Last summer I went to one of the world's 1 historical places, the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. It was the home of the emperors of the last two dynasties in China, the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The Forbidden City was built in 1420. The palace has over 9, 000 rooms. It was 2 the emperors dealt with the official business with their ministers.
In Mandarin, the Forbidden City is called the Purple Forbidden City.3 , the colour of the palace 4 is not purple. The colour purple stands for power of the great emperors of China. It was so sacred（神圣的）that the commoners（平民）could not even dream of going in.
The emperor 5 had some of the largest festival celebrations at the Forbidden City. During Chinese New Year, the emperor.6 all the members of his family and his officials to a banquet（宴会）. The banquet had a hundred and eight Chinese dishes. It was such 7 expensive banquet that it could feed a commoner's family for three generations（代）.
Right now the Forbidden City is known.8 a historical site for tourists from all over the world. Everyone can go there. It is a museum with priceless Chinese antiques （古董）and treasures in it.
I really learned a lot about the Chinese culture and its history from this trip to the Forbidden City.It was like a dream which 9 . And I was excited 10 the trip and see the things that I had always wanted to see.
