Forbidden City

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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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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)
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(iii)
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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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Siku Quanshu copyLocation Forbidden City
this entity surface form: Wenyuan Ge, Forbidden City, Beijing
Zhu Jianshen birthPlace Forbidden City
Zhu Jianshen deathPlace Forbidden City
Empress Dowager Xiaoding residence Forbidden City
Empress Xiaoduanxian associatedWith Forbidden City
Zhu Houcong deathPlace Forbidden City
this entity surface form: Forbidden City, Beijing
Empress Dowager Xiaojing residence Forbidden City
Empress Zhang residence Forbidden City