Now, it's going under the hammer at Christie's Paris (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHRISTIE'S LONDON'S EXPERT IN ORIENTAL CARPETS, LOUISE BROADHURST, SAYING:"So this is an incredible, magnificent, imperial ...

Nestled in the Forbidden City in Beijing lies a hidden gem that has long been off-limits to the public, until now. The Qianlong Garden, a secluded imperial retreat constructed in the 1770’s for ...

The Last Emperor was the first feature shot in China's Forbidden City. In the sequence from the film, Bernardo Bertolucci explains how he stages the coronation of the child ruler of a dying dynasty.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony, where emperors conducted affairs of state, is by general consent the most magnificent building in all of the Forbidden City. In constructing it, its builders relied on ...

Pang says she had been trying to secure such an exhibition since organising a smaller show of objects from the Forbidden City, Dragon Emperor, in 1989 — to considerable success in Melbourne, Sydney ...

The Forbidden City not only witnessed the rise and fall of dynasties but also served as a veritable ground of palace intrigues.

BEIJING--Culture fans thousands of miles from Beijing can now visit its famous Forbidden City, through a three dimensional re-creation of the vast palace that also allows them to dress up as an ...

A scale model of the Forbidden City, viewed facing south. ImageCourtesy of Flickr user Can Pac Swire (licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0) The new name was only the beginning of Zhu Di’s grand vision for ...

CHICAGO -- A suit of armor crafted from 600,000 nearly microscopic plates of steel now hangs behind glass at the Field Museum, as if awaiting the tall, slender man it was built to glorify. A throne of ...