Tell about the Forbidden city, please. That’s a place I always thought I’d love.
It’s a bunch of gates that you walk thru, into open spaces that have buildings in the center of the squares.
You cannot go into the buildings in the center of the squares, or the building complexes that surround the squares you can only go through the gates and through the center of the compound until you get to the gardens at the back.
It’s an interesting place because if the age, but the “tour” through it and what you can see is extremely limited.
The garden at the back was more interesting.
Of course we went during tomb sweeping week which is a national holiday, so it was full of people, but the place overall wasn’t worth the money.
But as with all things, your mileage my vary.
You have to go to the Forbidden City when the whole place is open. Take your time reality read the explanation of the various rooms. I found the fact that the emperor lived in only three rooms to be interesting. The Chinese have a different concept of what makes an elegant room than European rulers. There isn’t a lot of furniture.It helps read up on it in advance. Most of the furnishings like tapestries and art, were taken to Taiwan and are in the National Museum of Taiwan in Taipei.