forbidden city turret

forbidden city turret

Above the Forbidden City wall four corners' watchtower, completed in the bright Yunglo 18 years (in 1420), the Qing Dynasty repaired. 　　The watchtower is a Forbidden City part, it with the city wall, the city gate tower and the moat with belongs to the imperial palace defense facility. Characteristic 　　The watchtower is situated above the Xumi place, peripheral circles by the stone fence. Is the Fang Ting type, surface extravagant depth each three, each 8.73m, four sides Ming Jiange the Canada holds mansion one, approaches the city wall flank both sides topography to be cramped, therefore holds the mansion depth is only 1.60m, but the city wall inside's both sides topography is open, holds the mansion depth to enlarge is 3.98m, the plane becomes the center point overlapping cruciform, is containing the square building artistic conception, causes the watchtower and the city wall these two entirely different construction physique, has had the organic contact.