Imperial Telephone Bureau 皇家电话局
I basically walked along the central axis of the Forbidden Palace and I was...
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Gate of Divine Prowess 神武门
I was continuing on to through the Forbidden City when I unexpectedly reached the...
Thousand Year Pavillion 千秋亭
It takes very careful planning to build an impressive palace. Back in the Ming...
Hall of Literary Elegance 摛藻堂
Every corner of the inner court of the Forbidden City seems to have been...
Pavillion of Floating Greenery 浮碧亭
At the center of the imperial garden in the Forbidden City is another rather...
Pavillion of Ten Thousand Spring Seasons 万春亭
The imperial garden at the inner court is quite interesting. This is naturally the...
Hill of Accumulated Elegance 堆秀山
The Chinese are masters of garden making and what better place to showcase this...
Hall of Imperial Peace 钦安门
I dug deeper and deeper into the inner court of the Forbidden City it...
Hall of Earthly Tranquility 坤宁宫
Not far from the Hall of Union and Peace is the Hall of Earthly...
Hall of Union and Peace 交泰殿
The further in your go into the Forbidden City, the more buildings you encounter....
Palace of Heavenly Purity 乾清宫
Finally, I was inside the inner court of the Forbidden City. The outer court...
Gate of Heavenly Purity 乾清门
What seemed like an end to the endless series of gates in the Forbidden...
Hall of Preserved Harmony 保和殿
Up next is the second largest hall in the Forbidden City. This is the...
Hall of Central Harmony 中和殿
We had to go around the large Hall of Supreme Harmony to be able...
Around the Hall of Supreme Harmony 太和殿
The Hall of Supreme Harmony is huge, it is huge and it is in...