Palace Museum (Forbidden City) is one of the prime attractions of Beijing. Known as Gu Gong in Chinese, the Palace Museum (Forbidden City) is nestled in the center of the capital city of China. The Palace Museum brings before us the charms of ancient China.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Forbidden City was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Palace Museum is located to the north of Tiananmen Square.
The Palace Museum (Forbidden City) covers an area of 74 hectares and can take pride in being the world's largest palace complex. The Palace consists of 9,999 buildings whch are surrounded by a six meter deep moat and a ten meter high wall. The The Palace Museum (Forbidden City) is rectangular in shape. The wall of the palace bears a gate on each side. On each of the four corners of the curtain wall, you can see unique and delicately structured towers. The towers offer great views of the palace and the surrounding areas of the city. The Forbidden City or the Palace Museum is distinctly divided into two sections, the northern section and the southern section. In the northern section or the inner court of the palace, the emperor lived with his royal family. The southern court or the outer court was the place from where the emperor exercised his supreme power over the nation.
The construction of Forbidden City started in 1407 during the reign of the third emperor of the Ming dynasty. The construction completed in the year 1420 and took the labor of a million workers including one hundred thousand artisans to finish the construction.
The Palace Museum (Forbidden City) is colored yellow, as this is the symbol of the royal family. All decorations in the palace and the bricks on the ground are yellow in color. The roofs of the palace are built with yellow glazed tiles.
The Palace Museum (Forbidden City) adds to the attractions of the majestic city Beijing and move the tourists with its royal architectural wonders.
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