Trapped in the Forbidden City

Author: Jean-Pierre Remi
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Arriving at a corner of the Forbidden City, he paused for a moment. The tower at that corner, with its layered roofs, reflected against the blue sky. He suddenly despised this blue sky. Ah! Let me see a gray sky, with fine rain and wrapped in clouds! Opposite the North Gate are Jingshan Hill and the pavilions. When the Ming Dynasty fell, the eunuchs recalled their past glories there, and the nobles gazed at their densely arranged palaces. Simon passed through the desolate path that separated the Forbidden City from the main gate of the Jingshan Garden, arriving at the closed gate.