Forbidden City

This is where 24 of China's Emperors lived several hundred years ago. It was constructed in the early 1400's. This place is huge!! I walked through 3 main gates and still wasn't even close to the museum. It took 15 years and more than 1 million people to build it. It houses thousands of ancient artifacts, sculptures, paintings, gold, jewelry and more. It is named the Forbidden City because the common man back in the day could not get inside. Only the Emperors workers were allowed inside. Even as workers they were only allowed so far into the palace. Here's a picture of what it looks like from the North. Click here. (That is not my picture and yes that is pollution in the air). Just about every rooftop you can see in that picture was part of his palace. It is said to have more than 8,000 rooms. You can read more about the Forbidden City here.

_Vince