Was there a meridian gate in the Tang Dynasty? What's wrong with the recent TV series? Xue Pinggui and Wang Baochuan beheaded Wang Yunshi, saying that they were beheaded at the meridian gate and hanged at the meridian gate. Was there a meridian gate in the Tang Dynasty? No, the director doesn't understand history. This is sheer nonsense. Wumen Gate was built in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420), rebuilt in the 4th year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1647) and rebuilt in the 6th year of Jiaqing (180 1). The meridian gate is the main entrance of the Forbidden City. There are five buildings on it. People used to call it Wufeng Building. Wufeng Pagoda has double eaves, yellow tiles and red walls, and it is magnificent. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the almanac of the following year was issued here in winter. In case of large-scale expedition or triumphant capture, the emperor ordered or was stopped here. The meridian gate is 37.95 meters high, and there are tall masonry piers under it. The front of the pier is surrounded by a pile wall, and the back is built with a wall. There are three doors in the center of the pier, the front is rectangular and the back is voucher-shaped. Wufenglou is built on the dock, surrounded by exquisite white marble railings. The main building is 9 rooms wide, with double eaves roofs, and the other 4 floors are double eaves pyramid roofs. Golden glazed tiles and colorful paintings complement each other, magnificent and magnificent. There are five exquisite white marble arch bridges connecting Taihe Gate behind the Wumen Gate. There is a bell and drum tower around the middle building of the Wumen Gate. When the emperor presided over the ceremony in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, bells and drums rang in unison to show strictness. Rules for entering and leaving the meridian gate: ring the bell when driving to the national altar at the meridian gate, and beat the drum when offering sacrifices at the ancestral temple. Civil and military officials enter and leave the left door; The royal princes went in and out through the door on the right; Only the dragon carts and phoenix chariot of the emperor and queen are allowed in and out of the main entrance, and the civil and military scholars in the court examination enter the left door odd and the right door even. The function of the meridian gate: the emperor sends spring cakes in the spring; Send cold cakes at noon and flower cakes on the Double Ninth Festival. On October 1st of the lunar calendar, the almanac of the following year is issued. In the Ming Dynasty, if a minister violated the dignity of the royal family, he would be tied out of the east side of Imperial Road in front of the meridian gate and spanked on the charge of "scaling" and named "Zhang Ting". At first, it was just a symbolic beating, and later it developed into murder. In the fourteenth year of Lude, Emperor Zhu Houzhao went to Jiangnan to choose beautiful women, and his ministers remonstrated and dissuaded him. The emperor was angry. Shu Fen, Huang Gong and other ministers 130 people were killed on the spot 1 1 person.