Part I: How China’s Forbidden City has survived centuries of conflict and disasters

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    The Forbidden City complex in the cof Beijing was the royal residence and seat of the Chinese government for five centuries. The impressive complex contains more than 8,700 rooms, in buildings constructed without a single nail or drop of glue. In the first part our special series on this architectural wonder, we look at the durable construction techniques that have allowed the Forbidden City to withstand the test of time.
    This is part one of a series made in collaboration with the the SCMP Infographics team. The videos are based on their work chronicling the stories behind Beijing's majestic Forbidden City.
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  • @ruuoxi
    @ruuoxi 5 років тому +122

    "But,since its building were almost entirely made by wood, The forbidden city had one enemy feared, above all others"....
    instantly I was thinking : termites.

  • @littlepumpkinpiehair-cutte519
    @littlepumpkinpiehair-cutte519 5 років тому +95

    The palace and its throne are revered as the best in the world, I saw for myself & I can see why👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼
    The Chinese have invented many things humans now use in our daily lives, thanks China!

  • @alexchan2202
    @alexchan2202 5 років тому +110

    The Old Summer Palace didn't survived along with most of the antique thanks Britain and Frances

    • @dxelson
      @dxelson 5 років тому +20

      Sadly Mao competed with them at destroying ancient culture during the cultural revolution dwarfing these foreign powers' damages.

    • @massalleh5255
      @massalleh5255 5 років тому +2

      @@dxelson The existence of Mao arise in civilization that already emasculated from western powers.He didn't dwarf them he was a symptom of them

    • @Element_Z48
      @Element_Z48 5 років тому +3

      you should thank those foreign countries for preserving your ancient relics and artifacts, you can still see them in western museums today. Had they not been taken, they would've been destroyed by mao and nothing would exist today.

    • @massalleh5255
      @massalleh5255 5 років тому +14

      @@Element_Z48 Another ignorant creature who is not even aware that most of China National Treasures has already been moved to Taiwan long before Mao came into power. Not to mention the fact Mao did not touch or burnt down the forbidden City even during the cultural revolutions. I'm not Chinese but Even I know about this. Sure they should be grateful to those foreign countries if they ever return back the artefacts. Until then it's a fair game to all.

    • @bobbylancer4553
      @bobbylancer4553 5 років тому +1

      They will paid for it in the long run

  • @rizamohammed4853
    @rizamohammed4853 5 років тому +99

    Ancient Chinese Technology was the best.

    • @jackytang3683
      @jackytang3683 5 років тому +1

      in fact designed by a Vietnamese

    • @Miawzhies
      @Miawzhies 5 років тому +1

      Japanese Architecture: AM I JOKE TO YOU?

    • @CTOInformation
      @CTOInformation 5 років тому +17

      @@Miawzhies Japanese culture = copy China + steal from the west

    • @dailymik2789
      @dailymik2789 5 років тому +1

      jacky tang 请问您算哪根葱?

    • @ganlinxia706
      @ganlinxia706 5 років тому +4

      TuhFakin Fwauk Japanese architectural structures are all learned in China.

  • @percytheparkkeeper7826
    @percytheparkkeeper7826 5 років тому +15

    40% China haters
    50% White haters
    5% Complaining about life
    5% Humour

  • @yanghu3974
    @yanghu3974 5 років тому +11

    Very nice computer visual effects 👍

  • @zeroa1130
    @zeroa1130 5 років тому +18

    Cool China!!!

  • @irememberla6460
    @irememberla6460 5 років тому +7

    I recall there was a Starbucks in The forbidden city in the early 2000's but then they removed it thankfully

    • @user-wu6xl4wq5q
      @user-wu6xl4wq5q 5 років тому +1

      In its place now is a Beijing Duck Restaurant

    • @realhuman4396
      @realhuman4396 3 місяці тому

      The building it was housed in was very small, I think it was a storage place, I went back last year and now it's a very expensive roast duck restaurant

  • @billy.7113
    @billy.7113 5 років тому +21

    *No other country* can finish such a HUGE project in 4 years, not even with today's technology.

