Beijing’s Palace Museum, located in the heart of the Forbidden City, contains the world’s largest collection of Chinese art, spanning nearly 5,000 years of history. Now, more than 900 of those ...

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — The Forbidden City was once one of the most powerful places on the planet. In 1420, while Europe was in the midst of the Hundred Years’ War and yet to ...

Stephy Chung, CNN and Kristie Lu Stout, CNN Beijing’s Palace Museum, located in the heart of the Forbidden City, contains the world’s largest collection of Chinese art, spanning nearly 5,000 ...

An elaborate antique clock is displayed Feb. 21 on the sprawling compound of the Forbidden City also known as the Palace Museum in Beijing. (Photos by Ng Han Guan/Associated Press) Photo Gallery ...

Located right in the heart of Beijing, the Imperial Palace now turned museum, served as the abode for over 24 emperors from both the Ming and Qing empires from 1420 to 1911; the last two imperial ...

Tourists exit the Forbidden City in Beijing, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. A Chinese woman sparked social media outrage in her country by posting photos of herself and a friend with a Mercedes-Benz SUV ...

BEIJING (AP) — It’s highly technical work in what looks more like a lab than a museum: A fragment of a glazed roof tile from Beijing’s Forbidden City is analyzed in a state-of-the-art X-ray ...

From their royal portraits and costumes they wore to Buddhist art displayed in the Forbidden City, the exhibition breaks stereotypes by showing how actively the empresses exerted influence in the arts ...

Object Details Author Wilson, Ming Gu gong bo wu yuan (China) Notes Catalog of an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Contents Imperial dress in the Qing dynasty / Yan Yong -- Hats for ...

Beijing's Palace Museum, also known as The Forbidden City, will be closed to tourists from Saturday as China battles the outbreak of a coronavirus, the official People's Daily reported on Thursday.