Secrets of the Forbidden City (2017)

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?

Released Oct. 18, 2017 90 min 7+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.one-actor, tmdb.china, mdblist.imdb-tv-movie, aspectratio.16-9

Production Companies: CCTV, ARTE, Lion Television, WGBH Boston

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: English, Mandarin