This is me, outside The Forbidden City in Beijing. Built just over 600 years ago it was home to two dynasties of Chinese emperors; The Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. It is a huge city within a city and has a rather large wall and 52m wide moat running around the outside to protect it.
Nads and I were just two of thousands upon thousands who visit the site every day making it one of Beijing's top attractions. It only cost us about £4 to get in but back when it was home of the emperors entry was free, the only hitch was that if you weren't invited you were killed!
Did You Know?: Throughout the site there are 309 large pots that used to hold lots of water. They were there to be used in case a fire broke out but ironically, during the cold winters, fires were lit under them to stop the ice freezing!
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