Tuesday, October 25, 2011

2 Weeks at Beijing - Forbidden City

Day 6 (Thurs) - on the way pegi RnD, dapat call testing utk hari ini kene cancel due to Shuan (test leader) accident,so apa lagi plan untuk jalan2 lah..Tour guide suggest utk ke forbidden city, istana chinese imperial dari zaman dinasti Ming till zaman dinasti Qing. Istana ni cover as home of emperors and center of political chinese government. Forbidden city ni largest istana in the world's, lebih kurang 178 ekar dengan consist of 980 building dikelilingi oleh wall besar yg dipanggil imperial city wall.Setiap bhgn wall ada gate; Meridian gate (Southern), Divine Might gate (North), East Glorious gate (East), & West Glorious Gate (West). Meridian gate ada 5 gateways dengan central gateway adalah salah satu bahagian imperial way yang mana hanya emperior sahaja boleh jalan / ride kat jalan ni, except ocassion for empress's wedding and succesful student after imperial exam.Forbidden City ada 2 bahagian, inner court (North) & outer court (Southern). Inner court is home of emperor & family, while outer court untuk ceremony purpose. Ia juga ada 3 side of imperial garden.













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