The Palace Museum
故宫博物馆
subway line 1 tiananmen square east station
Hours
8am-6pm
About this place
Located in the center of Beijing, The Palace Museum also known as the Purple Forbidden City is indeed the largest and most well- reserved imperial residence in China today. Beijing Forbidden City is the head of the worldˊs five top palaces. The Forbidden City was started to build in 1406 and it took 14 years to finish it. In most 500 years in the past since its completion in 1420, it had been used by the 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties to rule over the country. The Forbidden City became unforbidden and was opened to visitors in 1925. In 1987 ,the Forbidden City was recognized a world cultural legacy






