Chinese embroidery and intricate wood carvings mark a rich chapter in history. Nov. 13, 2008 — -- Millions of people come to the Forbidden City every year, but what they don't realize is that ...

How restorers are unlocking the secrets of the relics in China’s Forbidden City - Scientific analysis and traditional ...

The Forbidden City’s appeal to this group has been driven by its recent use as a setting for a range of high-profile television dramas (including the wildly popular “Story of Yanxi Palace ...

Forbidden City (Palace Museum) Lying at the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City, called Gu Gong in Chinese, was the imperial palace for twenty-four emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Forbidden City (Imperial Palace) is ranked #3 out of 16 things to do in Beijing. See pictures and our review of Forbidden City (Imperial Palace).

Inside the deep-red walls of The Forbidden City, past the infamous Meridian Gate, which faces Tiananmen Square, there are 90 separate palaces and more than 9000 rooms - the largest royal palace ...

Beijing’s Palace Museum, located in the heart of the Forbidden City, contains the world’s largest collection of Chinese art, spanning nearly 5,000 years of history.

It’s been a century since China’s last emperor was evicted from Beijing’s Forbidden City. A historian with rare access to the palace’s sealed archives lifts the lid on some of its culinary ...

Managers of China's vast Forbidden City palace are deciding whether to close a Starbucks outlet on its grounds after protests led by a state TV personality, a news report said Thursday. The ...

The Forbidden City in Beijing is tearing down all the modern buildings and structures on the site of the former imperial palace to better preserve its ancient character, the director of the Palace ...

THE FORBIDDEN CITY.; Desecration of the Palace of the Son of Heaven -- Rare Sights for Foreign Devils' Eyes. Share full article. From The London Times. Oct. 28, 1900; ...

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 discover ...