The Forbidden City was China's former imperial palace between the years 1420 and 1912. It is a World Heritage Site and one of the most heavily-guarded areas of China. Beijing is one of China's top ...

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty ... all kinds were available in the Forbidden City. Beijing had been the capital of the preceding Yuan Dynasty. The food in the Yuan ...

Ming Tombs The Ming Dynasty Tombs ... Park West of the Forbidden City, Beihai Park is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved of the ancient imperial gardens in China. Bell and Drum Towers ...

published Twilight in the Forbidden City in 1934. The work is a memoir of Johnston's time in Beijing between 1919 and 1924, at the court of the Qing Dynasty, where he served as tutor to Aisin-Gioro ...

Exploring these historical sites provides a glimpse into the past and enriches one's understanding of Chinese civilisation.

Jacky Qi Zhu, University of Aberdeen, UK Beijing 北京 is the capital of the People’s Republic of China, and is widely ... Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty.

An editorial in the official Beijing Daily ... the trip so far in China is going amazing". The Forbidden City, built in the 15th century, was once home to the Ming and Qing dynasty emperors ...

He lived at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, becoming one of the most unusual emperors in Chinese history—not only as ...

The city of Beijing is planned on a north ... Imperial Palace (Gugong), also known as the Forbidden City as it was the private dwelling of the Ming and Qing emperors, their huge families and ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to work with the incoming Trump administration, but he also used his last meeting with ...

Rick Owens (L), his wife Michele Lamy (R) pose with two other designers in front of the Forbidden City complex in Beijing, China ... emperors from the Qing and Ming Dynasties.