Forbidden City

Every guest visit China will visit Forbidden city as a must be sightseeing here. In Ming and Qing Dynasty, it is the imperial residence for the emperors. With the ideal location of city center, it is well-known by the overseas. Another name of Forbidden city is Palace Museum. With 500 years old history, it enduring many history afair for the matter about China. It is the political center and heart in Chinese history.

There are about 980 buildings within here, enduring 16 years construction from 1406 to 1420. You could find many Chinese traditional element here. It is a really wonderful place when you have a Beijing tour. You could also enjoy the construction charaction from all over world here. As a place include all the essence construction character. It is a place attracts more and more tourists visit here. In year 1987, Forbidden city is listed in World heritage list, and regarded as the largest contruction collection in the world with best preserved by UNESCO.
Palace museum became to the management for forbidden city from year 1925, it is an concentrated architure combine with artwork and artifacts of the Ming and Qing dynasties in China. Some ancient architecture is located in the Taipei national palace after the civil war of China.
The name of Forbidden city is from Zi Jin Cheng, Zi Forbidden City translated to English. And after some years, the name became to Forbiddden City.
Zi means puple, in ancient China, it is the name of North star, which named in China with Ziwei Star. It is regards as the emperor in the celestial. All of the stars around it all his subjects. North star is the emblem of the ancient emperor in China. Jin means Forbidden, this palace forbidden everybody without permission to entry. Cheng is City, the forbidden city just like a usual city with city wall around it. It is the the original reason for the name.

Another name of there is Gugong, translate into English it is Ancient palace. For there are many artwork and artifacts stay there, it is also a museum, the third name of there is Palace museum.