Yecheng of the Han Dynasty!]

[In the sixth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao: ...]

[Sun Ce, the sixth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty: Wow, this is really irrefutable, worthy of being the Prime Minister Cao of the Han Dynasty.]

[Kublai Khan: You have all completed the renovation and expansion based on my foundation. I laid the solid foundation!]

[Emperor Shengzong of Liao, Yelü Longxu: ? ? ? ]

[Jin Xizong Wanyan Tan: ? ? ? ]

[Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di: Wasn't the initial design of Beijing that later generations saw started here?]

[Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty Aixinjueluo Hongli: Sorry, my family has also repaired a lot. There was a big fire in the Forbidden City at the end of the Ming Dynasty.]

[Ming Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian: ! ! ! ]

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Li Shimin was satisfied, and Guangmu praised Chang'an's good design.

"Alas, Chang'an lost because the time interval was too long... If they had seen the elegance of Chang'an with their own eyes, I'm not sure which city would be nominated for World Heritage status."

Unlike Li Shimin's satisfaction, Liu Che was very dissatisfied.

"It only talked about Chang'an during the Sui and Tang dynasties, not the Han Dynasty at all."

"Hmm... the design is not as good as the back, right?"

Guangmu's words also made many people break down.

The person who is most vulnerable should be Yuan Shao, who currently lives in Yecheng.

"This is where I am! Cao Mengde!"

Thinking that Cao Mengde would build a palace on his territory in the future and engage in large-scale construction... he felt very uncomfortable.

"He's still flaunting his title as the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty... The video just showed his son usurping the Han Dynasty a few days ago. How shameless!"

At the same time, Yuan Shao was reflecting in his heart, was it because he lost to Cao Cao because he was not as thick-skinned as him?

The Liao and Jin countries, which were ignored by the light curtain, continued to seek a sense of existence in the light curtain comments.

Didn’t the foundation of your Yuan Dynasty and the prototype of Ming and Qing Dynasties all start in my Liao/Jin?

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian had people find the Foreigner's Neck Tree on Jingshan Mountain long ago and then cut it down!

With this determination, we must make the Ming Dynasty glorious again!

……

【After the efforts of various dynasties and several emperors, it has become the pinnacle of my country's central axis——

Beijing's central axis.

From north to south, it passes through the Bell and Drum Tower, Wanning Bridge, Jingshan, the Forbidden City, the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Duanmen, the Altar of Land and Grain, Tiananmen, Zhengyangmen, the Temple of Heaven, the Altar of Agriculture and Yongdingmen, and can be regarded as the most ideal masterpiece of the order of my country's capital.

This masterpiece, in addition to the emperor's support, also required skilled craftsmen who actually created the central axis.

In the 13th century AD, Liu Bingzhong built the capital for Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty.

He first included a large area of ​​water in the city, which was particularly wide, including the area around today's Jishuitan. He also set the eastern corner of the water as the center of the city. He extended it southward from here to determine the location of the central axis, and then extended it westward from the central axis to surround the water surface to obtain the location of the western city wall. He then expanded it symmetrically to determine the eastern city wall. He then determined the width of the entire capital. This was the original "central axis" and "Beijing City".

If you look at it from the perspective of the Drum Tower, there is a unit called Doukou under the Dougong, and its traces can be found in various buildings on the central axis. Their lengths range from a few centimeters to more than ten centimeters. Not only can it serve as the basic unit of the size of each component in the building, but it also determines the level of the building. Then the buildings on the central axis are arranged in a strict order.

We can see numbers in kilometers, hundreds of meters, tens of meters, and even centimeters on the central axis.

However, this is far more than that. On the central axis, they can also exist in different forms such as modulus, proportion, composition, and change. Beijing has long surpassed the uniqueness of a single building and formed a majestic and varied architectural complex.

As Mr. Liang Sicheng said: "Beijing's unique magnificent order is created by the establishment of this central axis."

＜The central axis here refers to an area, not just a line.＞

＜The ancient craftsmen were really amazing.＞

＜It is the result of the hard work of countless working people, who turned the central axis from an ideal into reality.＞

＜The land of Youyan is a place where dragons and tigers roam, and the situation is magnificent. It controls the Yangtze and Huai Rivers in the south and the desert in the north. Moreover, the emperor must be in the center to receive the pilgrimage from all directions. If the king really wants to manage the world, the place where he will stay must be Yan.＞

＜Nine Clans: Don’t underestimate our bond!＞

＜Ancient architectural planners were really amazing.＞

＜Chinese architectural aesthetics [Like]＞

＜I admire the design and wisdom of our ancestors, it’s amazing.＞

＜The Doukou system is the epitome of ancient Chinese modeling techniques.＞

＜My Chinese civilization, that super charming ancestor.＞

＜Order in our bones.＞

＜In fact, I never understood what the central axis meant before, but every time I play business-type construction games, I set up my own layout, and now I understand that thing is called the central axis.＞