Tour in the Forbidden City in China Beijing
The palace was China's government seat during the Ming and Qing dynasties from 14- century. The name comes from the fact that the area in the imperial era was closed to ordinary people; only the emperor family and the court had access. The area is 720,000 square meters and has 800 buildings!
The Forbidden City is divided into two parts. The outer court, which includes the southern and middle sector, has three halls that were used for ceremonies such as crowns, investits and imperial weddings.
This is my family outside the stairs from the last of the ceremonies buildings. Just look at the decorations above the door:
We could not enter the buildings, but we could look inside. Just take a look of the details of the decoration? That’s what you can call wood craftsmanship.
And then this in black and white for you so you don’t get distracted by all the colorful decorations, just look closely at the craftsmanship of woodwork done here:
These cauldrons you see here, was filled with water back in the time, not for drinking, but to extinguish fires. There where up to 300 of these big ones scattered around the Forbidden City at strategic places.
As you can see, they are quite big.
And did I mention that everything was big here:
And grandiose:
How to Get there:
Beijing China has A very Well developed Metro system which all are senteret around The Forbidden City. if you have already managed to get through to China, and already are staying in Beijing, you will probably find that the forbidden city is the relatively easiest place to find.
Just don’t go around asking people about the whereabouts of the Forbidden City” - they probably won’t understand a single world. Use a tourist map with Chinese typing, and point.