When Ho Puay-peng first visited Beijing’s Forbidden City in the late 1980s, the Singaporean architect saw many of the historic courtyards used for storage, filled with garbage, and occupied by danwei ...

The buildings are also full of treasures, including ornate decorations and furnishings. According to the World Monuments Fund, the emperor's "breathtaking palace within a palace, which has survived ...

A historic portion of Beijing’s famed Forbidden City will soon open to the public for the first time. The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced that the sprawling Qianlong Garden, said to hold ...

Qianlong Emperor, born in 1711, was the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty, ruling from 1735 to 1796. He was the fourth son of Emperor Yongzheng and is remembered as one of the most prosperous and ...

Visitors view exhibits during an exhibition of Emperor Qianlong in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 16, 2020. An exhibition showcasing cultural relics of Emperor Qianlong kicked off in ...

In Emperor Qianlong's 60 years on the throne he looked to his mother, his late father and his grandfather as guiding lights. Emperor Qianlong was unlike most emperors in Chinese history, and in ...