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The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty—the years 1420 to 1912. It is located in the center of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. It served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political centre of Chinese government for almost 500 years. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings and covers . The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UNESCO World Heritage List: Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang )〕 and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987,〔 and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world. Since 1925, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose extensive collection of artwork and artefacts were built upon the imperial collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Part of the museum's former collection is now located in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Both museums descend from the same institution, but were split after the Chinese Civil War. The Forbidden City has over 14 million annual visitors. == Name == The common English name, "the Forbidden City", is a translation of the Chinese name ''Zijin Cheng'' (). Another English name of similar origin is "Forbidden Palace".〔See, e.g., 〕 The name "''Zijin Cheng''" is a name with significance on many levels. ''Zi'', or "Purple", refers to the North Star, which in ancient China was called the ''Ziwei'' Star, and in traditional Chinese astrology was the heavenly abode of the Celestial Emperor. The surrounding celestial region, the Ziwei Enclosure (), was the realm of the Celestial Emperor and his family. The Forbidden City, as the residence of the terrestrial emperor, was its earthly counterpart. ''Jin'', or "''Forbidden''", referred to the fact that no one could enter or leave the palace without the emperor's permission. ''Cheng'' means a city.〔 Today, the site is most commonly known in Chinese as ''Gùgōng'' (), which means the "Former Palace".〔"Gùgōng" in a generic sense also refers to all former palaces, another prominent example being the former Imperial Palaces (Mukden Palace) in Shenyang; see Gugong (disambiguation).〕 The museum which is based in these buildings is known as the "Palace Museum" (). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Forbidden City」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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