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Secrets of the Forbidden City

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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?

Directed byIan Bremner

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Status
Released
Language
EN
Released
October 18, 2017
Studios
CCTVARTELion Television

Featuring

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1 credited
Starring
Peter Guinness

Peter Guinness

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Creative team
Directed by
Ian Bremner
Produced by
Ian Bremner

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