meridian gate meaning in English
午门
Examples
- The meridian gate as viewed from inside the forbidden city
从紫禁城内望午门。 - This is the square between the meridian gate and the gate of supreme harmony , just ahead
太和门前面是午门和太和门之间的广场，皇帝举行大典时在此排列仪仗。 - It is called meridian gate because the emperor believed that the meridian line went right through the forbidden city and his imperial residence was the center of the whole universe
称为午门是因为皇帝想相子午线从紫禁城穿过，且他的居所是宇宙的正中。 - During important ceremonies presided over by the emperor , guards of honour lined up on the square between the meridian gate and the gate of supreme harmony , the largest square in the palace complex
午门与太和门之间的广场是皇宫内最大的广场，皇帝举行大典时在此排列仪仗。 - At the middle of each four walls stands a gate tower ; the meridian gate in the south , the godly prowess gate in the north , the donghua gate in the east , the xihua gate in the west , and at each of the four comers stands a tower
四面正中设城门四座，上建城门楼阁，南为午门，北为神午门东为东华门西为西华门，城垣外环绕宽米深.米的