Forbidden City (Palace Museum)
About Forbidden City (Palace Museum)
The Forbidden City is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China. It was the residence of 24 Ming and Qing dynasty Emperors, and the center of political power in China for over 500 years from 1420 to 1924. The palace is now administered by the Palace Museum and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. The Forbidden City is one of the most famous palaces in all of Chinese history, and is the largest preserved royal palace complex still standing in the world.
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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
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Coordinates: 39.9163, 116.3972