The Forbidden City is the central place in Beijing and is made up of ancient wonders, the building of the past. These buildings comprised the Imperial Palace and were the abode of Ming and Qing Dynasties, ruling China in the ancient times. Keeping this fact in mind the Forbidden City is also called the Imperial Palace. The Forbidden City also houses the Museum.
Forbidden City is comprised of 800 Wonderful building having more than eight thousand rooms, thus has become the largest palace among the palaces all over the world scattered over an area of 700,000 square miles.
The entrance can be accessed through Tiananmen Gate, which is the exclusively used for entrance, even in spite of the fact that it is not real part of Forbidden City.
Once one enters the Meridian Gate, one reaches the palace’s courtyard complex. When one moves through the court yard complex, one comes across wonderfully crafted bridges and splendid gardens on the way.
Because of the massive space of the forbidden City, the visitor enjoys by availing the services of a conducted tour, which takes through the whole complex providing explanations and the stories of the past captured within the walls of the palace become alive for the moment, which are enjoyable, because the walls do not speak, what and when happenings inside the Imperial Palace.
Making use of Conducted Tours:
The conducted tours are the best ways of seeing the whole palace in a short time instead getting lost in the lanes and not reaching the unique places of the Imperial Palace.
The topmost attractions are the Gates and Halls named after Supreme Harmony, Palace of Heavenly Purity and Gate of Divine Might.
There are royal Gardens surrounding the Forbidden City. Out of these gardens Beihai Park and Jingshan Park are most fascinating places one must visit to feel the success of visit to the Forbidden City.
These are unmatched historic places to see in China. The Jingshan Park is the place, where the last king of Ming Dynasty was compelled to hang himself, seeing invasion of the rebels in his home to escape atrocities by rebels.
Visit to the Forbidden City is priced, which varies according to the season, which is around $5 and some entrance fee also around $1.50 for visiting the treasures hall. There is 50% concession available for students and army persons.