Nanjing Ming Palace Ruins Park

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Also known as

南京故宫

City

Nanjing

Coordinates

32.0436085, 118.8127942

About Nanjing Ming Palace Ruins Park

The Nanjing Forbidden City is a palace complex in Yingtianfu (Nanjing) of the Ming Dynasty. It is also known as the Ming Nanjing Palace City, the Nanjing Ming Forbidden City, and the Nanjing Forbidden City. It covers an area of more than 1.0125 million square meters. It is the largest palace complex in the medieval world and is known as the "World's No. 1 Palace." As the master of Chinese palace architecture, the Forbidden City in Nanjing is a model for following the ritual order. Its architectural form was inherited by the Forbidden City in Beijing. It is the blueprint of the Forbidden City in Beijing and the mother of official architecture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The construction of the Nanjing Forbidden City began in the 26th year of Zhizheng in the Yuan Dynasty (1366) and was basically completed in the 25th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1392).

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• Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Music Stage — 5A
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• Nanjing Eye Tourism Area — 4A
• Shuimo Danian Tourism Area — 4A
• Dongfengyan-Qianfoyan Scenic Area — 4A
• The Pearl Spring Scenic Area 1 — 4A

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