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This palace complex has world's largest collection of preserved ancient wooden monuments with finger print of various emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In 1900 the Ming Emperor Yong Le moved the capital of China to Beijing and he started construction of a fresh city (a walled and... more

Reviewed by lekahe Jun 14 2008, 10:22am ( 7 reviews ) • keralaarticles.com

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Rated by Asha-P on Jun 17 2008, 8:08pm

Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang.
Rated by Coqui07 on Jun 14 2008, 2:36pm

ideas if you are at the china olympics
Rated by lekahe on Jun 14 2008, 10:22am

This palace complex has world's largest collection of preserved ancient wooden monuments with finger print of various emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In 1900 the Ming Emperor Yong Le moved the capital of China to Beijing and he started construction of a fresh city (a walled and secure one; forbidden one for ordinary people) in the middle of old Beijing in 1906. After Yong le 24 generations of emperors resided in this complex and it remained as the center of power of the Chinese Empire for more than five hundred years.
Rated by guillebravo6 on Jun 14 2008, 5:45am

Great travel story, I'm an advent traveler
Rated by sphinx on Jun 14 2008, 5:36am

forbidden city is a remarkable place indeed
Rated by torrino-2007 on Jun 14 2008, 3:34am

I've been there and it really is a remarkable place with outstanding woodworks.

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