The Palace Museum

For·bid·den City (f

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n, fôr-)

A walled enclosure of central Beijing, China, containing the palaces of 24 emperors in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Formerly closed to the public (hence its name), it is now a vast museum and a major tourist attraction.

Forbidden City

the

1. (Placename) Lhasa, Tibet: once famed for its inaccessibility and hostility to strangers

2. (Placename) a walled section of Beijing, China, enclosing the Imperial Palace and associated buildings of the former Chinese Empire

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Noun	1.	Forbidden City - the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers capital of Tibet, Lassa, Lhasa Sitsang, Thibet, Tibet, Xizang - an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas
	2.	Forbidden City - a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China Beijing, capital of Red China, Peiping, Peking - capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city

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Forbidden City

n the Forbidden City → die Verbotene Stadt

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This exhibition is a landmark indicator of the exchanges launched by the two museums more than half a year ago," Zheng Xinmiao, the head of the Palace Museum in Beijing's Forbidden City, told reporters here.

Taiwan, China museums hail first joint exhibition by AFP / AFP Asian Edition

Taiwan, China museums hail first joint exhibition by AFP / AFP Global Edition

With more than 150 artworks from German, French, and American museums and private collections as well as two objects from the Palace Museum in Fumban (Cameroon), this exhibition was the most comprehensive presentation of art from the Cameroon Grassfields ever organized.

Cameroon--Art and Kings by Stelzig, Christine / African Arts

the outvoted
The oval office
The Over Volunteering Prevention System
The Overdub Tampering Committee
The Overseas Property Agency
The Overseas Property Network
The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique
The Overthere
The Overton Berry Ensemble
The Owners Perspective
The Oxford Companion to Military History
The Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford Group
The Oxford Group
The Oxford Street Montage
The Ozarks
The Ozarks
The Ozarks Paranormal Society
The ozone layer
The ozone layer
The Pacific
The Pacific
The Pacific Financial Group, Inc.
The Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean
The Paint Booth Guys
The Paisano
The Pakistani Spectator

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The Palace of Holyroodhouse
The Palace of Versailles
The Pale
The Pale
The Pale
The Pale
The Palestine Video Blog
The Palestinian Authority
The Palestinian National Authority
The Palestra
The Palestra
The Paley Center for Media
The Palisades
The Palisades
The Pallas Group
The Pallisades
The Pallisades
The Paloseco Brazz Orchestra
The Pamirs
The Pampas
The Pampas
The Panda Band
the Pandects
the Pandects
The Panel
The Panic Channel
The Panopticon
The Panopticon
The Pantheon
The Pantheon

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