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Gugong Museum
address:No. 4, Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
Telephone:+86 10 8500 7421
Opening hours:
High Season April 1st - October 31st
Opening time: 8.30am
Closing time for admission: 4.10pm
Closing time: 5pm
Low Season November 1st - March 31st
Opening time: 8.30am
Closing time for admission: 3.40pm
Closing time: 4.30pm
Ticket price:
Peak season:￥60/person
low season:￥40/person
Treasure Hall:￥10/person
Clock Hall:￥10/person
* Tickets must be purchased separately for the Treasure Hall and the Clock Hall (regardless of low season or peak season)
Tips for the Forbidden City:
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The Forbidden City provides luggage storage service. Luggage stored at Meridian Gate (entrance) can be picked up directly at Shenwu Gate (exit)
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You can rent an explanation machine to listen to the history
Introduction to the Forbidden City
The Forbidden City in Beijing is the royal palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties in China. It used to be called the Forbidden City and is located in the center of the central axis of Beijing. The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on three main halls, covering an area of about 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about 150,000 square meters. There are more than 70 palaces of different sizes and more than 9,000 houses.
The Forbidden City in Beijing began construction in the fourth year of Yongle (1406), Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. It was built on the basis of the Nanjing Forbidden City. It was completed in the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420) and became the palace of 24 emperors in the Ming and Qing dynasties. On the National Day of the 14th year of the Republic of China (October 10, 1925), the Palace Museum was officially established and opened.
The Forbidden City in Beijing is one of the largest and best-preserved ancient wooden structures in the world. It is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. It was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units in 1961;
The Forbidden City has a total of 1,863,404 unique collections
Palace Museum - World Cultural Heritage
In 1987, the Forbidden City in Beijing was included in the world cultural heritage. The evaluation of the Forbidden City by the World Heritage Organization is: "The Forbidden City has been the highest center of power in China for more than five centuries. With its garden landscape and 9,000 rooms containing furniture and handicrafts, it has become an invaluable place for Chinese civilization in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. historical witness."
With an annual audience of 15 million, the Forbidden City ranks first among all museums and world cultural heritage sites in the world.
The Palace Museum is one of the few museums and cultural heritages in the world that has the characteristics of art museum, architecture museum, history museum, court culture museum, etc., and conforms to the internationally recognized basic principles of "preservation in situ" and "display in original state".
It is the pride of the Chinese nation and a precious cultural heritage of all mankind. Today, the 1.12 million square meters of palaces in the forbidden area of the former imperial palace are not only a huge treasure house for the treasures of the Ming and Qing royal families, but also a living archive recording the history of the Ming and Qing courts...