Throwback Thursday: A Brief History of the Forbidden City s More Salacious Moments Dec 31, 2020 2:30 pm | 2 comments | 309 reads
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing s past, using our 12-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and wonderful stories of Beijing s days gone by.
As 2020 comes to a close, so too does the 600th anniversary of Beijing’s most popular tourist attraction, the Forbidden City. And as is the case with anything that has six centuries of history under its belt, the sprawling imperial complex has not been without its fair share of scandals and controversies. So, in light of both the anniversary and the end of the year, we figured we’d use this Throwback Thursday to wish our beloved Old Palace one last happy birthday by giving it a good old fashioned roast and dredging up some of its more questionable moments from recent memory.