It consists of more than 90 palaces and courtyards 980 buildings and over 8 728 rooms.
Forbidden city rooms.
The forbidden city completed in 1420 a unesco world heritage site is the world s largest palace complex consisting of many buildings with 9 999 rooms 9 is a lucky number in china protected.
If adding this part it is not impossible to have 9999 5 rooms.
The neighborhood is home to 601 hotels and other accommodations so you can find something that works for your stay.
Therefore when building forbidden city the emperor cut the room number and only built 9 999 and a half room less than but infinitely approaching 10 000.
The story goes way back forbidden city is also known as the palace museum gu gong in chinese.
The forbidden city chinese.
Staying near forbidden city.
The forbidden city covers an area of about 72 hectares 180 acres with a total floor space of approximately 150 000 square meters 1 600 000 square feet.
Forbidden city facts include basic knowledge about palace museum and 8 interesting facts such as it has 9 999 5 rooms many gates are decorated with 9 rows of doornails there are no trees in the outer court.
However many palaces inside the forbidden city were destroyed by the fire and have not been repaired.
It took around 14 years to build 1368 1644 the forbidden city is situated in the center of beijing and it used to be the palace of 24 emperors ming qing dynasties.