Forbidden City
Forbidden City, 紫禁城; pinyin: Zǐjìn Chéng which can be translated as “Purple Forbidden City”), often called “the Forbidden Palace”, located right in the middle of the ancient city of Beijing, is the royal palace during the Ming and Qing Dynasty. Known as the “Palace Museum” (Mandarin: 故宫 博物院; pinyin: Gùgōng Bówùyùan), this location has an area of about 720.000 square meters, 800 buildings and more than 8,000 rooms.
Forbidden City by UNESCO called the largest collection of ancient wooden structures in the world, and listed as one of UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987 as the “Palace of the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty”. The location of the royal palace in the north of Tiananmen Square and can be accessed from the field through Tiananmen Gate. The location is surrounded by a vast region called Kingdom City.
Although no longer occupied by royalty, the Forbidden City remains a symbol of the power of China. Their own image appears on the emblem of the People’s Republic of China. This is now the Palace Museum is one of the most attractive locations in the world tourists.
The Forbidden City has many names. In China, the location is commonly known as the Gu Gong (故宫), or “former palace”. The name is now known generally as the “Forbidden City” is a translation of Zijin Cheng (紫禁城), which means “Purple Forbidden City”.
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