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Forbidden City is a novel based on the events of the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. It is a story of maturation/coming of age. ... The book is the winner of the ...
Story of Yanxi Palace (Chinese: 延禧攻略; pinyin: Yánxǐgōnglüè) is a 2018 Chinese television series recounting the struggles of a palace maid in the court of the Qianlong Emperor. It was created by Yu Zheng , with original screenplay written by Zhou Mo, and later developed into a novel by Xiao Lianmao.
Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress is a Singapore musical that tells the story of China's Legendary Empress Dowager Cixi.It was staged by the Singapore Repertory Theatre [1] originally on 17–19 October 2002 at the Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, as part of its opening festival, and back again in 2003 by popular demand and in 2006 as part of the IMF meetings in Singapore.
In this book, the Kidd siblings are desperately trying to secure an ancient Chinese artifact that will free their mother from renegade pirates. When the kidnappers force them to locate an even greater treasure – priceless paintings stolen by Nazis , the Kidds rely on their own cunning and experience to outwit the criminals while their mother ...
After Cixi's death in 1908, Der Ling professed to be so angered by what she saw as false portraits of Cixi appearing in books and periodicals that she wrote her own account of serving "Old Buddha", which she called "Two Years in the Forbidden City". This book appeared in 1911, just before the fall of the Qing dynasty, and was a popular success.
Forbidden is a science fiction fantasy novel by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee, published in September 2011. [2] It is the first book in a trilogy, [3] and was followed by the novels Mortal in June 2012 and Sovereign in June 2013. A prequel, titled The Keeper was also published in 2011.
Warning: This story contains major spoilers for Sarah J. Maas’ first two “Crescent City” books: “House of Earth and Blood” and “House of Sky and Breath.”
The Forbidden City was designed to be the centre of the ancient, walled city of Beijing. It is enclosed in a larger, walled area called the Imperial City. The Imperial City is, in turn, enclosed by the Inner City; to its south lies the Outer City. The Forbidden City remains important in the civic scheme of Beijing.