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The Forbidden City (故宫)

29 August 2008By Zhu 11 Comments

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.

The Forbidden City Viewed From Jingshan (景山)

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Graham said:

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.

Grahams last great read…A little preview of where I live and work

# 14 September 2008 at 5:07 am