Aiden - China by Aiden Elliston https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx Project en-us 2017-10-20 17:15:13 UTC 2017-11-01 01:38:40 UTC hello@padlet.com The Forbidden City aelliston2018 https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200519949 2017-10-25 17:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200519949 Basics aelliston2018 https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200520772 - Created in 1420
- home to 24 emperors during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911)


]]> 2017-10-25 17:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200520772 aelliston2018 https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200523177 "its layout followed the ideal cosmic order in Confucian ideology that had held Chinese social structure together for centuries."]]> 2017-10-25 17:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200523177 Public and domestic spheres aelliston2018 https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200524468 - The outer court belonged to the realm of state affairs - only men had access to the spaces]]> 2017-10-25 17:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200524468 Public and domestic spaces - 2 aelliston2018 https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200526851 The inner court was dedicated to the imperial family]]> 2017-10-25 17:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200526851 Palaces aelliston2018 https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200528124 "The inner court includes the palaces in the northern part of the Forbidden City. Here, three of the most important palaces align with the city's central axis: the emperor’s residence known as the Palace of Heavenly Purity (Qianqinggong) is located to the south while the empress’s residence, the Palace of Earthly Tranquility (Kunninggong), is to the north. The Hall of Celestial and Terrestrial Union (Jiaotaidian), a smaller square building for imperial weddings and familial ceremonies, is sandwiched in between."]]> 2017-10-25 17:25:44 UTC https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200528124 Palaces aelliston2018 https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200535578 - Each side of the inner court contained 6 identical palace compounds 
- These palaces formed the shape of K'un ☷]]> 2017-10-25 17:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200535578 K'un aelliston2018 https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200537201 one of the eight trigrams of ancient Chinese philosophy. It is the symbol of mother and earth, and thus is a metaphor for the proper feminine roles the occupants of these palaces should play.]]> 2017-10-25 17:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200537201 Feminism and power aelliston2018 https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200537975 "Such architectural and philosophical symmetry, however, fundamentally changed when the empress dowager Cixi (1835-1908) renovated the Palace of Eternal Spring (Changchungong) and the Palace of Gathered Elegance (Chuxiugong) in the west part of the inner court for her fortieth and fiftieth birthday in 1874 and 1884, respectively. The renovation transformed the original layout of six palace compounds into four, thereby breaking the shape of the symbolic trigram and implying the loosened control of Chinese patriarchal authority at the time."]]> 2017-10-25 17:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200537975 Feminisim aelliston2018 https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200538029 2017-10-25 17:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aelliston2018/619acdy58cdx/wish/200538029