A couple of years ago, I visited the Forbidden City in Beijing during the National Day holiday. Since it was both a public holiday and the peak tourist season, the place was incredibly crowded. From t ...

In 1900 a scholar jumped in a Beijing well out of shame. A palace consort died in a Forbidden City well too. Was she ...

Photo shows a beautiful autumn view of the Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, in Beijing, capital of China. (People's Daily Online/Yin Xingyun) ...

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 ...

Treasures from the Palace of Versailles outside Paris and The Palace Museum in The Forbidden City in Beijing —both Unesco ...

Four foreign fashion designers have been denied entry to Beijing’s Forbidden City for wearing “dark and strange” clothes. The four – Rick Owens and Michele Lamy, as well as Hannah Rose ...

Written by Maria-Cristina Florian Published on October 17, 2024 In celebration of Urban October, a month dedicated to recognizing the significance of innovative urban spaces, this curated ...

THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN: The Botanists of Besieged Leningrad and Their Impossible Choice, by Simon Parkin It’s a theatrical moment. A heroic young scientist escapes from a besieged city.

The search for the unknown photographer began in the summer of 2022, with the discovery of an old photo album at a flea ...

It’s just missed out on Halloween but this new survival horror from the maker of Forbidden Siren and Gravity Rush has some ...

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City decreed Oct. 28 that a dozen hymns no longer be used at churches in his ...

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, had listed a dozen contemporary hymns to be “forbidden” ...