Marco Polo was stunned by the beautiful grassland enclosed in the imperial palace, which teemed with fruit trees and breeding animals such as deer and goats. Roughly 300 years later, Beijing had ...

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“The name Beijing itself – literally translated as 'Northern ... Rather than the imposing timber-framed halls of Yongle’s Forbidden City, the Liao imperial family would instead be found living in a ...

The city of Beijing is planned on a north-south grid ... Just north of the square lies the Imperial Palace (Gugong), also known as the Forbidden City as it was the private dwelling of the Ming ...

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Quoting Beijing: From Imperial Capital to Olympic City by Li, Dray-Novey and Kong (p.99-100): Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century travelers considered Beijing's natural surroundings quite pleasant; in ...

In Liao Dynasty, the temple stood in the most flourishing market district of the imperial city; thus one can imagine the important role it played in embellishing the skyline of ancient Beijing.

Chaumet transports its treasure trove of historic jewels from Paris to Beijing’s Forbidden City for the exceptional Imperial Splendours exhibition. The Consular sword, also known as Napoleon I’s ...