Beijing, Jul 14 (EFE). — Chinese authorities will refurbish the gate at Tiananmen, the entry to the Forbidden City in Beijing, for the military parade on Sept. 3rd to mark Japanese… ...

During the Cultural Revolution in 1966, Mao ordered Red Guards posted at this gate. In 1987, the Forbidden City was named part of a joint UNESCO World Heritage Site: the Imperial Palaces of the ...

I had expected to feel awe as I approached the Meridian Gate guarding what most Chinese call the Great Within—Beijing's Forbidden City—but I'm surprised to feel apprehension, too. After all ...

Forbidden City (Imperial Palace) ... Not-to-be-missed highlights include the Meridian Gate, the Turret, the Antiquarium and the Imperial Garden. Recent visitors, ...

However, on the Donghua Gate of the Forbidden City, there were only eight rows. This is because coffins go through this gate hence the number of doornails was reduced to an even or yin number.

The Wumen Gate wall of the Forbidden City is illuminated during the Lantern Festival in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Beijing's Palace Museum was illuminated and opened for night visits to ...

To the south, the dull golden roofs of the Forbidden City crest and fall, pulling the eye southward to Tiananmen — the Gate of Heavenly Peace — and the vast square of the same name just beyond.

Entrance to the Forbidden City . Credit: iStock Visitors enter through the Meridian Gate, and the first of many astonishments is a vast courtyard beyond that fits 100,000 people.

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — 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 ...

To the south, the dull golden roofs of the Forbidden City crest and fall, pulling the eye southward to Tiananmen — the Gate of Heavenly Peace — and the vast square of the same name just beyond.