The difference between Forbidden City and White House

The Forbidden City covers an area of 720,000 square meters, including a building area of163,000 square meters, a length of 96 1 meter from north to south and a width of 753 meters from east to west. Surrounded by a 10-meter-high city wall and a moat with a width of 52 meters. There are exquisite turrets in the four corners. According to the statistics of 1973, the Forbidden City has more than 90 courtyards and 980 houses, with a total of 8704 rooms. Shortly after the Ming Dynasty Yongle Emperor Judy ascended the throne, in the fourth year of Yongle, that is, 1406, a letter was written to build the Forbidden City in Beijing. The construction is divided into two stages. The first stage is to prepare materials from the fourth year of Yongle, and the second stage is to start construction in June of the fifteenth year of Yongle, 14 17, which lasted 14 and was completed in the eighteenth year of Yongle, 1420. During the construction process, 65,438+skilled craftsmen and 1 10,000 civilian workers were gathered. The building materials came from all over the country, including white marble from Fangshan, Beijing, golden bricks from Suzhou, lime from Yizhou, Hebei, five-color tiger skin stone from Panshan, Jixian, Hebei, fine masonry for temple foundation from Linqing, Shandong, pine wood from the northeast and nanmu from Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. The Forbidden City was basically built according to the blueprint of the imperial palace in the Ming Dynasty, and the layout planning followed the "Zhou Li? A study of the etiquette system in the design of Gong Ji's capital: the former dynasty is in front, the latter dynasty is in the back, and the left ancestor is in the right society. It is roughly divided into two parts: the southern part faces forward and the northern part faces backward. In the former dynasty, the three halls of Ethereum, Zhonghe and Baohe were the center, and Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall were the east and west wings, which were the places where the emperor held the court meeting. The back bedroom is centered on the three halls of Gan Qing, Jiaotai and Kunning, as well as the six palaces of things and the imperial garden. The buildings on Waidong Road and Waixi Road are the main places for the emperor to deal with daily government affairs and the life and sacrifice of imperial concubines in the harem. The layout of Zuo Zu You She is as follows: Outside the noon gate, the ancestral hall of the emperor is on the east side, and the altar of ancestor worship is on the west side. According to this layout, the Forbidden City was the palace of 24 emperors in Ming and Qing Dynasties, including Ming Dynasty 14 and Qing Dynasty 10, which ruled for five centuries. Because of its special position in the history of China and exquisite architectural groups, it was listed on the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO in 1987, making it the largest and most well-preserved palace complex in the world. Now there is a central axis running through the north and south in Beijing, which is called the Great Central Axis by Mr. Liang Sicheng, with a total length of 8.5 kilometers, starting from Yongdingmen in the south and reaching the Bell Tower in the north, of which the imperial city, including the Forbidden City, accounts for one third. This central axis is also called Long Mai. Jingshan on this line is the center of the inner city and the town mountain of the Forbidden City. The White House is the seat of the US Presidential Palace, located at Pennsylvania Avenue 1600 in downtown Washington, DC. Galeries Lafayette Square in the north, Alice Park in the south, and the towering Washington Monument.

The White House is based on the founding father and the first president of the United States, George. Selected by Washington, 1792 was completed, and 1800 was basically completed. Interestingly, the first president to enter the White House was not the first president Washington, but the second president John? Adams. Since then, successive presidents of the United States have taken the White House as their official residence, making it synonymous with the American government.

The designer of the White House is the famous Irish-American architect James? Houben was designed according to the style of English country villa at the end of 18, and made of a white limestone produced in Virginia with reference to the European style of the popular Italian architect Burradi at that time. But it wasn't called the White House then. "White House" is 1902 Theodore? President Roosevelt officially named it.

18 14, when the British army hooked Washington, it burned down its government, and after several repairs and reconstruction, it became the present scale. The biggest expansion was in 1948- 1953. At that time, a two-story balcony was added, a TV system and air conditioning equipment were installed, and a double-story basement and a solid underground air defense room were added. The original history room of the White House is basically the same as before as a souvenir.

The White House covers an area of more than 73,000 square meters and consists of the main building and the east and west wings. The main building has a width of 5 1.5 1 m and a depth of 25.75 m. * * * There are three floors: the ground floor, the first floor and the second floor.

There are diplomatic reception hall, library, map room, China room, treasure room and White House manager's office on the ground floor. The diplomatic reception hall is oval, where the president receives foreign heads of state and envoys, and a huge circular oil painting depicting American scenery hangs on the wall; The floor is covered with an oval carpet with a sky-blue background, embroidered with symbols symbolizing the 50 States of the United States. 1940, President Roosevelt published the famous fireside chats here.

The library is about 60 square meters, 19 century style layout. The tables, chairs, bookcases and lights in the room are all classical. There are nearly 3,000 books, among which there are many masterpieces of famous American writers in various periods. In addition, there are relevant information of previous American presidents. There are five portraits of Indians hanging on the wall next to the bookcase, which are members of the Indian tribal delegation received by the President of the United States at the White House.