Forbidden City - Wikipedia
Jin refers to a prohibition or taboo. Cheng originally meant a castle, fortress, or fortification, but in modern Chinese, the character means city. Today, the site is most commonly known in Chinese as Gugong (故 宮), which means the "Former Palace". [11] .
The Forbidden City: Highlights, Secret of the Name, Facts
The Forbidden City (Chinese name: 故宫 Gugong 'Former Palace') was the palatial heart of China. It is an imperial palace complex of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1912) in Beijing, China.
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2024年11月4日 · It was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1987 and is the largest, best-preserved ancient timber-built palace complex in the world.
Forbidden City Travel Tips & Tours, Beijing - The China Guide
As the seat of power for hundreds of years, Beijing is full of examples of imperial extravagance and architectural design. In no place are these on better display than the Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum or gu gong in Chinese.
Forbidden City (Palace Museum) 2024 Guide and News
It was renamed as the Palace Museum, also called Gugong (故宫) in 1925 and serve as an open museum to the public. It is an amazing experience to visit a magnificent palace that is over 600 years old. The cultural richness of china is truly reflected at this historical palace.
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Chinese name: 故宫 Gùgōng /goo-gong/ 'Formers Palace' 1. The Forbidden City is the world's largest imperial palace. The Forbidden City occupies 720,000 sq m (7,750,000 sq ft), over three times larger than the Louvre Palace in France. An estimated 1 million laborers worked to …
Tickets|The Forbidden City - The Palace Museum Beijing, China
The Forbidden City (Chinese: 故宫; pinyin: Gùgōng) is a palace complex in central Beijing, China. It houses the Palace Museum, and was the former Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty (the years 1420 to 1912).
8 Fun Facts about the Forbidden City - TravelChinaGuide
2024年10月30日 · Chinese Pinyin: Gu Gong Bo Wu Yuan /Zi Jin Cheng English Name: Palace Museum /Forbidden City Location: in the center of Beijing Previous Residents: 14 emperors from the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), 10 emperors from the Qing Dynasty (1644 -1911), and their royal families. Initiator: Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty Designer: Kuai Xiang
Forbidden City | Guided Tours | Palace Museum | Beijing
Locals call the Forbidden City Gu Gong (故宫), which literally translates as ‘former palace’. Considering the Chinese penchant for highly descriptive names, ‘former palace’ is a decidedly unimaginative moniker for what many consider the most …
Forbidden City--General introduction - China Daily
Lying at the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City, called Gu Gong in Chinese, was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Now known as the Palace Museum, it is to the north of Tiananmen Square. Rectangular in shape, it is the world's largest palace complex and covers 74 …