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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Forbidden City (Beijing, Beijing Shi (municipality), China)en_US
dc.coverage.temporal1406-1420 (creation); 1644–1911 (alteration)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Chinese)en_US
dc.date1406-1420en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-07T18:20:38Z
dc.date.available2013-08-07T18:20:38Z
dc.date.issued1406-1420en_US
dc.identifier229469en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2345en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/137253
dc.descriptionNorthwest corner tower of the gate court; The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. The palace precinct is entered through the inverted U-shaped Meridian Gate (Wu men), the largest and most imposing walled gate in the Forbidden City. Above the tall brick base with its five tunnel entrances (the gate is also known as the Five-Phoenix Gate), rises the nine-bay central hall with its double-eaved, hipped roof; four square pavilions stand at the ends of the central hall and at each end of the arms extending south. To the north of the Meridian Gate a vast courtyard is crossed by the River of Golden Water (Jinshui he), a stream with five curving marble bridges representing the Confucian virtues: humanity, duty, wisdom, trustworthiness and ritual correctness. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 5/10/2011)en_US
dc.format.mediumbrick; stucco; tile; painted wooden_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectdecorative artsen_US
dc.subjecthistoricalen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectChineseen_US
dc.subjectMingen_US
dc.subjectQingen_US
dc.titleForbidden City: Meridian Gate (Wu Men)en_US
dc.title.alternative午门en_US
dc.title.alternativeMeridian Gate (Wumen)en_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-CH-B-FC-MG-A12en_US
vra.culturalContextChineseen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes), construction (assembling), painting and painting techniquesen_US
vra.worktypehistoric siteen_US
vra.worktypegatehouseen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Chinese)en_US


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