Tag: forbidden city
The forbidden city, the wall and the temple of the sky
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Producer: rocioto
" The Forbidden City " is the world's largest palace complex and covers 74 hectares. Surrounded by a six meter deep moat and a ten meter high wall are 9,999 buildings. Construction of the palace complex began in 1407 . It was completed fourteen years later in 1420. It was said that a million workers including one hundred thousand artisans were driven into the long-term hard labor. "TheHeaven Temple " was built in 1420 A.D. during the Ming Dynasty to offer sacrifice to Heaven. The Chinese emperors called themselves 'The Son of Heaven'.It has been constructed over an area of about 2,700,000 square meters.
location: China
views: 207 / rank: 6044 / uploaded: 05/09/2007
duration: 6 Mins. 39 Sec.

Tiananmen Square 360º
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Producer: kristin
Tiananmen Square on a cold December day around New Year's last year. The woman that pops up right next to me towards the end of the clip was trying to sell me a copy of the Little Red Book, right in front of Mao's tomb.
location: China / Beijing
views: 980 / rank: 820 / uploaded: 10/18/2006
duration: 0 Mins. 46 Sec.