When was the Forbidden City built?

The Forbidden City was built in 1406 AD (the fourth year of Yongle) and was basically completed in 1420 (the eighteenth year of Yongle). It lasted 14 years. It was built by Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, and was built on the basis of the Dadu Palace of the Yuan Dynasty. .

Beijing’s Forbidden City, formerly known as the Forbidden City, is located at the center of Beijing’s central axis. It was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is the largest and best-preserved wooden structure palace-type building in the world. The Forbidden City has been selected as a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relics protection unit, and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction.

The Forbidden City in Beijing began construction in 1406 AD by Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. It was completed in the 18th year of Yongle (1420) in the Ming Dynasty. 24 emperors once lived here.

The Forbidden City is known as the first of the five major palaces in the world (Forbidden City in Beijing, Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, the White House in the United States, and the Kremlin in Russia).

On November 23, 2014, the mascot of the Forbidden City in Beijing made its debut. The mascot is derived from the traditional Chinese auspicious images of dragon and phoenix, which are dragon "Zhuangzhuang" and phoenix "Meimei" respectively. On June 13, 2015, the Palace Museum tried to limit the number of visitors to 80,000 and real-name ticket sales.

To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Palace Museum in 2015, 18 important exhibitions in five major areas of the Palace Museum were presented together.

As of October 2015, 2,500 people have been on the Forbidden City’s “blacklist.” In October 2015, the "harem" that was once rumored to be an area with a high incidence of supernatural incidents, that is, the West Road area led by Cining Palace and Shoukang Palace, was opened to the public. At the same time, the Forbidden City opened 1/6 of the Forbidden City wall to the public for the first time.