Why does Tam Dai Dien in the Forbidden City not have a tree shadow?

Owning area occupies up to 1/10 of the total area of ​​the Palace, but this architectural building does not plant any shade of green trees for feng shui reasons below.

Strangely, the architectural community does not plant trees

is the current name of the Forbidden City, located in the center of Beijing (China) and the palace of the Ming dynasties to the Qing Dynasty.

The layout is designed in two main parts including foreign and domestic.

In it, the tide was the Emperor's daily work place, and the interior was the king's resting place and the fortress's residence.

Tam Dai Dien of the 'foreign' is the largest architectural complex inside the Palace. It is often used to organize important court ceremonies.

However, despite owning an area of ​​up to 85,000m ² (accounting for 1/10 of the total area of ​​the Cung Cung), Tam Dai Dien is described as a 'no tree shadow' literally.

The picture of Tam Dai Dien from the above also shows that there is no green tree around.

Explain the reasons for not planting trees in Tam Dai Dien

According to feng shui experts, this design of Tam Dai Dien stems from the reason below.

Firstly, due to feng shui elements

The Forbidden City has a lot of design areas that symbolize the "Five-way yin and yang".

1. Accordingly, the east of the citadel belongs to 'east of the border with ất wood'. In the theory of the Five Elements, the wood has a symbol of green, so Van Hoa electricity was also used at the beginning of the construction of green glass.
2. The south belongs to the 'southern fire nail'. The five elements have fire element with red color, so the color paintings set at Ngo Mon Gate also use red as the main color.
3. The west belongs to the 'Western neo-kim'. Therefore, the water in the hinterland is called the 'internal hydrography'.
4. The North belongs to 'the North cherishes water'. That Tam Dai Dien is located in the central part of the 'middle of the country'. In the Ming Dynasty, the earth element was a symbol of the bandits.

The architect at that time instead of using the loess built Tam Dai Dien was replaced by bringing 3 faces into corners, arranged so that it appeared to be a earth shape.

The theory of the Five Elements 'yin and yang' is considered very much in the element of 'mutual-mutuality'. Meanwhile, the element of wood carving with earth element. Stemming from this concept, the owner of the Forbidden City naturally did not want his authority to be blocked by "wood ".

Therefore, the ancient architects did not design trees in Tam Dai Dien campus to avoid destroying the whole feng shui of this place.

Not planting trees in Tam Dai Dien campus is a way to maintain the harmony of the yin and yang and the five elements.

Second, authority symbol

Another hypothesis is that Tam Dai Dien is located in the Old Palace, because it does not look like trees to protect the majesty and supremacy of the royal authority.

The reason is that Tam Dai Dien was used for the Emperor to celebrate solemn ceremonies to show his supremacy.

Therefore, ancient architects took various measures to ensure this purpose, including the removal of the crop element.

Today, entering from the Tiananmen Gate, passing through the layers of ancient palaces, people will not be able to see any trees. This not only created a dignified atmosphere but also formed an invisible pressure on the mandarins, making them respectfully before Heaven.

Third, ensure the safety of the Emperor

The third assumption is that Tam Dai Dien does not have a tree, saying that removing plants is a way to protect the safety of Thien Tu.

In the past, Thanh Trieu recorded a peasant uprising under King Gia Khanh. At that time, a group of guests who liked the Ly Ly Catholic army secretly stormed the Forbidden City.

This group of guests liked to split into two, ambushing in East China and West China, then after being chased, they cut down the fire of Long Tong Mon fire.

Although the group likes this guest not yet entered the family. But since then, because of the safety of the king and the pilots, the architect at that time did not plant trees around Tam Dai Dien.

Tam Dai Dien does not have a tree to protect the safety of the king at the risk of liking guests to attack or a fire.

Fourth, prevent fire

The fact that Tam Dai Dien does not have a green tree is also related to the fires that occurred at Minh Trieu.

When the new Palace is completed, the fire here is what happens like . "meal"!

In the second year of Vinh Lac, the late Can Cung was just finished, Tam Dai Dien was burned.

Five years later, Minh Anh Tong allowed the people to restore Tam Dai Dien, the construction time was only half a year. At that time, the name of this building was changed many times. But when Li Chengcheng attacked Beijing, Tam Dai Dien once again flooded in the sea of ​​fire.

In the second year of Thuan Tri under the Qing Dynasty, Tam Dai Dien was once again restored and changed its name to Thai Hoa Dien and Bao Hoa Dien.

But in the years when Emperor Kang Hi was in place, this place was once again burned.

Later, when the restoration was completed again, the architects prepared many plans for fire prevention for Tam Dai Dien, including a measure of not planting trees.