Forbidden City Beijing
Planning a vacation in China? Make sure you visit the major China tourist attractions, which include the very beautiful Forbidden City, Beijing. Right in the center of Beiging, is situated this magnifient Palace Museum. The Forbidden City has served as the imperial palace right from the time of Ming Dynasty all the way to the Qing Dynasty. For as long as 500 years, the place was the residence of emperors and also the Chinese government’s political and ceremonial center.Contructed from 1406-1420, the grand palace spreads over an area of 7,800,000 sq. ft with 8707 room bays and 980 buildings. The palace building portrays the rich architecture of ancient China, which in turn has influenced archetectural and cultural developments of differnet parts of the world, especially in East Asia. The Forbidden City in Beiging has been listed under the UNESCO’s World Heritage sites in the year 1987. The place is included in the world heritage list, as it boasts the world’s biggest collection of wooden structures, which date back hundreds of years.
The place witnesses millions of troutists, who come from across the globe. Let’s take a look at some of the
Forbidden City attractions
:On the western axis of the imperial palace there are many ancient buildings. Sadly, most part of the place is under a state of major despair. However, some of the buildings are restored and open to the general public. Hall of Mental Cultivation also known as the ‘Yangxin Dian’ happens to be one of the reinstated buildings. It is nested towards the southwestern direction of the Imperial Garden.
Initially the hall was a workshop for manufacturing countless articles for the royal family. After the third Qing Dynasty successor, Emperor Yongzheng made the venue his residence, it gained significant importance. Ever since then, the next seven emperors of the dynasty lived there and had their office set up in the hall as well.
The hall with its rich history and every thing it offers, make it a popular part of the Forbidden City Beijing
Ningshou Gong Huayuan was built by the Qianlong emperor after abdicating his reign. He belonged to the Qing Dynasty and resigned when he was 85 years of age. The Ningshou Gong Huayuan was built for the purpose of spending his retirement. The place was constructed in a way, that water would flow through a snakelike channel on the floor; and a cup filled with wine would be made to float along the stream. Whoever nearest to the cup where it stopped, had to either dink the wine or compose a poem. The emperor was a poet himself and has composed a modest number of 5000 poems.
Another of the many tourist attractions in the Forbidden City of Beijing is the Hall of clocks also known as the Zhongbiao Guan. The hall houses a collection of diverse time pieces, of which many were gifted by the European envoys to the emperors. Abovementioned are few of the many attractions of Forbidden City Beijing; others include Hall of Jewelry, Nine Dragon Screen, Changyin Ge, Yihe Xuan, Well of the Pearl Concubine and many more. Keep these in your must see list and enjoy the best of what the place has to offer.
