The Forbidden City (故宫)
Located right behind Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace of the Ming and the Qing dynasties (the last two ones).
The place itself is huge: we walked around for about four hours. There are so many gates, walls and inner courtyards to keep you busy for a whole day! Afterwards, we climbed the Jing hill to get a better view.
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The Forbidden City Viewed From Jingshan (景山)
@barbara - I thought of you! Hope your trip goes fine. I’ll be in touch!
@RennyBA - The climb was tough but I thought of you guys… I HAD to take a pic!
@beaverboosh - So far so good!
@kyh - They sure liked their housing!
@Annie - I think it’s because the “common” people couldn’t get in. It was only for the emperor etc. That said, in Chinese, it doesn’t really translate as the Forbidden City, it must be an English or foreign name.
Isn’t it amazing that this place so full of mystery, where most just imagined what it may be like, is there to view? I mlove all of your snapshots. I envy your travels greatly.
Thanks for taking us “with” here on your blog
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@Eric “Speedcat Hollydale” - Thank you very much!
Seems to be a huge palace complex. Beautiful pictures!
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I am sat here in my lounge with a cup of tea, working my way through the posts of your amazing adventure. Each time I finish one, I think “it can’t get better than that”. But Zhu, it does!!! Another beautiful set of photographs. I love the final photograph of the Forbidden city, it really provides a sense of how big and how enormous it is. I can’t even begin to imagine what it must have been like to be living in there. I have read and heard so much about it and would love to visit it someday.
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