Wandering Threads: [ FORBIDDEN INTERIORS ] Beijing

Beijing's Top 10 : Forbidden City Collections - Daily life of the concubines Every three years, court officials would select girls between the ages of 13 and 17 to join the eight ranks of imperial concubines.

Bedroom in the Last Emperor's chambers in the Forbidden City - note the number of silk bedcovers

Palace of Gathered Elegance (Chuxiu gong)

Gugong - Imperial Palace Museum - Inner Court - Palace Eternal Spring -Palace Interiors

Gugong - Imperial Palace Museum - Inner Court - Palace Eternal Spring -Palace Interiors

Check out this collection of amazing art & creativity!

Interior with Young Man Reading (1898) by Vilhelm Hammershøi

The Four Rooms, 1914 - Vilhelm Hammershøi

"A Woman Reading By A Window" by Vilhelm Hammershoi.