It contains an important library and testifies to the foundation of the last dynasty that ruled China ... auxiliary to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. This remarkable architectural edifice offers ...

Imperial food comprised the dietetic culture of the Chinese palaces and it is part of China’s valuable cultural ... prime minister in known Chinese history, helped Tang (the first ruler of ...

BEIJING - Under a cerulean Beijing sky, dozens of international journalists, including myself, visited the Forbidden City— a ...

Operating under the official title of "The Palace Museum," the Forbidden City (also known as the Imperial Palace ... the site and better understand its history, or at the very least, purchasing ...

Seeking to consolidate her grip on the Chinese throne, Empress Wu Zetian embarked on an audacious project: expanding the imperial palace on a scale never before seen in China, or the world.

78 - World Heritage Properties in Beijing (China) (C 880 – C 881 – C 439 bis) 2006 30COM 7B.63 - State of Conservation (World Heritage Properties in Beijing) 2003 27COM 7B.43 - Imperial Palaces ... of ...

The Summer Palace in Beijing – first built in 1750, largely destroyed in the war of 1860 and restored on its original foundations in 1886 – is a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The ...