    • @Kianglekable
      @Kianglekable 5 років тому +5

      Well, the social structure was a lot different back them, you could just force it to happen professionally
      People can still do it now, but it would take years of paperwork

    • @dannykwan7581
      @dannykwan7581 5 років тому +1

      The actual construction took 4 years, but before that it took a decade to design, prepare the materials needed, so in the end it took 14 years to build the Palace.

    • @playnite2188
      @playnite2188 5 років тому

      When you say something like this it draws haters from u know.. maybe next time u want to compare things like this try use different word

    • @tazboy1934
      @tazboy1934 5 років тому

      Their were no country that time...the concept of countries shud die

    • @user-wu6xl4wq5q
      @user-wu6xl4wq5q 5 років тому

      Lets just consider the fact that an exact replica of the Forbidden City is used as a Studio for lots of Chinese Dramas.

  • @Oiii615
    @Oiii615 5 років тому +4

    Wow. Largest palace in the world. Come to think of it, I have never seen anything bigger then this palace anywhere.

  • @SV-kr9fu
    @SV-kr9fu 2 роки тому +4

    I would love to see the original Daming Palace that was built during Tang Dynasty in Chang 'an.

    • @xiangvun
      @xiangvun Рік тому

      Yeah 😊😊 they should rebuild it

  • @sparta9931
    @sparta9931 5 років тому +15

    Love from INDIA

  • @Element_Z48
    @Element_Z48 5 років тому +8

    I wouldn't exactly call it surviving when only 10% of the original forbidden city stands

    • @uestcpandou
      @uestcpandou 5 років тому +7

      You adopt a too microscopic point of view in the same way as denying the survival of a person since most of his cells get changed when he grows. As long as the layout and architecture keep the same, we say it survived.

  • @evsei_autist
    @evsei_autist 4 роки тому +5

    Сука, это моё домашнее задание (

  • @arturvostrikov9340
    @arturvostrikov9340 4 роки тому +9

    Ребят, Кто со skyeng скиньте ответы

    • @nowind1412
      @nowind1412 4 роки тому +3

      1.beijing 2.24 3.8700 4.splashed 5.nail 6.wood and fire

    • @nowind1412
      @nowind1412 4 роки тому +1

      8.blazes

    • @lilasid502
      @lilasid502 4 роки тому +1

      @@nowind1412 от души

    • @kurlkurl1284
      @kurlkurl1284 4 роки тому

      fifteen fifteen а что в седьмом второе?

    • @nowind1412
      @nowind1412 4 роки тому

      @@kurlkurl1284 хз

  • @muse3992
    @muse3992 5 років тому +9

    Wanna visit👍

    • @littlepumpkinpiehair-cutte519
      @littlepumpkinpiehair-cutte519 5 років тому +1

      Kaovei Naga to see the throne, it gets a lil crowded, but if you’re determined (like I was) you’ll push your way through & see the most beautiful throne ever built!

    • @asdfghjkl92213
      @asdfghjkl92213 5 років тому

      Come to Beijing

    • @LeecheeChinaTour
      @LeecheeChinaTour 9 місяців тому

      Welcome to travel to China and experience the rich Chinese culture
      Welcome to contact me directly to book travel routes to various cities

  • @Хойт-ф4ъ
    @Хойт-ф4ъ 4 роки тому +4

    Киньте ответы

  • @michaelzhu4030
    @michaelzhu4030 5 років тому +3

    Chinese invested lego

  • @ColonelMarcellus
    @ColonelMarcellus 3 роки тому

    Where is Part II ???

  • @30baguss
    @30baguss 5 років тому +3

    Too short

  • @rishabhkumarsingh8067
    @rishabhkumarsingh8067 Рік тому

    Everything is fine, but it didn't took 4 years to built, it took 14 years

  • @claudeborrel4265
    @claudeborrel4265 5 років тому

    Excellente vidéo mais un peu trop courte à mon goût.

  • @pandapuffs9326
    @pandapuffs9326 5 років тому +1

    why didn’t it talk about how it survived the cultural revolution at all?

