Secrets of the Forbidden City

Secrets of the Forbidden City

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 18, 2017

Genres

Documentary

User Score

90%

Original Title

Secrets of the Forbidden City

Production Companies

CCTV, ARTE, Lion Television, GBH

Director

Ian Bremner

Description

The Forbidden City is the world’s biggest and most extravagant palace complex ever built. For five centuries, it was the power center of imperial China and survived wars, revolution, fires, and earthquakes. How did the Ming Emperor’s workforce construct its sprawling array of nearly 1,000 buildings and dozens of temples in a little over a decade?