Operating under the official title of "The Palace Museum," the Forbidden City (also known as the Imperial Palace) has been a place of wonder and mystery for more than 500 years. This massive ...

The first time that treasures from the Forbidden City and the Palace of Versailles will be featured in one exhibition in Hong ...

The Palace Museum, former home to the Ming and Qing emperors, is also known as the Forbidden City (Zijincheng). There are four entrance gates: the Meridian Gate (Wumen) to the south, the Gate of ...

Rick Owens, along with his wife Michele Lamy and two other designers, were denied entry into China's Forbidden City, an ...

The site's Palace Museum said it was "deeply distressed and sincerely apologises to the public". A statement confirmed that the incident had happened on Monday. The Forbidden City was China's ...

The Working People's Cultural Palace lies to the east of Tian'anmen Rostrum, symmetrically opposite Zhongshan Park. The large park stretches from Tian'anmen Rostrum in the south to the Forbidden ...

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Just north 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, their huge families and 70,000 eunuchs.