Beijing Forbidden City-Ming & Qing Dynasties

Ming and Qing Dynasties are the last two feudal dynasties in China history. The Forbidden City is the mutual imperial palace for the two dynasties. Ming Dynasty’s suppression on the minority people forced the Manchu to rise up against its ruling. After hard military actions, the Manchu troops climbed over the Great Wall, overtook Beijing, and then seized the whole country. A total of 14 emperors in Ming Dynasty and 10 emperors in Qing Dynasty lived in the Forbidden City. Qing Dynasty inherited the Forbidden City and abandoned the Great Wall. The Great Wall was used to separate nomadic peoples in the north. After the Manchu became nationwide rulers, the Great Wall lost its function. However the Forbidden City continued to be a perfect place for the highest rulers in reining the whole country.
Qing Dynasty is of the minority people governance pattern, which rectified many mistakes of Ming Dynasty in coping with nationality issues, and promoted the big amalgamation of all peoples in China.
Due to the restriction of feudal system, Qing Dynasty declined gradually while Western countries loomed up at the same time. In late Qing Dynasty, China became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society in face of Western countries’ intrusions.

Beijing Forbidden City