This summer we visited Beijing and went to see the forbidden city or palace museum Beijing and it was AMAZING!
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The Palace Museum Beijing must have so many great stories to tell and you could spend days exploring all the different areas.

You HAVE to buy tickets in advance and online, they only allow 70,000 people in per day and the crowds are BIG so be ready, and be ready to do a LOT of walking!

The forbidden city Beijing is the world's largest collection of well-preserved medieval wooden structures.

Apart from the magnitude of the complex, the detail of the architecture is also astounding, every detail reflects features of traditional Chinese architecture and rich Chinese culture.

From 1420 to 1644, the Forbidden City was the seat of the Ming dynasty. In April 1644, it was captured by rebel forces led by Li Zicheng, who proclaimed himself emperor of the Shun dynasty. He soon fled before the combined armies of former Ming general Wu Sangui and Manchu forces, setting fire to parts of the Forbidden City in the process.

By October, the Manchus had achieved supremacy in northern China, and a ceremony was held at the Forbidden City to proclaim the young Shunzhi Emperor as ruler of all China under the Qing dynasty. The Qing rulers changed the names on some of the principal buildings, to emphasise "Harmony" rather than "Supremacy", made the name plates bilingual (Chinese and Manchu), and introduced Shamanist elements to the palace, and was renamed the palace museum after the cultural revolution.

16 Million visitors
24 Emperors
2 Dynasties
100's of building and rooms
(Chinese: 故宫; pinyin: Gùgōng)

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