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In Search of History. China's Forbidden City
- Available as
- Online
- Summary
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This program goes inside the ancient walls of Beijing's fabled Forbidden City, the seat of Chinese emperors for hundreds of years - and until recently, off-limits to Westerners.
Details
- Creator
- A&E Television Networks, LLC
- Included Title
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- In search of history (Television program)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2010], c1997
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn878699310
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on December 02, 2010.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Introduction to China's Forbidden City (2:46) -- Tale of an Intruder (2:25) -- Emperors and their Palace (2:58) -- Dreams of Building a Forbidden City (2:45) -- Constructing the City (2:24) -- Feng Shui Design (3:33) -- End of the Ming Dynasty (2:49) -- Concubines (3:42) -- Legend of an Unyielding Concubine (2:05) -- Eunuch Servants (2:14) -- Scandal Surrounding the Eunuchs (2:09) -- Cursed Ch'ing Dynasty (2:13) -- Ambitious Empress Tzu Hsi (2:58) -- Obscurity of China's Last Emperor (1:25) -- The Contemporary Forbidden City (3:51) -- Credits: In Search of History: China's Forbidden City (1:10)