Part I: How China’s Forbidden City has survived centuries of conflict and disasters

[@ruuoxi]

"But,since its building were almost entirely made by wood, The forbidden city had one enemy feared, above all others".... instantly I was thinking : termites.

[@oniyrrfhujvfd]

termites can be solved by painting

[@NangongReng1973]

Lightning should be be more likely.

[@duangjais]

I think they used the wood that termites do not eat

[@adriandapat1206]

F I R E

[@littlepumpkinpiehair-cutte519]

The palace and its throne are revered as the best in the world, I saw for myself & I can see why👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼 The Chinese have invented many things humans now use in our daily lives, thanks China!

Next goal : Home nuclear power plant

[@alexchan2202]

The Old Summer Palace didn't survived along with most of the antique thanks Britain and Frances

[@dxelson]

Sadly Mao competed with them at destroying ancient culture during the cultural revolution dwarfing these foreign powers' damages.

[@massalleh5255]

@@dxelson The existence of Mao arise in civilization that already emasculated from western powers.He didn't dwarf them he was a symptom of them

[@Element_Z48]

you should thank those foreign countries for preserving your ancient relics and artifacts, you can still see them in western museums today. Had they not been taken, they would've been destroyed by mao and nothing would exist today.

[@massalleh5255]

@@Element_Z48 Another ignorant creature who is not even aware that most of China National Treasures has already been moved to Taiwan long before Mao came into power. Not to mention the fact Mao did not touch or burnt down the forbidden City even during the cultural revolutions. I'm not Chinese but Even I know about this. Sure they should be grateful to those foreign countries if they ever return back the artefacts. Until then it's a fair game to all.

[@bobbylancer4553]

They will paid for it in the long run

[@rizamohammed4853]

Ancient Chinese Technology was the best.

[@jackytang3683]

in fact designed by a Vietnamese

[@Miawzhies]

Japanese Architecture: AM I JOKE TO YOU?

[@CTOInformation]

@@Miawzhies Japanese culture = copy China + steal from the west

[@dailymik2789]

jacky tang 请问您算哪根葱？

[@ganlinxia706]

TuhFakin Fwauk Japanese architectural structures are all learned in China.

[@percytheparkkeeper7826]

40% China haters 50% White haters 5% Complaining about life 5% Humour

[@uestcpandou]

Minty Ocha how about you..

[@pablopizarro1826]

⁠@@uestcpandou5% humor

[@zeroa1130]

Cool China!!!

[@sparta9931]

Love from INDIA

[@yanghu3974]

Very nice computer visual effects 👍

[@Oiii615]

Wow. Largest palace in the world. Come to think of it, I have never seen anything bigger then this palace anywhere.

[@SV-kr9fu]

I would love to see the original Daming Palace that was built during Tang Dynasty in Chang 'an.

[@xiangvun]

Yeah 😊😊 they should rebuild it

[@irememberla6460]

I recall there was a Starbucks in The forbidden city in the early 2000's but then they removed it thankfully

[@user-wu6xl4wq5q]

In its place now is a Beijing Duck Restaurant

[@realhuman4396]

The building it was housed in was very small, I think it was a storage place, I went back last year and now it's a very expensive roast duck restaurant

[@billy.7113]

*No other country* can finish such a HUGE project in 4 years, not even with today's technology.

[@Kianglekable]

Well, the social structure was a lot different back them, you could just force it to happen professionally People can still do it now, but it would take years of paperwork

[@dannykwan7581]

The actual construction took 4 years, but before that it took a decade to design, prepare the materials needed, so in the end it took 14 years to build the Palace.

[@playnite2188]

When you say something like this it draws haters from u know.. maybe next time u want to compare things like this try use different word

[@tazboy1934]

Their were no country that time...the concept of countries shud die

[@user-wu6xl4wq5q]

Lets just consider the fact that an exact replica of the Forbidden City is used as a Studio for lots of Chinese Dramas.

[@michaelzhu4030]

Chinese invested lego

[@Element_Z48]

I wouldn't exactly call it surviving when only 10% of the original forbidden city stands

[@uestcpandou]

You adopt a too microscopic point of view in the same way as denying the survival of a person since most of his cells get changed when he grows. As long as the layout and architecture keep the same, we say it survived.

[@30baguss]

Too short

[@ColonelMarcellus]

Where is Part II ???

[@eric_hates_the_poor]

I wonder if there’s any rooms or things yet to be rediscovered?

