Forbidden City
Landmark
The palace of China's emperors, closed to ordinary people for five hundred years.
In the middle of Beijing lies a walled city of red walls and golden roofs. It was built between 1406 and 1420, and 24 emperors lived there, one after another.
Nobody could enter or leave without the emperor's permission: that is where the name comes from. Today it is a museum, and anyone may walk through its courtyards.
- emperors lived here
- 24
- buildings
- 980
- finished
- 1420
- 1
The story goes that it has 9,999 rooms. The real number is a little under 9,000, which is still a lot.
- 2
The roofs are yellow because yellow was the colour of the emperor.
- 3
A wide moat and a wall eight metres high surround it.
Question 1 of 2
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