Beijing's fabulous Forbidden City is the large palace complex in the world

Beijing's fabulous Forbidden city is the large palace complex in the world, definitely the No.1 tourist attraction included in all Beijing tours itineraries. Construction of The Forbidden City began in 1406 during the reign of the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1911), Emperor Yongle. Before Emperor Yongle moved the capital it was located in the city of Nanjing in Jiangsu Province. There are many theories as to why he decided to move his capital to Beijing. The most popular theory was that since when he was the crown prince, Yongle was in charge of the Beijing area and being fond of the area he decided to move the capital there. The new capital city was built around The Forbidden City. Beijing was built with an axis line that ran north to south and through the center of the Forbidden City. The Chinese name for The Forbidden City when it was home to China's Emperors was "The Purple Forbidden City", it is called the Palace museum today. Welcome to China, Chinatourguide.com is pleasure to provide service for your China tours or indochina tours.

To represent the supreme power of the emperor given from God, and the place where he lived being the center of the world, all the gates, palace and other structures of the Forbidden City were arranged about the north-south central axis of old Beijing.
In the early 1400s, the third Ming Emperor, YongLe, moved the capital of China to Beijing. In 1406, he began construction of a new 'Forbidden City' that would include the imperial palace complex. The construction took 14 years - and an estimated one million workers, including 100,000 artisans, were involved.