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The Palace Museum, known as the Forbidden City, was the imperial palaces of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the early 15th century, large-scale construction involved 100 thousand artisans and one million civilians.
The Palace Museum is located in the centre of Beijing, covering an area of 72 hectares. It is rectangular in shape, 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meters wide from east to west. The palace is the largest piece of ancient Chinese architecture still standing. Some of the buildings were damaged by lightning and rebuilt in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The palace had been expanded several times, but the original layout was preserved.
After the Founding of People's Republic of China in 1949, some costly renovations were done and the Palace Museum was listed as one of the most important historical monuments under special preservation by the Chinese government.
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故宫又称紫禁城，是明、清两个朝代的皇家宫殿。在15世纪初期，大规模的建设耗费了10万工匠和一百万平民。
故宫坐落于北京的中心，占地面积72公顷。形状为长方形，由北至南长960米，由东至西宽750米。这座宫殿是现存最大的中国古代建筑群。在明清时期，有些建筑被闪电击毁，随后被加以重建。故宫曾经历了几次扩建，但其原始布局始终得以保留。
1949年中华人民共和国成立之后，曾斥巨资对故宫进行整修，而且故宫被列为中国政府重点保护的最重要的历史古迹之一。
