Go inside China's Forbidden City—domain of the emperor and his court for nearly 500 years. Access to this vast complex of grand palaces, abundant gardens, ... Entering the Meridian Gate.

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 ...

They are part of the Cining Palace built mainly for emperors' mothers and concubines, the Baoyun Building, a warehouse built in 1914 to store thousands of treasures, and wings of the Meridian Gate ...

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).

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.

View of the Hall of Supreme Harmony from Zhendu Gate [Photo by Shang Junyi/cpanet.org.cn] The Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, features the largest and best-preserved ...

Li’s day starts at about 7.30am as it has done for the last 38 years, when he and his team push open perhaps the best known gate in China – the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City, according ...

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 ...