Gate of Heavenly Peace

Tiananmen Square & The Forbidden City

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July 3rd 2009
Stephanie, Ritu, Nilam & I toured the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was built 600 years ago, requiring more than a million workers and has been the cultural and political focal point in China since. It is the largest surviving palace structure in the world. Tiananmen Square lies just south of the Forbidden City through the Gate of Heavenly Peace which displays th ... read more

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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