ASMR - The Forbidden City and History of Imperial China (Bedtime Story)

In this male soft spoken ASMR story about China, I take you to the discovery of the Forbidden City. We explore this extraordinary complex and follow the history of Imperial China from the rise of the Ming Dynasty and the construction of the Forbidden City in the 15th Century, to the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty, until the fall of the Empire in 1911. Take a look at this scene from The Last Emperor:    • The Last Emperor scene - Puyi's beginnings   Credits: script and narration by the French Whisperer, images by the French Whisperer or under Wikipedia Commons. Music at the start from the YouTube Audio Library: "Lau Tzu Ehru" by Doug Maxwell. **************************************************** Music streaming platforms: look up on your favourite site, I am probably on it and the library of available stories is growing every week! My Facebook page:   / thefrenchwhispererasmr   Patreon: your contribution is very welcome. I use it to buy props for videos, books, and pay the bills! Patrons can also download videos in HD, or audio only, access special surveys and listen to my stories as podcasts.   / thefrenchwhisperer   Twitter: @FrenchWhisperer Paypal account: on the front page of my channel or https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... **************************************************** Timestamps: 0:00 Music and Subpar Calligraphy 0:59 The Forbidden City 5:04 Beijing Then and Now 10:06 Capital under the Yuan Dynasty 12:33 The Rise of the Ming Dynasty 14:41 Construction of the Forbidden City 17:04 Pavilion of Supreme Harmony 21:08 Pavilion of Preserved Harmony 25:59 Emperor Yongle 28:13 Glorious Isolation under the Ming Dynasty 31:24 Contacts with Europeans 35:17 Fall of the Ming and Rise of the Qing Dynasty 39:58 Inner Courtyards and Other Areas 45:56 A Gilded Cage for Emperors 48:39 China under the Qing Dynasty 51:44 19th Century and Opium Wars 58:24 The Boxer Rebellion 1:02:01 The Fall and the Last Emperor 1:05:25 Beliefs and Symbolism in the Forbidden City 1:10:13 The Forbidden City in the 20th Century