Function
of Ling'en Hall
Lingen Hall (the Hall of Eminent Favor), also called offerings hall,
used to be the place to keep memorial tablets inscribed with the names
of deceased emperors. Sacrificial ceremonies were held here too.
Architecture
of Ling'en Hall
The hall is supported by 60 pillars made of nanmu (phoebe nanmu). The
32 inside the hall are over 12 meters high and the four in the innermost
are the biggest, each being 14.3 meters high and 1.17 meters in diameter,
so big that two men can not put their arms around it. They were make
out of single tree trunks, rarely seen in the world. Nothing was painted
inside the hall to maintain its natural colour. The hall is the largest
and the most magnificent building of nanmu wood that still exists in
China.
Nanmu,
a kind of valuable timber,
was cut in southwest China and carred all the way to Beijing.
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