Forbidden City, Beijing, China [Amazing Places 4K]

Forbidden City is the widely popular name of the Imperial Palace in Beijing. On the list of the UNESCO World Heritage (quote): "Seat of supreme power for over five centuries (1416-1911), the Forbidden City in Beijing, with its landscaped gardens and many buildings (whose nearly 10,000 rooms contain furniture and works of art), constitutes a priceless testimony to Chinese civilization during the Ming and Qing dynasties"

Recorded October 2015 in 4K (Ultra HD) with Sony AX100. Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CC

Music:
Alex Khaskin - True face of China

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[tanme]

Fact 1: This palace is the biggest imperial place in the world, it is three times larger than the Louvre Palace in France.
Fact 2: scientists had made an earthquake experiment with wooden replica of the palace, built without glue or nails. Under magnitude 10.1, the building had just moved a little bit and didn't collapse.
Fact 3: In the legend, the palace contains 9, 999 and half rooms in this huge city. But through research, the city contains at 8, 700 rooms.
Fact 4: Puyi, the last emperor of China, is the youngest emperor in china's history. He became the emperor at 3 years old and abdicated at 6, which is at 1912. After the 2 world wars and the civil war, he became a common resident in the People's Republic of China, and he need to buy a ticket to enter his old home, the forbidden city(at that time the palace become a tourist attraction)
Fact 5: the city was a home for 24 emperors.
Fact 6: it would take a few day to explore the whole city(even no eating and no sleep). But even you done exploring, there are another 10 - 20% that hasn't been opened to public yet.
Fact 7: The city is 144 hour visa free to visit.

[TapanThakur]

How neat is the architecture. Ancient Engineers were a real gem.

[benjaminwang]

Being a Chinese, I have been there only once, the buildings are magnificent, but it's almost empty due to the war in the 19th and 20th centuries. Think back to the glory one hundred years ago with so many treasures in that golden palace.

[princesse]

My husband worked there, he had the chance to visit all these wonderful places!
Thank you for sharing!

[allee]

Fun Fact: the forbidden city is the smallest palace among the dynasties of Chinese history, but also the only one that remains.

[ningtian]

There are only 65% area of Forbidden City open for the public. It is planned to increase the area for tourists up to 90% in 2020

[sadenb]

This place is beautiful. Love from India. I really want to visit this palace. Hopefully someday.

[leonarddilliwhi]

great video! fun fact: the Forbidden City is the smallest emperor palace in chinese history, but it's the most well preserved.

[corndog]

Fun fact: the summer palace is as magnificent as the forbidden city, if British-French joint armies didn’t rob it and burn it down.

[thamizha]

I wish INDIA &CHINA should have a good relationship...!😍😘
Because both countries are have very old history, tradition and culture in the world..!✌🥰

[NeonsStyleHD]

Excellent. An awful lot of history went by in that place. Fascinating. I recognised a couple of scenes from one of Kurasawas movies.

[大邪神]

During the Qing dynasty, the Chinese royal palace is much larger than just a forbidden city. Used to have 内城(inner city) surrounding the 皇城(royal city), forbidden city is the core of royal palace that surrounding by royal city. Royal city ≈8X size of the forbidden city. 3 layers, inner-city, royal city and most inside the forbidden city.

[mandromedagalaxy]

This is one of the greatest buildings in the world, the miracle of human beings, epic existence in the world

[cm]

Good god, it looks spectacular when the skies are clear. Thanks for the video! Here's to the Chinese government for tackling the pollution problem.

[mickomaqueda]

I’ve been there last December 2019 and it was superb! Though, being on a winter trip I expect less crowd. However, it was nice to see what’s inside and it truly is a beauty.

[linhly]

I been there 3 time I love the history there

[robertschlesinger]

Excellent video and background music showing many detailed views of the so-called Forbidden City. A must see video.

[ziyanglow]

as a chinese(not from china), my dream is to visit this palace wearing a hanfu.

[eaglevp]

Brought back memories of my visit 5 years ago to the forbidden city great quality well filmed and editing a big thanks for sharing.

[tanyou]

Visited 5 times...last visit in year 2015, very nice historical place...