4. The forbidden city was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty It is located in the middle of beijing And now is called (palace museum) For almost five hundred years; it served as the home of the emperors and their households
5. It was built in 1406 to 1420 (16 years) The complex consists of 980 surviving buildings with 9000 bays of rooms It covers 720,000 m2 (7,800,000sq ft)
6. It was declared a world heritage site in 1987 It was listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world And as the (imperial palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties)
7. It was required more than a million workers to built it Material used include whole logs of precious wood and large blocks of marble The floors of majors halls were paved with “golden bricks”
8. The forbidden city was home of 24 Emperors Fourteen of Ming Dynasty and ten of the Qing Dynasty Puyi was the last Emperor of forbidden city
9. It was divided into two parts The outer court or from court was used for ceremonial purposes The inner court or back palace was the residence of the emperor and his family
10. The most important buildings are situated on the central, north and south It has three Halls ,the hall of supreme harmony, the hall of central harmony and the hall of preserving harmony The hall of supreme harmony is the largest
11. Thank you Religion was an important part of life of the imperial city Taoist religion was and continued to have an important role Another prevalent form of religion was Buddhism It is visited for more than nine millions people around the world
