The Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest building in the Forbidden City, contains an enormous throne room, where Qianlong was crowned emperor in 1736. During his 63-year reign, the longest in Chinese ...

Domestic Secrets Revealed / Oakland Museum's `Forbidden City' shows life in imperial household. By Kenneth Baker, Art Critic Oct 13, 2000. ... even if the throne room and armaments do not. ...

My family went to the Forbidden City, Beijing, China, in December 2014. It is one of the most famous palaces in the world. Get a $20 VISA SUBSCRIBE NOW Show Search. Clear Search Query Submit Search.

To the Peiping Railway Station from the gigantic piles of pink masonry which are the towering gates of the Forbidden City, all traffic was cut off. Troops with fixed bayonets lined the road. At ...

Treasures from the Forbidden City. 1 minute read. ... Each of the four occupied a separate and distinctly decorated throne room located on one of the four sides of a central core, ...

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

The Forbidden City was the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for nearly five centuries. It now welcomes more than 15 million visitors each year, making it one of the world's ...

The Empress Dowager Cixi Yu Xunling "Too much mystery surrounds the Forbidden City for us to write of its inmates with assured authority. Even when the facts are known, there are two or three ...

The lush opulence of China’s imperial rulers, once hidden in the Forbidden City, has reached the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Imperial robes of yellow satin, richly embroidered with dragons and ...

Little is known of the women who sat on the throne during China’s last imperial dynasty (1644-1912). Qing empresses left no personal writings, nor did any courtier record their confidences.