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  2. History of the Forbidden City - Wikipedia

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    View of the Forbidden City from Jingshan Park. The Forbidden City was first built in the early-15th century as the palace of the Ming emperors of China. It is located in the centre of Beijing, China, and was the Chinese imperial palace from the early-Ming dynasty in 1420 to the end of the Qing dynasty in 1912, continuing to be home of the last emperor, Puyi, until 1924, since then it has been ...

  3. Forbidden City - Wikipedia

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    The Forbidden City (Chinese: 紫禁城; pinyin: Zǐjìnchéng) is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China. It was the residence of 24 Ming and Qing dynasty Emperors, and the center of political power in China for over 500 years from 1420 to 1924. The palace is now administered by the Palace Museum.

  4. Imperial City, Beijing - Wikipedia

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    The Gate of China, formerly the formal gateway to the Imperial City. This view is from the Zhengyangmen. Behind the Gate of China is Tiananmen and the Forbidden City. Tiananmen, the southern gate of the Imperial City The Beihai Park, a former imperial garden centred on one of the lakes which cover most of the western part of the former Imperial ...

  5. Gate of Divine Prowess - Wikipedia

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    Gate of Divine Might and moat. The gate was built in 1420, during the 18th year of Yongle Emperor's reign. [1] The Gate was originally named "Black Tortoise Gate" (玄武門; Xuánwǔmén), but when Qing dynasty's Kangxi Emperor, whose birth name was Xuanye (玄 燁), ascended to the throne, the use of the Chinese character Xuan (玄) became a form of naming taboo.

  6. Kowloon Walled City - Wikipedia

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    The walled city was located in an area of Kowloon that became known as Kowloon City. In spite of its transformation from a fort into an urban enclave, the walled city retained the same basic layout. The original fort was built on a slope [32] and consisted of a 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) plot measuring about 210 by 120 metres (690 by 390 ft). The ...

  7. Palace of Heavenly Purity - Wikipedia

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    ᡤᡠᠩ; Möllendorff: kiyan cing gung) is a palace in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. It is the largest of the three halls of the Inner Court (the other two being the Hall of Union and the Palace of Earthly Tranquility ), located at the northern end of the Forbidden City.

  8. This city never slept. But with China tightening its grip, is ...

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    During the pandemic, Hong Kong imposed a lengthy ban on bars and dine-in services to stem social gatherings, in what many saw as a nod to mainland China’s “zero-Covid” strategy.

  9. Tiananmen - Wikipedia

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    (video) Two shots of the gate followed by a shot of inside Tiananmen Square next to the gate, 2017. The Tiananmen / ˈ t j ɛ n ə n m ə n / [1] (also Tian'anmen, [2] or the Gate of Heaven-Sent Peace, is the entrance gate to the Forbidden City imperial palace complex and Imperial City in the center of Beijing, China.