Is the Forbidden Palace in China just another name for Forbidden city?
China refers to the Forbidden City as the National Museum. I am not sure how it got to be called the Forbidden City or Forbidden Palace, but I imagine it has a lot to do with when the west traveled to Beijing following the second Opium War in 1856 that it was probably one of the few places they were banned from going into. After all, the Forbidden City was pretty much the Emperors home. That travel was the result of a treaty following the Second Opium War, that the Chinese called the “Unequal Treaty” which forced open travel to Beijing, which was a closed city at the time, gave foreigners, especially missionary’s access to all of China, made the Chinese pay huge war reparations, and to add further insult to injury, banned Chinese officials from referring to the British officials as “Yi” or barbarian. 44 years later the Boxer Rebellion started because of the way the west was treating the Chinese. The west really has a sordid past with the Chinese. I don’t blame Mao when he cut off most
“Forbidden Palace” is not the correct reference to the Forbidden City. It is hardly used anywhere. The imperial palace resided within the Forbidden City is referred to as GuGong, literally translated to “Palace of the past”. So, the answer to your question is “No”. It is not another name to the historical site.
