"When you consider that the Great Wall was built to be intentionally inaccessible, it's amazing," he added. The Forbidden City has numerous stone steps and thresholds, which are distinguishing ...
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The Chinese scholar who threw himself in a well, and the palace consort ‘martyred’ in oneIt was mid-August 1900 and the Chinese capital was surrounded ... into the well in his house 600 metres from the Forbidden City's eastern wall. When the ruler is in distress, his subjects are ...
Just north of the square lies the Imperial Palace (Gugong), also known as the Forbidden City as it was the private ... south and north in Chinese’ or ‘how to ask for directions in Chinese’.
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China: 12 must-see UNESCO sites in the countryFrom the Great Wall to the Mogao ... you need to see! The Forbidden City has dominated the heart of Beijing since the 15 th century and is the symbolic heart of the Chinese metropolis.
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