Secrets of Forbidden City come to Capital

From: Evening News - Scotland | Date: March 25, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

FOR more than 500 years, China's Imperial family and their attendants were the only people allowed to witness the magnificent beauty of Beijing's Forbidden City.

Now priceless treasures, some of which have never before left the grounds of the sacred palace, are to be seen at an exclusive exhibition in Edinburgh.

The Forbidden City, Treasures Of An Emperor exhibition will showcase hundreds of artworks from what was previously the Emperor's residence in Beijing.

Two-thirds of the magnificent objects have never before left China, and some have never been seen outside the walls of the Forbidden ...

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