Major Events

    At the begining of the fifteenth century, the third Ming emperor, YongLe built and amazing section of China's capital Bejing, better known as The Forbidden City.  It was said that YongLe's tutor (a monk) had a dream about The Forbidden City.  In the dream he invisioned a glorious city that had a purple theme to it.  In the city YongLe would be able to communicate with the devine world and maintain harmoney between the two.  Purple is a ver important color because only the emperor used it.  He would use it to sign his name on documents and his walls and other accecories would also be purple.
    After the dream was made the monk told YongLe and he built the city with the intesions of making it his new home.  That all came true.  His home became known as 'Zi Jin Ch`eng' which means 'the purple city of polestar of which you cannot enter'.  YongLe believed that the important buildings should be constructed in a symetrical fasion. 
    The construction of The Forbidden City started during YongLe's 5th year in power and lasted 14 years and used about 1 million workers and 100,000 artisan to complete the city.  A lot of the city still exists today however some parts are no longer there due to weather errosion.  Today it is a great tourist attraction and many people want to visit The Forbidden City.