Water Vat
This is a water vat in the courtyard of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. These bronze vats are located throughout the Forbidden City and were kept full of water for fire fighting. In the winter a fire was kept going underneath them to keep them from freezing.
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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... [read more]
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... [read more] Blog: Beijing's Forbidden City
Date: August 22nd 2008
Date: August 22nd 2008
