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Secrets of the Forbidden City
20179
Documentary
Released
Oct 18, 2017
Country
United States of America
Productions
China Central Television 中央电视台 (CCTV)ARTELion TelevisionGBH
The Forbidden City is the world’s biggest and most extravagant palace complex ever built. For five centuries, it was the power center of imperial China and survived wars, revolution, fires, and earthquakes. How did the Ming Emperor’s workforce construct its sprawling array of nearly 1,000 buildings and dozens of temples in a little over a decade?