Free Images - SnappyGoat.com- bestof:china pekin beijing forbidden city bridge guardrail river pavilion imperial marble sculpture architecture

Click Here for More Images from iStock- 15% off with coupon 15FREEIMAGES

The Forbidden City with Snow - Beijing, China

The moat of the Forbidden City in Beijing

Early morning at Qianhai in city center of Beijing.

This is a bronze crane sculpture in front of the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City in Beijing. It was built in the 18th year of Yongle of the Ming Dynasty (1420). In front of the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City, there are cloud cranes standing on the red ridge, made of bronze, about nine feet high. Behind the copper crane on the red ridge stands a copper turtle, made of bronze. Together with the copper crane, it represents the wish of long live huangzuo

Yi County, China - November 5, 2017: Ancient Chinese architecture is in the setting sun, Yi County, Hebei Province, China

Beijing Temple of Heaven, the royal garden view

The Forbidden City in China China's building of Beijing the imperial palace

$Houhai is a lake and its surrounding neighborhood in Xicheng District of central Beijing, China. Houhai is the largest of the three lakes, along with Qianhai 'Front Lake' and Xihai 'Western Lake', that comprise Shichahai, the collective name for the three northernmost lakes in central Beijing. Since the early 2000s, the hutong neighborhood around Houhai has become known for its nightlife as many residences along the lake shore have been converted into restaurants, bars, and cafes. The area is especially popular with foreign tourists visiting Beijing and is also often visited by the expatriate community and the younger generations of locals.\n\nThe Former Residence of Soong Ching-ling and Prince Gong Mansion are both located in the Houhai neighborhood.$

Beijing Forbidden City corner tower in snow

Stone lions on the Seventeen-Arch Bridge in Beijing Summer Palace in the snow

Beijing, China - Mar 1, 2018. A lion station at Gugong (Imperial Palace Museum, Gate of Chastity, Tiananmen) of Beijing, China.

Stone carved railings inside the Palace Museum in Beijing, China

carved stone walkway in front of Asian monument building

View of the Forbidden city, with tourists queueing. Beijing, China.

The Forbidden City was constructed from 1406 to 1420, and was the former Chinese imperial palace and winter residence of the Emperor of China from the Ming dynasty (since the Yongle Emperor) to the end of the Qing dynasty, between 1420 and 1924. The Forbidden City served as the home of Chinese emperors and their households and was the ceremonial and political center of the Chinese government for over 500 years. Since 1925, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose extensive collection of artwork and artifacts were built upon the imperial collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987

Free Images: "bestof:china pekin beijing forbidden city bridge guardrail river pavilion imperial marble sculpture architecture"

The-Meridian-Gate-at-dusk-Forbidden-City-in-Beijing-China.jpg

Hall-of-Prayer-for-Good-Harvests-in-The-Temple-of-Heaven.jpg