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The Forbidden City: Heart Of Imperial China
[Paperback - 1997]
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Category: History
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Uk | ISBN: 9780500300787 | Pages: 144
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The Forbidden City in Beijing is one of the greatest royal palaces in the world: and was the sacred centre of the Chinese empire. Despite political upheaval and social change in the rest of China, the life of rigid protocol and ritual in the Forbidden City remained unaltered, frozen in time, until the day when the modern world entered its long-closed gates and changed it for ever. This account is an insight into five centuries of Chinese history, from the beginnings of the palace in 1405 to its modern function as a museum.

Giles Beguin is the director of the Muse Cernuschi and head curator of the collection. Author of numerous scientific and academic articles, he has organized many exhibitions including ;The Forbidden City at the Petit Palais, Paris. Dominique Morel is a curator at the Musees de la Ville de Paris. He has organized many exhibitions devoted to the artistic and literary world of the 19th Century.

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