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For my second ticket for Beijing, I present the famous Forbidden City.

Before any explanation, here is a panorama taken from a garden in front of the city, where you can see the many gilded roofs which are:

For the curious ones, the "bubble" silver background is the Peking Opera

The Forbidden City :

Called " Gugong " in Chinese pinyin, which means "old palace", the Forbidden City is the Imperial Palace in Imperial City Beijing fesant party palaces of the oldest and best concervé China.

This is a real city in Imperial City (Beijing), the Forbidden City is located in the heart of Beijing.

According to legend, the City has 9,999 rooms, which is the maximun that man has the right to attain, because according to tradition, the deities are only allowed to build Palace of 10,000. In reality, the room number rises to 8704, which still shows that men trying to get closer to their ideal of perfection.

Like the Great Wall, the city has its own record: the largest collection of wooden buildings in the world

The Forbidden City was taken included World Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 1987

Construction:

Its construction was ordered by Yongle, the third Ming Emperor, and built between 1407 and 1420. More than one million workers reduced to Slavery would have worked there.

Its area of 75 hectares in the Palace is the most impressive, with an unparalleled scale.

Why Forbidden City?

Maybe you do not know the reason for this appellation, so here's a quick reminder:

This city was the residence of Chinese emperors, their families and those who were at their service, they still went out and on very rare occasions. Between 1420 and 1911, 24 emperors have lived and it was not until 1924 that the City was open to the public, the public who had never seen during all these centuries.

The Imperial City was thus reserved for emperors, and thus forbidden to the people.

My visit in pictures:

The entrance to the Forbidden City Tiananmen Square side:

Tower northwest corner:

The Palai of Supreme Harmony, located in the center of the City:

The Palace, also known as the Palace golden throne, is the tallest building in the Forbidden City. Under the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1912), no building should exceed the height of this room.

Here the Imperial Headquarters which is located in this building:

The 4 "pots" are actually incense burners.

The Palace of Heavenly Purity:

The Palace of Heavenly Purity was used as a bedroom in first, then as a study or courtroom to receive foreign ambassadors.

The Palace also has a throne, above which is a 4-incription caratère Chinese: Zheng Da Guang Ming, which means Loyalty and Clarity, and which served as a motto for the emperor.

The Wall 9 Dragons:

This wall therefore has 9 Dragons (only 7 are visible on my photo) vying for a large pearl in the swirling clouds and waves. It was built during the reign of Qian Long (1735-1796). It consists of 270 tiles to represent the clouds and waves, which detach themselves (in relief) the 9 Dragons different colors (one the center is yellow, the color of the Emperor).

9 Dragons Why? The number 9 is a symbol of perfection in Chinese mythology.

few loose photos: