Die Macht der schönen Konkubine - Chinas Verbotene Stadt - Teil 2
- Episode aired Jul 27, 2008
For 500 years, the Ming-built Forbidden City, the feng-shui reflection of a cosmology around the emperor, was the ritual center of universal harmony. But the empire itself would crumble afte... Read allFor 500 years, the Ming-built Forbidden City, the feng-shui reflection of a cosmology around the emperor, was the ritual center of universal harmony. But the empire itself would crumble after the accession to power of a peasant girl, slowly risen from lowly concubine to bedmate a... Read allFor 500 years, the Ming-built Forbidden City, the feng-shui reflection of a cosmology around the emperor, was the ritual center of universal harmony. But the empire itself would crumble after the accession to power of a peasant girl, slowly risen from lowly concubine to bedmate and confident of a sickly weakling emperor, later de facto regent Chi-Chi behind the throne... Read all