Forbidden City (Beijing)

The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost five centuries, it served as the home of the Emperor and his household, and the ceremonial and political centre of Chinese government.

Built from 1406-1420, the complex consists of 980 surviving buildings with 8707 bays of rooms. It is a rectangle that is 961 metres from north to south and 753 metres from east to west. It covers 720,000 square metres. It is surrounded by a 7.9-metre-high city wall and a 6-metre-deep, 52-metre-wide moat. The palace complex examplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world. Since 1924, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose extensive collection of artwork and artefacts were built upon the Imperial collections of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_City
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Coordinates:  39°54'58"N 116°23'26"E

Comments

  • One must visit this area. It is heart of the beijing
  • Can we enter this city.
  • Beautiful palace.
  • This is on of the historically most attrcative place where thousands and thousands Chinese as well as foreigners visit every day.
  • treasure of China