The Palace Museum
While Lilly and Chen were in Beijing they picked up a leaflet at the Palace Museum which included a brief introduction to the Imperial Palace and a plan. Read the brief introduction. You have access to its translation and vocabulary in the next two tabs. Then do the activities in the last tabs to check your understanding.
You can also use the vocabulary on the next tab to help you.
Click on either pinyin or characters to listen to individual words. The words are listed in the order in which they appear.
Names of the halls and palaces
Introduction of the Palace Museum
Read the brief introduction and select the correct option to answer the following questions. Check your answers.
1. The Palace Museum is situated in the Imperial Palace in Beijing, which is also called the Forbidden City.
2. The Palace Museum solely specialises in imperial collections.
The Palace Museum is a large-scale comprehensive museum.
3. The imperial palace was listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1961.
It was listed as a world heritage site in 1987. In 1961, it was designated as one of China's most important protected culture heritage sites.
4. The construction of the imperial palace in Beijing was completed in 1420.
5. Emperors of various dynasties in ancient China all lived in this imperial palace.
Only emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties lived here.
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Complete the map
Read the brief introduction on the first tab and select the correct tag of the mentioned halls and palaces, etc. Check your answers.
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