Forbidden City
Chinese imperial palace in Beijing
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Summary
Forbidden City is a palace[1]. It ranks in the top 0.18% of palace entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,501 views/month, #2 of 1,135).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Donghuamen Subdistrict[3], Dongcheng District[4]
- Country: People's Republic of China[5]
- Instance of: tourist attraction[6], building complex[7], museum[8], Chinese AAAAA-rated tourist attraction[9]
- Architect: Kuai Xiang[10]
- Part of: Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang[11], Imperial City[12]
- Commons category: Forbidden City[13]
- Has part(s): Dong liu gong[14], Xi liu gong[15]
- Catalog code: 100[16]
- Inception: 1420[17]
- Official website: https://www.dpm.org.cn[18], https://intl.dpm.org.cn[19], https://intl.dpm.org.cn/?l=es[20], https://intl.dpm.org.cn/?l=ru[21], https://intl.dpm.org.cn/?l=jp[22], https://intl.dpm.org.cn/?l=fr[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Forbidden City[24]
- Commons gallery: 紫禁城[25]
- Visitors per year: 15,080,000[26], 16,020,000[27], 16,700,000[28], 17,540,000[29], 19,300,000[30]
- Described by source: Meyer’s Universum, Neunter Band[31]
- Replaces: Imperial City[32]
- Heritage designation: Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level[33], part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[34]
- Category for people born here: Q120402977[35]
- Category for people who died here: Q131380148[36]
- Commons Institution page: Forbidden City[37]
- Date of official opening: 1923[38]
- Different from: Imperial City[39]
- Area: 72 ha[40]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[41]
Why It Matters
Forbidden City has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]