Inside the China Forbidden City
CHAPTER 5
How China's Forbidden City
became the Palace Museum
by Adolfo Arranz
South China Morning Post special feature by: Adolfo Arranz
in collaboration with: Marco Hernandez, Pablo Robles, Darren Long and Tom Eves
Motion Graphics: Karif Wat
China’s powerful dynasties were all but impregnable to outside influence for more than four millennia. But in the 19th century an inward-looking Chinese empire became master of its own destruction when the regime failed to reform and modernise. The imperial system collapsed at the start of the 20th century and the Forbidden City, which had been home to emperors since 1420 and housed the world’s greatest collection of art treasures, was turned over to the public and transformed into the Palace Museum
by Adolfo Arranz
South China Morning Post special feature by: Adolfo Arranz
in collaboration with: Marco Hernandez, Pablo Robles, Darren Long and Tom Eves
Motion Graphics: Karif Wat
