The Forbidden City

It was built by a Ming Emperor in our fifteenth century - to be a terrestrial reflection of the celestial realm of the Jade Emperor. Destroyed and rebuilt on an even more splendid scale by the final ManchuQuing Emperors, it consists of a series of courtyards approached by gates (chief among them Tia...

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Main Author: Barme, Geremie (Author)
Format: Manuscript Book
Language:English
Published: London Profile Books 2008
©2008
Series:Wonders of the world
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