The main city of China - Beijing, its history goes back three thousand. Years. It is capital of three dynasties and 33 emperors. A main attraction of this diverse city is surrounded by mysteries and myths of the former residence of Chinese rulers. Cut off from the rest of the city moats and tall purple-red walls, the famous Forbidden City was the center of the Chinese empire, and in the eyes of the Chinese themselves - all over the world. For six centuries, surrounded by an aura of mystery, safely hidden …show more content…
Closeness of life masters of the Celestial Empire for the Europeans, not dedicated or capable of being initiated into the rituals of inner peace, only intensified the flavor of mystery. Forbidden City is well kept secrets. But that represented the imperial capital? And always there was forbidden Forbidden City?
One of the paradoxes of this strange place is associated with the secret transfer of capital and the laying of the Forbidden City. It is known that founded the city of Zhu Di (Chyntszu) Emperor Yongle (1402-1424) of the Ming Dynasty, known as the "open" the Chinese Emperor, an active leader of China's Age of Discovery.
It is believed that Chinese sailors sailed to America, and maps made by them at the hands of Europeans, became the basis of the European Age of Discovery. But why did the Emperor Yongle, discovered and described half the world suddenly collapses all studies, literally burns the ships, destroying files about travel and building the Forbidden City? If it had not preserved some documents and archaeological finds, the world in general would not have learned about the Chinese