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Forbidden City in Beijing |
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Forbidden City in Beijing lies in the heart of the city. The Forbidden City in Beijing is popularly known as Gu Gong in Chinese language. It is also known as the Palace Museum as well. This place was considered to be the residence of the Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty. Another important fact about the Forbidden City in Beijing is that it is considered to be the world's largest palace complex. This complex is situated on 74 hectares of land.
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Situated to the north of Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City in Beijing is surrounded by a moat which is six meters deep. It is also surrounded by ten meters high wall. A gate is constructed on every side of the wall of the complex. There is a Tiananmen Gate and just opposite to it is the Gate of Divine Might. The gate of Divine Might is also known as Shenwumen. This gate faces the Jingshan Park. The distance between Tiananmen Gate and Gate of Divine Might have a distance of 960m between them. The distance between the east walls and west walls is around 750m.
Another important feature of the Forbidden City in Beijing is that there are towers in all the four corners of the wall. The structure and design of the wall is very unique. Other than this, the Forbidden city is divided into two parts and they are the Southern Section or the Outer Court and Northern Section or the Inner Court. In the Southern Section, the the administrative works used to take place. In the northern section, the royal family used to live.
The construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing started in the year 1407 and was completed in the year 1420. The dominant color of the palace is yellow as the color of the royal family was yellow at that time.
Presently the Palace museum or the Forbidden City in Beijing is open to all the visitors and from this place you can have a look at the various architectural attractions of the place.
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