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Hall of Supreme HarmonyRaised some 100 feet above the central great courtyard ... the full name of the imperial complex in Beijing. The Forbidden City’s name in Chinese, Zijincheng, literally ...

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The second piece, Zhong Ming He (Chimes of Celebration), was composed by Tan Dun and inspired by Qing-era golden bell chimes ...

It is inspired by the Ming Dynasty caisson ceiling in the Wanchun Pavilion of the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The caisson is a key element of Chinese wooden architecture.

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food culture was an indispensable part of the entire culture inside the Forbidden City,” says Daisy Yiyou Wang, deputy director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, a sister museum of Beijing’s ...