• The Meridian Gate (front gate) of the Ming Palace, viewed from the northern (inner) side. The Ming Palace (Chinese: 明故宫; pinyin: Míng Gùgōng; lit.
  • Today, on the site of the Ming Palace, you can find the Ming Palace Square and the Wuchao Gate Park, which offer a glimpse into this illustrious past.
  • This palace was built in the IV century to the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty Hun, who made Nanjing its capital.
  • This park is located on the site of the former palace of Zhu Yuanzhang, first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
  • The Ming Palace, otherwise called the "Illegal City of Nanjing", was the fourteenth century majestic royal residence of the early Ming tradition...
  • Ming Palace (Chinese: 明故宫; pinyin: Míng gù gōng) in Nanjing, present day Jiangsu province, China was the 14th century imperial palace of the Hongwu...
  • The Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing known as the Forbidden City was constructed between 1406 and 1420 by the Ming emperor Zhu...
  • The founder and first Emperor of the Ming dynasty , Zhu Yuanzhang, began building a palace in what was then known as Jiankang in 1367.
  • Built by Zhu Yuanzhang in the 14th century, the imperial palace was reportedly a magnificent structure that served as a template for Beijing's Forbidden…