Yet the Forbidden City survived waves of drastic alterations made to Beijing’s architectural layout in the 1950s and 60s, in spite of Communist Party leader Mao Zedong’s disdain for old ...

Go inside China's Forbidden City—domain of the emperor and his court for nearly 500 years. Access to this vast complex of grand palaces, abundant gardens, and sacred pavilions was off limits to ...

Numbers inside the Forbidden City Updated: 2007-07-19 08:37. ... Measurements show the layout of individual courtyards in the Forbidden City was designed according to specific ratio.

Like the sanctuaries and pyramids in ancient Egypt, the Forbidden City in Beijing has a set of rules governing the choice of its architectural dimensions. Measurements show the layout of ...

How restorers are unlocking the secrets of the relics in China’s Forbidden City. Scientific analysis and traditional techniques are preserving the palace’s historical treasures.

A book recounts how precious works of art thousands of years old were taken to safety as Japan began its invasion of China in the 1930s — a part of China's history largely unknown outside Asia.

BEIJING — 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 ...

The Forbidden City and Cinema as a Guiding Light Feature in Beijing Film Festival Poster. The creation from Huo Tingxiao, art director on such movies as ‘Farewell My Concubine,’ features an ...

Yet the Forbidden City survived waves of drastic alterations made to Beijing’s architectural layout in the 1950s and 60s, in spite of Communist Party leader Mao Zedong’s disdain for old ...