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Ming dynasty · 1360–1424
Zhu Di (Yongle Emperor)
朱棣 · China
Third Ming emperor and builder of the Forbidden City
The fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, he was made Prince of Yan and guarded Beiping. After the three-year Jingnan campaign he seized the throne in 1402 and took the reign name Yongle. He rebuilt the Grand Canal, sent Zheng He on his voyages, led five campaigns against the Mongols and, to control the northern frontier more closely, moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing, building the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven between 1406 and 1420.
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Historia · Temple of Heaven
A bolt of lightning and the rebuilt Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests
The Temple of Heaven and the Forbidden City were both completed in 1420 under the Yongle Emperor; originally called the 'Altar of Heaven and Earth', it was renamed the Temple of Heaven in 1534 in the Jiajing era. In 1889 the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests was destroyed by a fire started by lightning, and the hall we see today was rebuilt to the original design afterwards. Its 4 dragon-well pillars, 12 gold pillars and 12 eave pillars symbolise the four seasons, the twelve months and the twelve two-hour periods of the day.
Historia · The Palace Museum (Forbidden City)
The Yongle Emperor moves the capital
Zhu Di, Prince of Yan, originally guarded Beiping. After seizing the throne in 1402 through the 'Jingnan campaign', he decided to move the capital from Nanjing to Beijing to defend the turbulent northern frontier at close quarters. Construction of the Forbidden City began in 1406 and was completed in 1420; afterwards twenty-four emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties lived and governed here, until the last emperor, Puyi, was expelled from the palace in 1924. The Palace Museum was founded in 1925.
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Temple of Heaven
Where Ming and Qing emperors worshipped Heaven in 'harmony between heaven and man' — the triple roof of the Hall of Prayer is a mathematical poe…
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The Palace Museum (Forbidden City)
The largest palace complex in the world, whose central axis distils six centuries of imperial ritual and craftsmanship.