Ancient China: Travel Journal Part 5

Chinese gate temples drawing

Illustration by Rebekah Hanousek-Monge

The Forbidden City

Today, I visited the Forbidden City. How could a city be off-limits? Well, in China hundreds of years ago, common people were not allowed in the home of the emperor. In the capital city of Beijing, the emperor’s home was so huge...

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