剧情介绍
中国的故宫紫禁城是传承数个世纪的文化瑰宝，这处世界最大的木建筑群也同样是古代工程技术的结晶，从材料运输到抗震结构，充分展现了古人的聪明才智，其宏大的规模和精细繁复的装饰也消耗了庞大的人力物力。——纪录片之家字幕组
Beijing's Forbidden City is a huge, walled palatial city within the new (more northern and eastern) capital chosen over Nanking by the great Ming emperor Chengzu 'Yongle', who seized the throne in 1402 from his elder brother's son by military coup. It symbolizes the vast empire's then unequaled wealth and power, being the largest palace ever in the world, with halls worthy of the mandate of heaven, impressing any foreign delegation, accommodating thousands of courtiers, public/domestic servants and guards. This required crushing taxes and over a million laborers for most of his reign (until his death in 1424), using the best craftsmen and the finest materials, sparing no expense nor imports (like pigments from Europe), and innovative ways to produce and transport (partially on ice). It would require near-constant maintenance -modern restoration contributes to and benefits from studying its secrets- and frequent rebuilding, mainly after fires, but astonishingly survived well hundreds ...
其实是主要讲建筑的。
漏洞百出也算纪录片？还tm9999间房呢？
明成祖 ❤
抗震能力一流
抗震木结构牛叉啊～但是内容有点水，没什么干货，适合作概况。榫卯结构斗拱太太太牛了！我就是喜欢各种木头，完蛋了～
光故宫木结构能抗10级地震就够吹好久了 中国古人的智慧太牛牛了
秘密就是柱子不打到地基里
木制好坚固！
紫禁城的建筑，也就是把当时最好的木结构建筑发挥到极致的建筑，怎样withstood各种地震。那个测试有效性到底怎样很难说，比如如果地震是上下行而不是左右方向，是否还是同样结果？还有就是当时为了运输重型货物而引发的工程学。浅显易懂。
哎！想去故宫。
只讲了永乐皇帝建造故宫的一小段时期，后面的一笔带过。毕竟是BBC拍出来给外国人看的，配乐不错但放的位置很不合适，一会儿故宫一会儿横店切来切去很别扭，现代科技的角度介绍了榫卯，镶金，彩画儿，抗震，大概他们只对这些感兴趣吧，大多都是些皮毛，不过那个抗震十级还有点儿意思。
BBC这次搞的不是很严谨啊，里面略业余，不过还是增长了不少知识
太糙了
归结起来就是俗话说的墙倒屋不塌，原因是斗拱和不打地基。细节上的小知识也不能掩盖好多的常识错误，英国人对中国历史了解的还是不太走心。B站上的无字幕版当听力练习还是不错的。
亲测一般，硬伤不少，远不如国内的故宫或者故宫100