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Ming Dynasty
Chinese History
by Nick Ritter
The Forbidden City
The Forbidden City was built during the years 1406- 1420 by over one million Chinese people with very expensive products and materials such as blocks of marble and rare Phoebe zhennan trees. The City is very big, covering 180 acres, with courtyards and over 8000 rooms! The purpose of it was to protect the emperor and his/her family.
The interior of the Forbidden City
The outside of the Forbidden City.
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Over the course of 500 years over twenty- four emperors stayed there.
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The film "The Last Emperor" was actually filmed inside the Forbidden City.
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Approximately 1000,000 artisans and craftsmen worked on building the Forbidden City.
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The Forbidden Cit is still standing today.
Fun Facts
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