The Forbidden City

by Yang Mo

The Forbidden City, formerly an imperial palace, covering 720,000 m2 (7,800,000 sq ft) and consisting more than 8000 rooms, is the worlds oldest, largest and most completely preserved imperial court, which served as the home of 24 emperors who ruled over China as long as five centuries. This book perfectly presents the large-scale Chinese imperial buildings, aimed to help the readers to gain an understanding of the Forbidden City and love it.

174 pages, Paperback

Published January 9, 2011

About the author

Yang Mo 杨沫 was a Chinese writer who was most well known for her writing of the book Song of Youth in 1958, which was adapted into a film in 1959.