The Forbidden City is the world’s biggest and most extravagant palace complex ever built. For five centuries, it was the power center of imperial China and survived wars, revolution, fires, and ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Cats in the Forbidden City Explore the Forbidden City, where Emperor Qianlong resided, and find the adorable cats! Since 1974 we’ve gotten some ...

Objects and artwork from the Forbidden City's hidden inner sanctum, a sealed off compound built in high luxury for the Chinese emperor's retirement, will be unveiled in New York on Tuesday.

The armor and the throne are part of the new exhibit titled "Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong," a joint project of the Field Museum and Beijing's Palace ...

Treasure valued at $20.000.000 which the Manchu Emperors of China assembled for 250 years went south, last week, to Nanking and Shanghai.

The emperors often instructed the Zimingzhongchu (office of self-ringing bells) to combine parts from across Europe with elements made in the Forbidden City.

At its heart lies the Forbidden City, while south of this is Tiananmen Square. Immediately south of the square stands Qianmen, the ceremonial "Front Gate", once reserved solely for the Emperor's use.

An elaborate antique clock is displayed Feb. 21 on the sprawling compound of the Forbidden City also known as the Palace Museum in Beijing. (Photos by Ng Han Guan/Associated Press) Photo Gallery ...

Wherever he dines in the Forbidden City, Trump will be the first foreign leader to have an official dinner in the palace since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949. 'State visit-plus' ...

Beijing — It's highly technical work in what looks more like a lab than a museum: A fragment of a glazed roof tile from Beijing’s Forbidden City is analyzed in a state-of-the-art X-ray ...

It rained heavily Saturday and the smog vanished and was replaced by glorious, clear blue skies and sunshine. I went for a stroll in the north eastern end of the Forbidden City. In the interests ...