Wow what an amazing place the Forbidden City is. I had no idea it was so big! I started at Tiananmen Square and then walked through many large gates so big you would think I was walking in a land for giants or something. I paid an English speaking guide otherwise I wouldn't have understood the history or what everything meant. I'm sure she said the city was 8km long and it certainly felt like I'd walked that far by the end. The Chinese in the Ming dynasty were true to their architectural design, everything follows the same colours and patterns and everything leads to and through the heart of Beijing which is the Forbidden City. It truly is a phenomenal thing to see and to think that so much work had gone into building something for one person, even though a lot of people lived there. When I think of Buckingham Palace, there is no comparison on size.
