<P> The Forbidden City is a palace complex in central Beijing , China . The former Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty -- the years 1420 to 1912 , it now houses the Palace Museum . The Forbidden City served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for almost 500 years . </P>
<P> The Forbidden City is a palace complex in central Beijing , China . The former Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty -- the years 1420 to 1912 , it now houses the Palace Museum . The Forbidden City served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for almost 500 years . </P>
museum in bejing china in the forbidden city
museum in bejing china in the forbidden city
the Palace Museum
the Palace Museum