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The common English name "Forbidden City" is a translation of the Chinese name Zijincheng (紫 禁 城; lit. ' Purple Forbidden City ' ), which first formally appeared in 1576. [ 9 ] Another English name of similar origin is "Forbidden Palace," though "city" is much closer to the original Chinese meaning.
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 ...
The Palace of Earthly Honour (Chinese: 翊坤宫; pinyin: Yìkūngōng), also known as Yikun Palace, is one of the Six Western Palaces in the inner court of the Forbidden City. It is situated north of the Palace of Eternal Longevity , south of the Palace of Gathering Elegance , east of the Palace of Eternal Spring , northeast of the Hall of the ...
(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.
Beijing’s parks and museums including the ancient Forbidden City reopened to the public Friday after being closed for months by the coronavirus pandemic. The Forbidden City, past home to China ...
Kowloon Walled City (Chinese: 九龍寨城) was an extremely densely populated and largely lawless enclave within the boundaries of Kowloon City, British Hong Kong. Built as an imperial Chinese military fort , the walled city became a de jure enclave after the New Territories were leased to the United Kingdom in 1898.
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.
ᡩᡠᡴᠠ; Möllendorff: julergi dulimbai duka) is the southern and largest gate of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. Unlike the other gates of the Forbidden City, the Meridian Gate has two protruding arms on either side, derived from ancient que towers traditionally used to decorate the main entrances of palaces, temples and tombs. The ...