Forbidden City
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The Forbidden City is a palace complex in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, at the center of the Imperial City of Beijing. It is surrounded by numerous opulent imperial gardens and temples including the 22 ha (54-acre) Zhongshan Park, the sacrificial Imperial Ancestral Temple, the 69 ha (171-acre) Beihai Park, and the 23 ha (57-acre) Jingshan Park. It is officially administered by the Palace Museum.
The Forbidden City viewed from Jingshan Hill
The Forbidden City as depicted in a Ming dynasty painting
A depiction of the Forbidden City from the German magazine Die Gartenlaube (1853)
Aerial view of the Forbidden City (1900–1901).
Beihai Park
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Beihai Park is a public park and former imperial garden immediately northwest of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
The White Dagoba (a stupa) on Jade Flower Island
Satellite image of Beihai Park (1967)
The park bridge in 1910
Jade Flower Island