Can't we just buy tickets for the Forbidden City in Beijing? Can't tickets for the Forbidden City be discounted?

You can buy tickets for the Forbidden City in Beijing. Tickets for the Forbidden City can be discounted, but the relevant conditions need to be met.

Preferential conditions for tickets to the Forbidden City

College, middle school and primary school students (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan students, excluding adult education and graduate students) buy student tickets with their student ID cards or school letters of introduction, 20 yuan/person.

Minors aged 6 (excluding 6) to 18 (including 18) buy student tickets with their ID cards, household registration books or passports, 20 yuan/person.

Older people over 60 years old (including 60 years old) enjoy half-price concessions with the original ID card.

Those who hold the city's social security fund for evidence collection enjoy a half-price discount on tickets.

Retired cadres with retirement certificates, disabled people with disabled documents, free visit.

Ticket purchase method

You can log on to the Palace Museum to sell tickets online in official website.

Make a purchase on the mobile phone "Alipay" APP.

Make a purchase on the "Where to Travel" APP on your mobile phone.

Make a purchase on the mobile phone "WeChat" APP.

Go directly to the manual ticket office of the Forbidden City to buy tickets.

Opening hours of the Forbidden City

08: 30 ~17: 00 (stop selling tickets at16: 00).

The Forbidden City in Beijing is the imperial palace of China in Ming and Qing Dynasties, formerly known as the Forbidden City. It is located in the center of Beijing's central axis and is the essence of ancient court architecture in China. The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on three halls, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about10.5 million square meters. There are more than 70 palaces and 9000 houses. It is one of the largest and best-preserved ancient wooden buildings in the world.

The architecture of the Forbidden City is divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court. The center of the outer court is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe and the Hall of Baohe, which are collectively called the three halls, and are the places where the country holds ceremonies. The center of the Forbidden City is Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace, collectively referred to as the last three palaces, which are the main palaces where emperors and empresses live.

The Forbidden City in Beijing is called the first of the five largest palaces in the world (Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in Britain, White House in America and Kremlin in Russia). It is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction and was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units in 196 1. 1987 is listed as a world cultural heritage.