| NOUN | the Forbidden City | - | |
| SYNO | capital of Tibet | Forbidden City | Lassa | ... |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- Puyi later visits the Forbidden City where he meets an assertive young boy wearing the red scarf of the Pioneer Movement.
- Imperial concubines, kept by emperors in the Forbidden City, had different ranks and were traditionally guarded by eunuchs to ensure that they could not be impregnated by anyone but the emperor.
- These are kept either in the Forbidden City or the National Palace Museum.
- After a painfully long construction time (1407–1420), the Forbidden City was finally completed and became the imperial capital for the next 500 years.
- Twice a year the Emperor and all his retinue would move from the Forbidden City through Beijing to encamp within the complex, wearing special robes and abstaining from eating meat.
- At the end of the Ming dynasty, there were about 70,000 eunuchs (宦官 "huànguān", or 太監 "tàijiàn") employed by the emperor, with some serving inside the Forbidden City.
- From 1420 to 1644, the Forbidden City was the seat of the Ming dynasty.
- Zhu Qizhen was allowed to return to Beijing after agreeing to give up his claim to the throne, and was kept under house arrest at the Forbidden City.
- It is home to North Korea's major government institutions, as well as the ruling Workers' Party of Korea which has its headquarters in the Forbidden City.
- The Forbidden City is an example of a building that uses sacred geometry through the principles of feng shui in its design plan.
- Jarre gave two performances, the first at the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City, and the second in Tiananmen Square.
- In Beijing, a community of Uyghurs was clustered around the mosque near the Forbidden City, having moved to Beijing in the 18th century.
- The site for constructing the walls and the thickness of the walls in Beijing's Forbidden City were favoured by the Chinese Yongle Emperor (r. ...
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