Without a doubt, in your Trip to china, one of the main tourist attractions is going to be the visit of the Imperial Palace, better known as the Forbidden City de Beijing Beijing.
This enormous palace complex, declared Heritage awarded by the Unesco, is one of the main protagonists in Chinese history.
I tell you that without a doubt the Imperial Palace is going to be one of the essential visits on your trip to the Chinese capital.
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History Imperial Palace of Beijing
Of the enormous dimensions of this palace complex, the fact that from the Tiananmen Gate, located south of the Forbidden City, until Gate of Divine Power, which opens before the Jingshan Park, the distance is 960 meters.
And the width of this rectangular complex, between the east and west gates, is 750 meters. All of this surrounded by a ten-meter-high wall and a moat.
El Imperial Palace It was completed in the year 1420, and it is said that more than a million workers worked on its construction.
Since then, and until 1924, the last emperor of china was expelled from the palace, 14 emperors of the dynasty resided there Ming and 10 emperors of the dynasty Qing.
What to see in Beijing Imperial Palace
Next, I'll give you some Useful tips for visiting the Imperial Palace in Beijing.
La Forbidden City You find it in the geographical center of the city of Beijing, specifically in the famous Tiananmen square.
It is because of the so-called Tiananmen Gate where you should start your visit, which will last between two and three hours, which adds up to the 45 minutes or an hour that it can take us to visit said adjacent square.
On your visit to the Forbidden City You will see that this complex is divided into two areas.
Accessing from the south, through the aforementioned Tiananmen Gate, is the area where the emperor He performed great public ceremonies to exercise his power.
And in the northern area was where the emperor and his family resided. An idea of the dimensions of this palace is given by knowing that it has almost 10.000 rooms and rooms.
Your visit will be a walk alternating between large interior patios and different rooms, where you will see the various corners that are distributed throughout the complex.
Initially you will go through large doors and large patios, where you will successively find the buildings called Halls of Harmony.
The most important is the first of them, the Hall of Supreme Harmony, located in front of a huge patio of 30.000 square meters.
One of the corners you should pay attention to is the Grand marble staircase, which you will find on the back of the Hall of Preserved Harmony.
You will see that it is an artistic work of great beauty, 16 meters long and nine dragons sculpted in the stone.
Next you will enter the second area of the Forbidden City where there are smaller rooms, which were former rooms of the Emperorand Mental Cultivation Hall.
These buildings are arranged next to garden areas.
Nine Dragons Wall
In this area of Imperial Palace Forbidden City you will find another of the most outstanding corners, the Nine Dragons Wall,
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It is a large panel 30 meters long and 3,5 meters high, made with 270 colorful ceramic pieces, in which nine dragons are represented playing with pearls with a background of sea and clouds.
El number of dragons, nine in this case, is very symbolic in China, and represents the supremacy of the Emperor. The Dragon in China equates to beginning of Heaven, and was the emblem of the imperial family.
El Panel of the Nine Dragons of the Imperial Palace It was built in 1771 and is the largest of the three famous panels of these characteristics that can still be seen in China.
One of them is found in a park in the Chinese capital itself, and the other in the city of datong, in the province of Shanxi, which with its 45 meters in length and 8 meters in height is the largest.
During the visit to this area of Imperial Palace You will mainly see buildings and gardens, since the truth is that the Forbidden City It has suffered many looting throughout history, with which the decorative and artistic elements have practically disappeared.
However, in the Hall of Longevity you can see one exhibition of jade, gold or silver objects that have been preserved.
Your visit of Imperial Palace you will end up leaving it Gate of Divine Power, just on the opposite side of the Tiananmen square.
Now, if you have time and desire, you can go up the hill that you are right in front, the Jingshan Park, Also known as Feng Shui, from where you will have the best panoramic views of the Forbidden City.
Spanish tour of the Forbidden City
If instead of visiting on your own you prefer to sign up for a private guided tour, you can sign up for the tour in Spanish of the Forbidden City, which also includes the Tiananmen Square and hutongs.
This private tour starts at 9 in the morning and lasts eight hours.
Finally, when planning your trip to China, here you have access to Booking to reserve hotels in Beijing.
Hello, I leave it as help
Almost all hotels have agencies to visit the tourist spots in Beijing, to give you an idea, a tour is:
Shaolin Temple
The Great Wall of China
Lunch.
Birds Nest Stadium
Tea tasting or Foot Masagge (Fome)
Approximate value 100 RMB which is equivalent to approximately US 35
Tiananmen Square, you can visit it on your own, it is very easy with a little English (there is a metro station that leaves you next to it)
The temple of heaven is also easy to do, the subway leaves you 3 blocks away and you can take advantage of buying at the silk market, a very cheap shopping center, but you have to haggle a lot, for example, if they ask you 100 RMB for something, offer them the sixth part of this and they will be happy to sell it to you. Don't be upset if they push you too hard to buy from them, that's just the way it is. They generally won't let you go if you don't buy something from them.
regards
Hello Jose Luis,
We will probably go to China this August with those from Routes through China... any reference to them?
Congratulations on your your website
Greetings.
Pedro, I can't give you concrete references in any sense. I guess it will be a serious agency :)
Excellent material, could you tell me how many dollars a package costs to visit the most emblematic places in China?
Elías, I'm glad you found the information interesting.
Regarding the package to visit China, we are not an agency, although I invite you to check prices at the Rutas por China.com agency, which you access from this same site, by clicking on the top banner in the right column.