Chinese imperial palaces

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The Chinese emperors had a number of palaces built over the centuries , and the capitals were relocated again and again. Imperial city then means a delimited palace area. Many of them, especially those in Xi'an , Luoyang and Kaifeng , fell victim to wars, uprisings and similar events and therefore no longer exist today. Some or all of them are preserved today

  • The Imperial Palace in Beijing ( Chinese   故宮  /  故宫 , Pinyin Gùgōng  - "Forbidden City"), plundered by the Europeans on the occasion of the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion, then refurbished by Cixi,
  • The New Summer Palace in Beijing ( 頤和園  /  颐和园 , Yíhéyuán ), destroyed by the British in 1860, then rebuilt by the Dowager Empress Cixi , destroyed again by the Europeans during the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion, then rebuilt by Cixi.
  • The Old Summer Palace in Beijing ( 圓明園  /  圆明园 , Yuánmíngyuán ), destroyed in 1860, only ruins today,
  • The Summer Palace in Chengde ( 避暑 山庄 , Bìshŭ Shānzhuāng ), the former Jehol, still present today, and
  • The Forbidden City of Nanjing ( 明 故宮  /  明 故宫 , Mìng Gùgōng ), destroyed in the Taiping uprising, today hardly any ruins remain.

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