A Century of Glory in the Forbidden City | Special Travelogue for the 100th Anniversary of the Palace Museum

Morning Chapter: 6:30 AM, October 10, 2025 📍 Meridian Gate Entrance I arrived at the Forbidden City in the morning light, as the Palace Museum celebrates its 100th birthday! ✨ Sunlight streams through the upturned eaves, the golden glazed tiles sparkling✨ Six hundred years of imperial grandeur perfectly blend with museum culture, making everything bright and clear at this moment~ Standing in the center of the square, the layers of white marble railings resemble frozen waves supporting this giant time capsule💎 🌧️ Rainy Day Chapter: 2:00 PM, sudden shower The Forbidden City instantly changes its look! Rainwater flows down the chiwen (those cute dragon heads on the palace walls) with a splash, washing the vermilion palace walls💦 It reminds one of the storms it has weathered—war, turmoil, rebirth... Generations of Palace Museum guardians have protected the roots of our national culture with their lives, and the wet palace walls look especially bright and fresh💖 🌈 Farewell Chapter: 4:30 PM, departing from Shenwu Gate as the rain eases Looking back, the rain-washed Forbidden City shines with renewed brilliance✨ A century of vicissitudes, a century of protection. From imperial palace to people's museum, from mysterious forbidden land to an open cultural hall, the storms it has endured in these hundred years are beyond imagination... But look—the tiles may fade, the paint may peel, the stones may weather, yet the Chinese spirit embedded in the architecture will never perish! Just like sunlight breaking through clouds after rain, it will forever illuminate this six-century legend🏮 📍 Practical Information: Palace Museum Address: No. 4 Jingshan Front Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing Opening Hours: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (Last entry at 4:10 PM during peak season)