A scale model of the Forbidden City, viewed facing south. ImageCourtesy of Flickr user Can Pac Swire (licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0) The new name was only the beginning of Zhu Di’s grand vision for ...
Encompassing 180 acres in central Beijing, the Forbidden City, or a complex of nearly a thousand red palaces, towers, and gardens, pays homage to the reign of one of China’s most powerful ...
Access to this vast complex of grand palaces, abundant gardens, and sacred pavilions was off limits to most of imperial China's people, who could only imagine the grandeur beyond the gates. Hall of ...
When Ho Puay-peng first visited Beijing’s Forbidden City in the late 1980s, the Singaporean architect saw many of the historic courtyards used for storage, filled with garbage, and occupied by danwei ...
The bronze lioness sculpture is recognisable by the lion cub she holds under her paw. Situated in the beating heart of Beijing, the Forbidden City was the former imperial palace of the Ming and Qing ...
Key exhibits unearthed from the Imperial Workshops site include: a dragon-shaped tile from late Ming. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY "The workshops thus served as a dynamic platform for the integration of ...
Since arriving in Beijing in August, every time the bus carrying participants of the China International Press Communication Centre (CIPCC) Programme passed Tian’anmen Square, I could not help but ...
The Forbidden City was once one of the most powerful places on the planet. In 1420, while Europe was in the midst of the Hundred Years’ War and yet to discover America, China’s Ming Dynasty ruler was ...
Part 1 of a two-part examination of the Forbidden City in Beijing, the ancient Chinese imperial palace. Included: its construction during the Ming Dynasty; its flaws; a fire that foreshadowed the fate ...
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In the center of Beijing stands the Forbidden City, the largest palace in the world. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but for over 500 years it was the royal home of 24 emperors from the Ming ...
The model of a part of the Imperial Workshops site is displayed at the exhibition to show a buried layered city. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY After the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the Imperial ...
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