Secrets of the Forbidden City
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The Forbidden City is the world’s biggest and most extravagant palace complex ever built. For five centuries, it was the power center of imperial China and survived wars, revolution, fires, and earthquakes. How did the Ming Emperor’s workforce construct its sprawling array of nearly 1,000 buildings and dozens of temples in a little over a decade?
Status: Released
Released Date: 2017-10-18
Runtime: 0 mins
Director: Ian Bremner
Spoken language: 普通话, English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Secrets of the Forbidden City
Production Companies: China Central Television 中央电视台 (CCTV), ARTE, Lion Television, GBH
Production Countries: United States of America
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