The food in the Yuan palace had been influenced by the Mongolian flavorings. The food in the Ming palace, however, was mainly that of the southern Han people, so it totally changed the Mongolian ...

The Palace Museum, former home to the Ming and Qing emperors, is also known as the Forbidden City (Zijincheng). There are four entrance gates: the Meridian Gate (Wumen) to the south, the Gate of ...

But the city needed a symbol of power, so in lieu of his ascension in 1368, the Ming Palace was built. To date, no building better charts the turbulent history of Nanjing. The Yongle Emperor ...