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 ...

Explore 500 years of China's imperial history at the Forbidden City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site once home to 24 Ming and Qing emperors.

BEIJING — It’s highly technical work in what looks more like a lab than a museum: A fragment of a glazed roof tile from Beijing’s Forbidden City is analyzed in a state-of-the-art X-ray ...

Inside the Forbidden City, within a lab-like workshop, restorers are undertaking a meticulous effort to preserve the sprawling palace's historical treasures. A fragment of glazed roof tile ...

Tea drinking was an important part of palace life. The Forbidden City was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The tea drunk by the Royal Family was a tribute from the tea ...

It is inspired by the Ming Dynasty caisson ceiling in the Wanchun Pavilion of the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The caisson is a key element of Chinese wooden architecture.

BEIJING (AP) — It's highly technical work in what looks more like a lab than a museum: A fragment of a glazed roof tile from Beijing’s Forbidden City ... sprawling imperial palace, the former ...

The imperial food served within the walls of the Forbidden City by the Qing Dynasty had an ... to develop the dietetic culture of the Qing Palace. Even today this cuisine is important to people ...

During the late reign of the Qing dynasty skilled physician To Chung is named the new Imperial Palace Physician when ... is under house arrest at the Forbidden City and stripped of his powers ...

Elsewhere in the workshop, the delicate work of textile restoration unfolds. Two restorers painstakingly patch holes in a panel of patterned green silk, adorned with the Chinese character for ...