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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| Format: | Manuscript Book |
| Language: | English |
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Profile Books
2008
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| Series: | Wonders of the world
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The treasures of imperial Beijing