Details, in fact, were my obsession as we toured the Forbidden City. This gold leaf appeared on the lower panel of a set of doors on the Gate of Supreme Harmony, the main entrance to the Forbidden City's central courtyard.

| The Forbidden City | The Summer Palace | The Ming Tombs |

Copyright 2002 Alison Stuebe

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