Forbidden City: The Great Within

Long closed to the outside world, these producers have secured unprecedented access to the mysterious Forbidden City. With its reputed 9,999 rooms, 240 acres of palaces and exquisite pleasure gardens, the center of all Chinese government contains within it schools, temples, theaters & "punishment chambers". You'll also see period paintings, etchings, archival material and readings from over 1,000 years of Imperial diaries, which unlock beauty and cruelty, madness and despair among the host of characters that were the Emperors of China.