The Forbidden City was the Chinese regal palace from the mid-Ming house to 
the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China and now houses the Palace Museum. For approximately five centuries, it served as the home of the monarch and his household, and the ritual and political centre of Chinese government.
Built from 1417 to 1420, the composite consists of 980 surviving buildings with 8,706 bays of rooms and covers 720,000 square metres. The palace complex exemplifies conventional Chinese palatial structural design, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved antique wooden structures in the world.
Since 1924, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose general collection of artwork and artefacts were built upon the royally collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Part of the museum's former collection is now located in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Both museums descend from the same organization, but were split after the Chinese Civil War.
the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China and now houses the Palace Museum. For approximately five centuries, it served as the home of the monarch and his household, and the ritual and political centre of Chinese government.Built from 1417 to 1420, the composite consists of 980 surviving buildings with 8,706 bays of rooms and covers 720,000 square metres. The palace complex exemplifies conventional Chinese palatial structural design, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved antique wooden structures in the world.
Since 1924, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose general collection of artwork and artefacts were built upon the royally collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Part of the museum's former collection is now located in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Both museums descend from the same organization, but were split after the Chinese Civil War.
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