When the American writer David Kidd arrived in Beijing in 1981, having not seen China’s ... or the “Gate of Heavenly Peace,” just to the south of the Forbidden City) were razed to lay ...

(Zheng He, sponsored by emperor Yongle, was China's greatest naval ... B.C.). The way insideThe Meridian Gate is the main entrance to the Forbidden City at its most southern point.

Anyone who has visited Beijing's Forbidden City, the historic former home of China's emperors ... the palace through the main entrance on the south side - the Meridian Gate (Wu Men).

[Photo by JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY] Times change, but some cultural legacies can be everlasting. A special exhibition has been set up at the entrance ... Forbidden City, opened in the Meridian Gate ...

9 – Aug. 17. A former Bank of China official, accused the Palace Museum of not paying tax on ticket revenues from exhibitions held outside the main gate. (The Forbidden City sits in the heart of ...

To the south, the dull golden roofs of the Forbidden City crest ... into the main entrance to his presidential compound, and established a tall watchtower just to its east. The gate was named ...

The Forbidden City was once one ... mission to find out what China’s ancient emperors and their families really ate. It wasn’t an easy task. In his path were two main obstacles.

2 Gasp in amazement at the first courtyard Entrance to the Forbidden City .Credit: iStock Visitors enter through the Meridian Gate ... though: China’s most precious cultural relics are often ...

also known as the Forbidden City, after the U.S. president started his state visit to China in Beijing Wednesday. They walked along the museum's central axis, also the axial line of Beijing, and ...

When the American writer David Kidd arrived in Beijing in 1981, having not seen China’s ... or the “Gate of Heavenly Peace,” just to the south of the Forbidden City) were razed to lay ...

When the American writer David Kidd arrived in Beijing in 1981, having not seen China’s ... or the “Gate of Heavenly Peace,” just to the south of the Forbidden City) were razed to lay ...