Explore Forbidden City in Beijing

beijingThis article gives an idea about how astonishing would be to take in a holiday to Beijing mainly in the Forbidden City. It is depicted here the structure and design of the building of palace museum that will amaze travelers themselves.

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After a stress-free travel planning, allow yourself to experience the majestic mode of Beijing, as one of China’s 6 ancient cities. Where in Beijing would you like to explore? I suggest.. to visit the Forbidden City.

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About Forbidden City
Located in the heart of Beijing, the Forbidden City is the major, best-preserved place on earth. It is the Ming Dynasty’s imperial palace, in which the building was started since 1406 AD and was finished 1420 AD with the hard work of innumerable laborers. In Forbidden city, the Palace Museum is located- most meaningful ancient royal building complex that has been preserved.

Palace Museum
This museum reflects the utmost level of architecture in ancient China. It has rectangle-shaped of 961 m (south to north) and 753 m (west to east). It is wide enough to cover a spot of 725 thousand sq m while the area of the building covers 155 thousand sq m holding 8,707 rooms.

The wall of the palace rises up to 12 m and 3,400 m long; a moat has a length of 52 m all over the palace. Through this, the palace turned to be a very firmed and impenetrable fortress.

The palace has 4 gates:

  1. Wu Gate in the south (the main entrance of the palace) – has 5 arches and the arch in the centre was expressly built for the emperor. People were not allowed to cross the side of the arch when they come in the palace.
  2. Donghua Gate (the entrance in the east)
  3. Xihua Gate (the entrance in the west)
  4. Shenwu Gate (the entrance in the north)

The Forbidden City has turned out to be the Palace Museum. This museum was opened to the public. There are numerous sections of the palace that were shattered by the war, bad weather, and by age. The palace has been modernized by the government when the People’s Republic of China was established in 1950s.

Under the state protection, the Palace Museum was selected as the national key cultural relics in 1961. This palace was as well designated in the World Heritage List in 1987.

Nearly all travelers who have been in Beijing’s Forbidden City prefer to return again on their holidays. You will fully enjoy this destination, so do booking online now and get the best flights to Beijing today!

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