The Imperial Guards Brigade guarded the person of the Emperor of China and the Forbidden City during the Qing dynasty. The emperor or huangdi (çå¸ in pinyin: huang2 di4) of China was the head of government and head of state of China from the Qin dynasty in 221 B.C. until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911. ... The Hall of Supreme Harmony (å¤ªåæ®¿) at the centre of the Forbidden City The Forbidden City or Forbidden Palace (Chinese: ç´«ç¦å; pinyin: ; literally Purple Forbidden City), located at the exact center of the ancient City of Beijing, was the imperial palace during the mid-Ming and the Qing dynasties. ... The Qing Dynasty (Manchu: daicing gurun; Chinese: æ¸ æ; pinyin: qÄ«ng cháo; Wade-Giles: ching chao), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China expanded into China proper and the surrounding territories of Inner Asia, establishing...
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