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?
Watch the official Secrets of the Forbidden City 2017 trailer in HD below.
Peter Guinness as Narrator
Ian Bremner Director
Den Förbjudna Stadens Hemligheter Trailer
Germany 06 January 2018
France 06 January 2018
United States 18 October 2017
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