This hall is the only Taoist temple located on the main axis of the Forbidden City. This gate opens onto the Imperial Garden, a large, calming space designed for relaxation, landscaped with ...

Operating under the official title of "The Palace Museum," the Forbidden City (also known as the ... the Antiquarium and the Imperial Garden. Recent visitors, who called the park fascinating ...

Editor’s Note: Jonathan Chatwin is the author of “Long Peace Street: A Walk in Modern China” and “The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China’s Future.” Above Beijing’s ...

After the concrete jungles of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City ... you'll see why this former imperial garden has been a preserved sanctuary since its creation in A.D. 1166.

It is inspired by the Ming Dynasty caisson ceiling in the Wanchun Pavilion of the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The caisson is a key element of Chinese wooden architecture.

This sprawling palace complex, now the Palace Museum, has captivated the world for six centuries. Our visit, organized by the China International Press Communication Center (CIPCC), revealed not only ...

In April,city authorities ordered Kentucky Fried Chicken to close its storein Beihai Park, a scenic imperial garden near the Forbidden City,when its lease expires in 2002. Cyber Dissent The hoopla ...

Now a major tourist site in the heart of Beijing, the Forbidden City is the name that was given to the sprawling compound by foreigners in imperial times because entry was forbidden to most outsiders.

a group of museum curators at the Forbidden City in Peking (now Beijing) gathered together and asked themselves: What would happen to the country's vast collection of imperial art when the ...