The Dawn of the Forbidden City

Author: Wu Shizhou
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Publish Date: 1998-09-01
Features: The British, John Landis, once wrote a famous book titled "Twilight in the Forbidden City," but he did not pay attention to what happened in the Forbidden City after the last emperor, Puyi, left. In his view of twilight, it was actually the beginning of dawn as described by the author of this book. When did the former imperial palace become a place for millions of ordinary people to visit and explore? What significant events occurred during this transformation? What was the situation like when the Forbidden City first opened to the public? The author not only provides detailed answers to these questions in the context of the grand historical background but also conducts a comparative study of the opening of the Forbidden City Museum with the Louvre in France and the Hermitage in the former Soviet Union. Additionally, the author introduces the situation of the relocation of the national treasures in the Forbidden City and the fate of the cultural relics transported to Taiwan by the Kuomintang authorities.