The Beauty of the Forbidden City's Treasures

Name: The Beauty of the Forbidden City's Treasures
Author: Zhu Yong

故宫的古物之美

by Zhu Yong (祝勇)

Status: Completed
Length: 88k Words
Genre: Historical
Updated: 3y ago
Source: Fanqie

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The Forbidden City is the largest and best-preserved complex of ancient palace buildings in the world, covering 720,000 square meters. It is four times the size of the Louvre in France, more than ten times the size of the Palace of Versailles, nine times the size of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, and ten times the size of Buckingham Palace in Britain. The Forbidden City is not only vast, but also steeped in history: it served as the workplace and residence of twenty-four emperors. It houses more than 1.8 million works of art and cultural treasures. In his cultural essays on the Forbidden City's artifacts, renowned scholar Zhu Yong reveals the history and culture behind them.

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