Although it was my fourth time visiting the Forbidden City I must admit that it never gets old! It is so gigantic that there's always something new to discover and forgotten history to remember! On your next visit to The Forbidden City, make sure to wear comfy shoes as it’s a LONG walk and be sure to try the local Chinese popsicles that people will be walking around and selling out of cardboard boxes! They're so good - you will not be disappointed!
Visiting the Forbidden is pretty much a necessity for any tourist visiting Beijing, however, it also serves as an important piece of Chinese history as it served as the home for emperors and their households, and a place for ceremonial and political affairs of the Chinese government for almost 500 years. The Chinese Imperial Palace covers 7.8 million square feet with 980 surviving buildings and 8,707 rooms.
Today the Forbidden City is filled with tourists from around the globe, Chinese military guards, and vendors selling all types of memorabilia. It’s interesting to see different groups of Chinese tourists from different parts of China in their tour groups! Adorned in neon-orange hats and led by their loud tour guide carrying a similar orange colored flag, I watched a group of 30 Chinese senior citizens follow their tour guide with excitement and big smiles on their face! Perhaps these senior citizens have waited all their life for their big trip to Beijing or perhaps they were just happy to recall a bit of history! Whatever it was, it was extremely cute and it’s joyful moments like this that make life special!
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