1. A Comparison Between the Orient and the West From architectures of the Forbidden City and Washington,D.C.

2. Forbidden City Beijing, China Built from 1406 to 1420 980 surviving buildings World's largest surviving palace complex World Heritage Site 1987, UNSCO Now the China Palace Museum Beijing, China Built from 1406 to 1420 980 surviving buildings World's largest surviving palace complex World Heritage Site 1987, UNSCO Now the China Palace Museum

3. Appendix Taipei National Palace Museum So-called Taipei Forbidden City One of the largest collection of China artifacts and artworks Built after the Chinese Civil War (1927- 1940) So-called Taipei Forbidden City One of the largest collection of China artifacts and artworks Built after the Chinese Civil War (1927- 1940)

4. Washington, D.C. Founded on July 16, 1790 Named after G. Washington Planner: Pierre Charles L’Enfant Andrew Ellicott …

5. Shape Traditional Household in China The Courtyard House ( Si He Yuan) --- Origin of the Forbidden City The Courtyard House ( Si He Yuan) --- Origin of the Forbidden City Square Cardinal Direction Meridian

6. Shape The Forbidden City Square shaped Wall Meridian twenty-six feet high wall

7. Shape Washington, D.C. Diamond Shape Compass Skeleton Relationship with the land

8. Location Unbearable Living Condition Beijing Sandstorms & lack of water “the Beijing apocalypse”

9. Location Unbearable Living Condition Low-lying area, fog concentrate Old Naval Observatory U.S. Department of State George Washington Univ. …

10. Location Luck: Feng Shui Benefit Route of Dragon: Kun Lun Mountain Range Kun Lun, 1864- mile long, 19685- feet high

11. Location Luck: Feng Shui Benefit NW of Beijing

12. Location Luck: resemblance to the Rome Jenkins Hill --- Capitol Hill Goose Creek --- Tiber Outlet Capitoline Hill --- Capitol Palatine Hill --- Palace (the White House) Forum --- National Mall

13. Location Politics: Control over the North Greater control over the North

14. Location Politics Centrality: from St Croix to St Marys

15. Location Politics Access to the West

16. The Use of Astrology Forbidden City Chinese Name: Zi (the North Star) Jin (forbidden) Cheng (city)

17. The Use of Astrology the Federal Triangle Federal Triangle, L’Enfant’s Plan Triangle in Sky

18. Meridian In the Forbidden City Meridian in Forbidden City

19. Meridian In Washington, D.C. Second Meridian