The Forbidden City

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The Forbidden City

• byFrank Mazur

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History

• The Forbidden City was used as the palace for
  the emperors of China from the Ming to the Qing
  dynasty which was about 500 years.

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Stats

• The Forbidden City is 7,747,200 square feet and
  has 9,999 rooms because nine is thought the be a
  lucky number in Chinese.

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Building the City

• It took about 14 years to construct
  the monstrous city from 1407-1420. More then
  200,000 workers were used during the construction
  of the Forbidden City.

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Namesake

• From beginning of construction in 1407 to
  1911 emperors lived in the city. Until 1925 when
  the imperial age ended in China the common people
  were never allowed within the palace thus the
  Forbidden City.

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• As you can see in this picture the buildings
  are prominently red and yellow because they are
  lucky colors in China.