Forbidden City

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UNESCO World Heritage Site imperial palace museum palace complex tourist attraction

The Forbidden City is a vast imperial palace complex in central Beijing that served as the political and ceremonial heart of Chinese dynasties for nearly 500 years and is now a major cultural and historical museum.

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Label Occurrences
Forbidden City canonical 125
Palace Museum 9
The Forbidden City 2

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
imperial palace ⓘ
museum ⓘ
palace complex ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Forbidden City ⓘ
surface form: Gugong

Zijincheng ⓘ
annualVisitors tens of millions ⓘ
architecturalStyle traditional Chinese palace architecture ⓘ
area about 180 acres ⓘ
about 72 hectares ⓘ
builtByDynasty Ming dynasty ⓘ
builtUnder Ming dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Yongle Emperor
centralHall Forbidden City self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hall of Supreme Harmony
ChineseName Forbidden City self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 紫禁城
constructionEnd 1420 ⓘ
constructionStart 1406 ⓘ
coordinates 39.9163° N, 116.3972° E ⓘ
country China ⓘ
currentOperator Forbidden City self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Palace Museum
currentUse museum complex ⓘ
easternGate East Glorious Gate ⓘ
functionDuringEmpire residence of the emperor of China ⓘ
seat of imperial bureaucracy ⓘ
governingSystem Chinese imperial system ⓘ
hasGarden Imperial Garden ⓘ
heritageStatus state-protected cultural relic of China ⓘ
importantHall Hall of Central Harmony ⓘ
Hall of Preserving Harmony ⓘ
innerCourtBuilding Hall of Union ⓘ
Palace of Earthly Tranquility ⓘ
Palace of Heavenly Purity ⓘ
layout rectangular ⓘ
locatedIn Beijing ⓘ
Dongcheng District, Beijing ⓘ
historic center of Beijing ⓘ
mainEntrance Tiananmen Gate ⓘ
surface form: Meridian Gate
material marble ⓘ
stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
moatWidth about 52 meters ⓘ
museumOpeningYear 1925 ⓘ
northernGate Gate of Divine Prowess ⓘ
northOf Tiananmen Square ⓘ
numberOfBuildings over 900 ⓘ
numberOfRooms over 8,000 ⓘ
orientation north–south axis ⓘ
partOf Historic Centre of Beijing ⓘ
roofMaterial yellow glazed tiles ⓘ
servedAs ceremonial center of Chinese empire ⓘ
imperial palace of China ⓘ
political center of Chinese imperial government ⓘ
significance largest ancient palatial structure in the world ⓘ
southernGate Meridian Gate ⓘ
southOf Jingshan Park ⓘ
surroundedBy city wall ⓘ
moat ⓘ
symbolicColor yellow ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1987 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang ⓘ
usedByDynasty Ming dynasty ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ
visitorAttraction one of the most visited museums in the world ⓘ
wallHeight about 10 meters ⓘ
westernGate West Glorious Gate ⓘ
yearsInUseAsImperialPalace approximately 1420–1912 ⓘ

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Beijing → contains → Forbidden City ⓘ
Beijing → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Forbidden City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing
Forbidden City → centralHall → Forbidden City self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hall of Supreme Harmony
Forbidden City → currentOperator → Forbidden City self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace Museum
Forbidden City → ChineseName → Forbidden City self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 紫禁城
Forbidden City → alsoKnownAs → Forbidden City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gugong
Tiananmen Square → adjacentTo → Forbidden City ⓘ
Zhongnanhai, Beijing → adjacentTo → Forbidden City ⓘ
subject surface form: Zhongnanhai
Ming dynasty → significantStructure → Forbidden City ⓘ
Tiananmen Gate → servesAsEntranceTo → Forbidden City ⓘ
Dongcheng District, Beijing → contains → Forbidden City ⓘ
Nanhai Lake → adjacentTo → Forbidden City ⓘ
Xihua Gate → locatedNear → Forbidden City ⓘ
Hall of Central Harmony → locatedIn → Forbidden City ⓘ
Hall of Central Harmony → currentManagement → Forbidden City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace Museum
Hall of Preserving Harmony → locatedIn → Forbidden City ⓘ
Hall of Preserving Harmony → governingBody → Forbidden City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace Museum
Zijincheng → hasChineseName → Forbidden City ⓘ
this entity surface form: 紫禁城
Zijincheng → alsoKnownAs → Forbidden City ⓘ
Zijincheng → alsoKnownAs → Forbidden City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gùgōng
Zijincheng → managedBy → Forbidden City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace Museum
Meridian Gate → locatedIn → Forbidden City ⓘ
Meridian Gate → managedBy → Forbidden City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace Museum
Palace of Heavenly Purity → locatedIn → Forbidden City ⓘ
Hall of Union → locatedIn → Forbidden City ⓘ
Hall of Union → locatedInComplex → Forbidden City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace Museum
Imperial Garden → locatedIn → Forbidden City ⓘ
Imperial Garden → partOf → Forbidden City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace Museum
Gate of Divine Prowess → locatedIn → Forbidden City ⓘ
Gate of Divine Prowess → partOf → Forbidden City ⓘ
Palace of Earthly Tranquility → locatedIn → Forbidden City ⓘ
Palace of Earthly Tranquility → governingBody → Forbidden City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace Museum
Palace of Earthly Tranquility → locatedInInstitution → Forbidden City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace Museum
East Glorious Gate → locatedIn → Forbidden City ⓘ
East Glorious Gate → partOf → Forbidden City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Palace complex in Beijing
Jingshan Park → locatedNorthOf → Forbidden City ⓘ
Jingshan Park → overlooks → Forbidden City ⓘ
Jingshan Park → nearbyAttraction → Forbidden City ⓘ
West Glorious Gate → partOf → Forbidden City ⓘ
West Glorious Gate → belongsTo → Forbidden City ⓘ
this entity surface form: imperial palace complex of Beijing
Chang’an Avenue → near → Forbidden City ⓘ
Great Hall of the People → nearbyLandmark → Forbidden City ⓘ
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang → contains → Forbidden City ⓘ
Historic Centre of Beijing → hasPart → Forbidden City ⓘ
Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) → locatedSouthOf → Forbidden City ⓘ
subject surface form: Zhengyangmen
Working People’s Cultural Palace → locatedNear → Forbidden City ⓘ
Yongle Emperor → commissioned → Forbidden City ⓘ
Yongle Emperor → orderedConstructionOf → Forbidden City ⓘ
Chenghua Emperor → birthPlace → Forbidden City ⓘ
Chenghua Emperor → deathPlace → Forbidden City ⓘ