Imperial City
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Imperial City was the inner, walled palace and administrative core of the Yuan dynasty capital Dadu (present-day Beijing), housing the emperor’s residence and central government institutions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Imperial City canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative center
ⓘ
palace complex ⓘ walled city ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kublai Khan’s founding of Dadu ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Yuan China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contained |
imperial audience halls
ⓘ
offices of central secretariat ⓘ private imperial quarters ⓘ |
| country | Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedAs | orthogonal palace-city layout ⓘ |
| era | 13th–14th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Ming dynasty Imperial City of Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
administrative core
ⓘ
central government seat ⓘ emperor’s residence ⓘ imperial palace ⓘ |
| governedBy | Yuan central government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
ceremonial halls
ⓘ
government offices ⓘ imperial palace buildings ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ walled enclosures ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | archaeological site ⓘ |
| influenced | layout of later Beijing imperial precincts ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialUse |
Classical Chinese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mongolian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | present-day Beijing ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | Yuan dynasty period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernEquivalent | area around Beijing’s Forbidden City and surrounding imperial precincts ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dadu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yuan dynasty capital ⓘ |
| precededBy | Jin dynasty Zhongdu palace area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentLocation | central Beijing urban area ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Dadu city walls
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Forbidden City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| security | restricted access zone ⓘ |
| significance |
political center of Yuan empire
ⓘ
symbol of imperial authority ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | city walls ⓘ |
| urbanRole |
inner core of capital
ⓘ
seat of imperial bureaucracy ⓘ |
| usedBy | Yuan emperors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
imperial ceremonies
ⓘ
imperial residence ⓘ state administration ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.