All women living in the Forbidden City were carefully sequestered in the imperial quarters deep inside the palace ... but there was also a select group of concubines whose task was to bear ...

had the residences of the emperor and his family as well as the harem where his concubines were kept. It was difficult for an ordinary male to enter the Forbidden City, said Chen Shen, the curator ...

The Forbidden City was once one ... ruler was moving into his new home in the center of Beijing and beginning to strengthen his grip on an expanding empire. Inside their vast palace, China ...

The Forbidden City would be the home and seat of power for 24 rulers ... have a superior position, just as those inside a building or in an elevated space are superior to those outside or ...

Once home to China’s emperors, the Forbidden City was the very heart of the country ... catered for by vast armies of servants - cooks, concubines, eunuchs, officials and soldiers - who pampered ...

Once home to China’s emperors, the Forbidden City was the very heart of the country ... catered for by vast armies of servants - cooks, concubines, eunuchs, officials and soldiers - who pampered ...