    • @user-wu6xl4wq5q
      @user-wu6xl4wq5q 5 років тому

      Because it wasn't a target of the Cultural Revolution.

  • @佐藤美沙-f8q
    @佐藤美沙-f8q 5 років тому +1

    I think China to disposable culture.Because Great Wall of China and Olympic legacy is left.Instead in city built new buildings continuously.

    • @oniityanh6579
      @oniityanh6579 5 років тому +6

      you are half right, lots of ancient things destroyed by the culture revolution, but you know, 10 years chaos cannot crush 4500 years culture.

    • @ganlinxia706
      @ganlinxia706 5 років тому

      The Olympic facilities are now used in addition to the landmarks to increase tourism. The Great Wall has become a miracle of world cultural heritage. Its commercial value has made it a popular tourist destination. The continuous construction of the city is the result of the modernization of the city. China has a population of 1.4 billion. I need a lot of housing construction transportation facilities. On the contrary, I think the Fukushima nuclear facility is a one-time building.

  • @leetn888
    @leetn888 5 років тому +2

    👌

  • @muiteng9737
    @muiteng9737 3 роки тому

    I think it’s bigger than my house

  • @eric_hates_the_poor
    @eric_hates_the_poor 5 років тому

    I wonder if there’s any rooms or things yet to be rediscovered?

  • @andtam008
    @andtam008 5 років тому

    It's hard to see the details as a tourist. Everywhere is crowded.

  • @rencechannel2240
    @rencechannel2240 5 років тому

    If material would be all metal.

  • @LexDomo
    @LexDomo 5 років тому

    are there any damage done during the boxer rebellion?

  • @roseblack5688
    @roseblack5688 5 років тому

    *looks at the British museum*

  • @shemuelgallardovivarsjourn8814
    @shemuelgallardovivarsjourn8814 2 роки тому

    Are there any possible restoration of the Imperial-Royal family?

    • @laosi4278
      @laosi4278 2 роки тому +1

      Hmmm, it would be hardly, Chinese imperial dynasty draw their legitimacy from mandate of Heaven, which need to be proved by the founder of dynasty seizing all the power first, a new emperor will be proclaim once he managed to defeat CCP, seizing all power, and conducting ritual of venerating Heaven, royal or peasant descendant, doesn't matter, in fact there are two dynasty found by peasent, the last one even more humble as he was a beggar

    • @shemuelgallardovivarsjourn8814
      @shemuelgallardovivarsjourn8814 2 роки тому

      @@laosi4278 thats interesting.

    • @laosi4278
      @laosi4278 2 роки тому +2

      @@shemuelgallardovivarsjourn8814 yes, Zhu Huanzang later known as Emperor Hongwu was the founder of Ming Dynasty, the dynasty which built Forbidden City, he was the son of a poor peasant farmer, pandemic and famine, killed of his entire family, leaving only him and one brother. Starving, he started his path as beggar, then become a monk to get free meal from temple only to be kicked out due to his temperament and laziness to study Buddhism, not wanting back as beggar he join rebels and started rising until he became the boss of the rebel group, he defeated all his rival and chasing Mongols out of China and built the Ming Dynasty, it's pretty similar with Communist China actually, Mao Zedong was a son of poor peasant farmer, he reminds Chinese people of Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Liu Bang of Han Dynasty, both was dubbed People's Emperor due to their humble background

    • @shemuelgallardovivarsjourn8814
      @shemuelgallardovivarsjourn8814 2 роки тому

      @@laosi4278 why Mao never dared to maintained the monarchy if that’s the case 😢😢😢❤️

    • @laosi4278
      @laosi4278 2 роки тому +1

      @@shemuelgallardovivarsjourn8814 because he is communist, remember communist opposing monarchy

  • @buiphan3882
    @buiphan3882 5 років тому

    F.uZhaoo

  • @johnbrookhaven7134
    @johnbrookhaven7134 2 роки тому

    Forbidden city build by vietnam architecture

  • @cruzada07
    @cruzada07 5 років тому

    Is this channel based in hongkong or macau???