The Palace Museum, former home to the Ming and Qing emperors, is also known as the Forbidden City ... Gate (Xihuamen) to the west. The largest and best preserved group of ancient buildings in ...
Audio guide rentals are another option. You must enter the Forbidden City through the Meridian Gate, which is easily reached via the Tian'an men East or Tian'an men West subway stops. The palace ...
Tiananmen, or the Gate of Heavenly Peace ... of the square lies the Imperial Palace (Gugong), also known as the Forbidden City as it was the private dwelling of the Ming and Qing emperors ...
With unique access to China's Forbidden City, this documentary reveals the spectacular history of the world's largest palace, and the secrets of its astonishing design ...
This is the first time that treasures from the Forbidden City and the Palace of Versailles ... and beyond in the royal courts of France and China, visitors can expect to admire portraits ...
Immediately to the west of the Forbidden City is a large lake area ... The area between Xinhuamen (New China) Gate on Chang' an Boulevard in the south and Yingtai (SEA terrace Island) in the ...
Almost anyone can recognize the Gate of Heavenly Peace emblazoned ... the National Museum of China and the Forbidden City sit on the edges. Recent visitors warned the area is usually crowded ...
In the Forbidden City, a rare artwork is on display for one month before it’s hidden away again for three years. Art Historian Alastair Sooke meets Professor Lu Ying to discover why Chinese ...
Located in the center of the 72-hectare complex in the Forbidden ... China. Xu Bing (b. 1955) is a multimedia artist known for his calligraphy and printmaking, who divides his time between New ...