The Palace Museum (The Forbidden City) is directly across the street from Tienanmen Square. The traditional entrance to the Forbidden City complex is from the southern end, right by the picture of Mao Zedung. The Forbidden City is set out as a series of buildings/halls on the north/south axis. Each of these major buildings has a courtyard area and smaller buildings perpendicular on both the right and left sides. The "City" is said to contain 800 buildings and over 8,000 rooms. Even though not all of them are open to the public it will still take up a good portion of your day to view this site. The buildings are more and more impressive as you travel in this direction through the "City". After the last building you will find the Imperial Garden which contains very old cypress trees and plantings. Just past this you will see the fake "mountain". Apparently, a mountain to the north of a residence is good feng shui, however the Forbidden City does not have a mountain nearby so one was built.
The ancient palace Forbidden City was used as the place where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties handled their court business and live. During Ming and Qing Dynasty, about 24 emperors, 14 of the Ming and 10 of the Qing ruled the country from Forbidden City.
List as one of the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987, Forbidden City is divided into two parts, the outer court, where the ceremonies are held, and the inner palace, the home of the emperor and his family. Explore the palace you could discover plenty of history and traditional Chinese architecture in numerous buildings and alleys in this huge complex.
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Posted: at 4-11-2013 08:27 AM (11 years ago) | Newbie |
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