CNN

Tiger testicles and mythical banquets: What China’s emperors inside Beijing’s secretive Forbidden City really ate

The Forbidden City was once one of the most powerful places on the planet. In 1420, while Europe was in the midst of the Hundred Years’ War and yet to discover America, China’s Ming Dynasty ruler was ...
CNN

A secret garden in Beijing has opened to visitors for the first time in a century

When Ho Puay-peng first visited Beijing’s Forbidden City in the late 1980s, the Singaporean architect saw many of the historic courtyards used for storage, filled with garbage, and occupied by danwei ...
Mansion Global

Traveling Beijing’s Historic Sites Without a Hitch, From the Great Wall to the Forbidden City

Beijing is home to some of the world’s most famous historical sites, headlined by the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City. Yet, to many Westerners, a trip to the Chinese capital may feel a bit ...