Forbidden City (Palace Museum)

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My fact is that women who were applying to be Qing dynasty concubines had to spend a night sleeping with the emperor's mother first so that she could check they didn't snore. Wow. So the selection process to be a concubine was so arduous, and there were so many steps to it. This is actually in this amazing thing that's been published by the South China Morning Post, but it's in collaboration with the Forbidden Palace Museum. I would so recommend it. They've done a series of chapters detailing life in the Forbidden City.

from 255: No Such Thing As A Bouncy Asteroid, 2019-02-08 at 00:18:54 · read transcript ⏱ 00:18:54