Elsewhere in the workshop, the delicate work of textile restoration unfolds. Two restorers painstakingly patch holes in a panel of patterned green silk, adorned with the Chinese character for ...

The creation from Huo Tingxiao, art director on such movies as ‘Farewell My Concubine,' features an Easter egg and wants to ...

In the Forbidden City, a rare artwork is on display for one month before it’s hidden away again for three years. Art Historian Alastair Sooke meets Professor Lu Ying to discover why Chinese ...

A small team of Minecraft users have spent more than two years building a virtual model of China's Forbidden City. SEE ALSO ... and even replicates furniture inside, from the Emperor's throne ...

Explore 500 years of China's imperial history at the Forbidden City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site once home to 24 Ming and Qing emperors.

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With unique access to China's Forbidden City, this documentary reveals the spectacular history of the world's largest palace, and the secrets of its astonishing design ...

Operating under the official title of "The Palace Museum," the Forbidden City (also known as the Imperial Palace) has been a place of wonder and mystery for more than 500 years. This massive ...

Beijing — It's highly technical work in what looks more like a lab than a museum: A fragment of a glazed roof tile from Beijing’s Forbidden City is analyzed ... home of China’s emperors ...