Locals call the Forbidden City Gu Gong (故宫), which literally translates as ‘former palace’. Considering the Chinese penchant for highly descriptive names, ‘former palace’ is a decidedly unimaginative moniker for what many consider the most marvelous of all China’s ancient buildings, which was the royal residences of emperors from the Ming and Qing dynasties. The […]
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Keen to visit the Great Wall? Who isn’t? It’s one of those historical sites that takes pride of place on everyone’s China bucket list. There’s a reason people say they can see the wall from space (in fact, this is NOT true). We think it’s because the Great Wall is just so – great! Its […]
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