[@muse3992]

Wanna visit👍

[@littlepumpkinpiehair-cutte519]

Kaovei Naga to see the throne, it gets a lil crowded, but if you’re determined (like I was) you’ll push your way through & see the most beautiful throne ever built!

[@asdfghjkl92213]

Come to Beijing

[@LeecheeChinaTour]

Welcome to travel to China and experience the rich Chinese culture Welcome to contact me directly to book travel routes to various cities

[@LexDomo]

are there any damage done during the boxer rebellion?

[@claudeborrel4265]

Excellente vidéo mais un peu trop courte à mon goût.

[@cruzada07]

Is this channel based in hongkong or macau???

[@Daisy-lb1ge]

Hong Kong

[@shemuelgallardovivarsjourn8814]

Are there any possible restoration of the Imperial-Royal family?

[@laosi4278]

Hmmm, it would be hardly, Chinese imperial dynasty draw their legitimacy from mandate of Heaven, which need to be proved by the founder of dynasty seizing all the power first, a new emperor will be proclaim once he managed to defeat CCP, seizing all power, and conducting ritual of venerating Heaven, royal or peasant descendant, doesn't matter, in fact there are two dynasty found by peasent, the last one even more humble as he was a beggar

[@shemuelgallardovivarsjourn8814]

@@laosi4278 thats interesting.

[@laosi4278]

@@shemuelgallardovivarsjourn8814 yes, Zhu Huanzang later known as Emperor Hongwu was the founder of Ming Dynasty, the dynasty which built Forbidden City, he was the son of a poor peasant farmer, pandemic and famine, killed of his entire family, leaving only him and one brother. Starving, he started his path as beggar, then become a monk to get free meal from temple only to be kicked out due to his temperament and laziness to study Buddhism, not wanting back as beggar he join rebels and started rising until he became the boss of the rebel group, he defeated all his rival and chasing Mongols out of China and built the Ming Dynasty, it's pretty similar with Communist China actually, Mao Zedong was a son of poor peasant farmer, he reminds Chinese people of Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Liu Bang of Han Dynasty, both was dubbed People's Emperor due to their humble background

[@shemuelgallardovivarsjourn8814]

@@laosi4278 why Mao never dared to maintained the monarchy if that’s the case 😢😢😢❤️

[@laosi4278]

@@shemuelgallardovivarsjourn8814 because he is communist, remember communist opposing monarchy

[@evsei_autist]

Сука, это моё домашнее задание (

[@СергейСергеев-р2х1э]

Такая же проблема

[@ТОПЛЕКС-р5о]

@@СергейСергеев-р2х1э пзд я тоже

[@pandapuffs9326]

why didn’t it talk about how it survived the cultural revolution at all?

[@user-wu6xl4wq5q]

Because it wasn't a target of the Cultural Revolution.

[@andtam008]

It's hard to see the details as a tourist. Everywhere is crowded.

[@arturvostrikov9340]

Ребят, Кто со skyeng скиньте ответы

[@WNDLESS]

1.beijing 2.24 3.8700 4.splashed 5.nail 6.wood and fire

[@WNDLESS]

8.blazes

[@lilasid502]

@@WNDLESS от души

[@kurlkurl1284]

fifteen fifteen а что в седьмом второе?

[@WNDLESS]

@@kurlkurl1284 хз

[@rishabhkumarsingh8067]

Everything is fine, but it didn't took 4 years to built, it took 14 years

[@roseblack5688]

*looks at the British museum*

[@leetn888]

👌

[@rencechannel2240]

If material would be all metal.

[@Хойт-ф4ъ]

Киньте ответы

[@muiteng9737]

I think it’s bigger than my house

[@johnbrookhaven7134]

Forbidden city build by vietnam architecture

[@佐藤美沙-f8q]

I think China to disposable culture.Because Great Wall of China and Olympic legacy is left.Instead in city built new buildings continuously.

[@oniyrrfhujvfd]

you are half right, lots of ancient things destroyed by the culture revolution, but you know, 10 years chaos cannot crush 4500 years culture.

[@ganlinxia706]

The Olympic facilities are now used in addition to the landmarks to increase tourism. The Great Wall has become a miracle of world cultural heritage. Its commercial value has made it a popular tourist destination. The continuous construction of the city is the result of the modernization of the city. China has a population of 1.4 billion. I need a lot of housing construction transportation facilities. On the contrary, I think the Fukushima nuclear facility is a one-time building.

[@buiphan3882]

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