Wednesday, December 1, 2010

An famous building in china

Living in Beijing , it's not hard for me to find many interesting buildings. They have either special arthitectural styles or marvelous decor . to me , the most intereting one is a building called"Wen Yuan Ge",I frist knew it ,when I read a magazine ,which said that "Wen Yuan Ge " was the most intersting place in the Forbidden City of Beijing
The Forbidden city (also called Gu Gong in chinese)is located at the center of Beijing. It was the imperial palace during Ming and Qin  Dynasties."Wen Yuan Ge" is one of the buildings in it and used to be the royal library in ancient China .In addition ,the most famous book collections in the history of China, "Si Ku Quan Shu " is also preserved there .Now, the historical royal library is open to toursts from home and abroud.Solendid painted decoration on these royal architectural wonders, the grand and deluxe hall impress me so deeply.

However,the reason i consider the royal library interesting is that it has a unique colour in the Forbidden City and it has a cultural meanings. You know . Since yellow is the symbol of the royal family, naturally it is the dominant color in the Forbidden City.However,"Wen Yuan Ge"is one exception.It has black roof because the ancestors believe that BLACK represents water and could extinguish fire so that library can be in safe condition. Obviously, to a library ,nothing is more important  than keeping valuable books and materials safe.

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