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Beijing, China - Mar 16, 2018: View of people visiting the Forbidden City in Beijing. It is a palace complex in Beijing and a popular tourist attraction.

The Forbidden City, Beijing, China. The entrance to the Forbidden City with a sign saying 'Meridian Gate'. View from outside the Forbidden City.

Beijing Tiananmen Gate at the Forbidden City in Beijing, China

Landscape of the Summer Palace in Beijing

The Forbidden City Sunset in Beijing, China

The eaves of the imperial building of the Palace Museum in Beijing, China

Summer landscape of Temple of Heaven park in China

Forbidden City The Palace Museum in Beijing, China

Beijing, China. October 28th, 2023. Visitors walking inside the Forbidden City’s squares and buildings.

Grand view of the Meridian Gate, the main gate of the Forbidden City

The Forbidden City (Chinese: 紫禁城; pinyin: Zǐjìnchéng) is a palace complex in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, and with a total area of 720,000 square metres (7,800,000 sq ft), it is the largest palace in the world still in existence. In Summer.

Outside of Forbidden city during and a bit after sunrise. Mostly Forbidden city is surrounded by moat and each corner is ancient watch tower.

Forbidden city in Beijing viewed from Jinshan Park

A flock of pigeons gathers near the Meridian Gate, or Wumen, of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.

Buildings and tourists inside the Palace Museum during Chinese New Year, Beijing, China

Night view of the Forbidden City front view, located in Beijing, China

The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty. It is located in the center of Beijing, China and served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for almost 500 years.

Autumn view of the Palace Museum in Beijing

$he Forbidden City was constructed from 1406 to 1420, and was the former Chinese imperial palace and winter residence of the Emperor of China from the Ming dynasty (since the Yongle Emperor) to the end of the Qing dynasty, between 1420 and 1924. The Forbidden City served as the home of Chinese emperors and their households and was the ceremonial and political center of the Chinese government for over 500 years. Since 1925, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose extensive collection of artwork and artifacts were built upon the imperial collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987.\nThe complex consists of 980 buildings, encompassing 8,886 rooms and covering 720,000 square metres (72 hectares)/178 acres. The palace exemplifies the opulence of the residences of the Chinese emperor and the traditional Chinese palatial architecture and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere.$

A breathtaking aerial view of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, bathed in the warm hues of the setting sun.

Beijing,China - March 29 ,2011 : View of Forbidden city look from Jinshan Park in Beijing,China.The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Beijing, China. October 28th, 2015. Visitors heading towards the entrance of the Beijing's Forbidden City

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