Map of the Southern Song dynasty

Map of the Northern Song dynasty

Yingzao-Fashi architectural guide from the Song dynasty

Yingzao-Fashi architectural guide from the Song dynasty

Yingzao-Fashi architectural guide from the Song dynasty

Dougong brackets

Map of Mongol territories

Yuan dynasty

Wengchang Diagram

Wengchang Diagram

Map of Dadu under the Yuan

Map of Bejing under the Ming

Map of Bejing from 1912

White pagoda

White Pagoda

Map of the Ming dynasty

Imperial City with Forbidden City within

Imperial City with Forbidden City within

Plan of the Forbidden City

Diagram of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City

Aerial of the Imperial City

Hall of Supreme Harmony (National Geographic)

Tiananmen Gate to the Imperial City

Tiananmen Square from above

Famous photograph

End of the democratic movement in Tiananmen Square, 1989

Plan of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City

Inner Court of the Forbidden City

Inner Court of the Forbidden City

Inner Court of the Forbidden City

Inner Court of the Forbidden City

Suzhou

Suzhou

Suzhou