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The Palace Museum (Chinese: 故宫博物院; pinyin: Gùgōng Bówùyùan) is a large national museum complex housed in the Forbidden City at the core of Beijing, China.With 720,000 square metres (180 acres), the museum inherited the imperial royal palaces from the Ming and Qing dynasties of China and opened to the public in 1925 after the last Emperor of China was evicted.
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Palace Museum, in Beijing, museum housed in the main buildings of the former Imperial Palaces (see also Forbidden City).It exhibits valuable objects from Chinese history.. The palace consists of many separate halls and courtyards. The outer buildings of the palace became a museum in 1914, although the imperial family continued to live in the private apartments until 1924.
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Meridian Gate is the mainly entrance for visitors. There are three ways to get to the Palace Museum: By subway: Take Subway Line 1 and get off at Tian'anmen West (Exit B) or Tian'anmen East Station (Exit B). By bus: Take bus 2, 82, or 120 and get off at Tiananmen East Stop. By taxi: Show the driver "请带我去故宫" (Please take me to the ...
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9. Yaxu Square Vessel. The zun is a wine container that was popular during the bronze age Shang era and the Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC). There are only fifty vessels of this kind found in the world, fifteen being in the Taipei National Palace Museum's collection, which was once also in the Forbidden City.
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The Palace Museum is a large national museum complex housed in the Forbidden City at the core of Beijing, China. With 720,000 square metres, the museum inherited the imperial royal palaces from the Ming and Qing dynasties of China and opened to the public in 1925 after the last Emperor of China was evicted.
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