武则天明堂考述

摘要

Ming Tang (Hall of Enlightened Rule) is the most important ritual architecture in ancient China. In the ancient political life, Ming Tang played a decisive role. As a result, the kings or queens always spare no effort to build it. In Wu Zetian times, for the pursuit of the special political needs and personal enthusiasm, she spent a huge sum of money two times successively built towering and enormous Ming Tang. After the completion, it became Wu Zetian's political activity center, and it also became the masterpiece of Chinese ancient architectural.%明堂是中国古代最重要的礼制建筑。在古代政治生活中，明堂发挥着举足轻重的作用，因而历代君王一直不遗余力地修建明堂。武则天时期，出于特殊的政治需要和个人的狂热追求，她耗费巨资先后两次建成了巍峨庞大的明堂。建成后的明堂成为武则天的政治活动中心，也成为中国古代建筑的巅峰之作。