CHINA BEIJING The Forbidden City A bronze statue of a laughing tortoise outside the Palace of Heavenly Purity Qianqinggong

---

CHINA BEIJING The Forbidden City also known as the Gugong or Imperial Palace was for the exclusive use of 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties The characteristic curved roof lines of the buildings brought good luck and are made of yellow tiles in the Forbidden City A bronze statue of a laughing tortoise outside the Palace of Heavenly Purity Qianqinggong symbolizes immortality

---

Size: 6144px × 4096px
Location: CHINA BEIJING The Forbidden City
Photo credit: © Tina Manley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: adventure, ancestors, animals, architecture, artistic, asia, asian, balance, beijing, bridge, bronze, buddhist, buildings, ceremonial, china, chinese, city, classic, creatures, cultural, culture, destination, dynasties, dynasty, east, emperors, exclusive, exotic, faith, figurines, forbidden, geomantic, gong, gongchong, great, gu, hall, harmony, heavenly, heritage, historical, history, holiday, immortality, imperial, journey, laughing, luck, marble, ming, museum, mythical, oriental, palace, pattern, purity, qianqinggong, qing, religion, schematic, statue, symbol, symbolic, symbols, symmetry, taihedian, taoist, temples, tortoise, tourism, traditional, travel, turtle, vacation, world, worship, yang, ying