Gugong (Chinese: 故宫; pinyin: Gùgōng) is the Chinese name for the Forbidden City in Beijing.
"Former palace"
Gugong literally means "former palace", and can also refer to:
- Mukden Palace in Shenyang, also known as "the Shenyang Gugong"
- National Palace Museum in Taipei, also known as "the Taipei Gugong"
- Hong Kong Palace Museum in Hong Kong, also known as "the Hong Kong Gugong"
- Ming Palace, Nanjing, also known as "the Ming Gugong" or "the Nanjing Gugong"
- Gugong (film), a 2005 large scale documentary series about the Forbidden City produced by China Central Television, directed by famous Chinese director Zhou Bing.
As name
- Gugong Danfu, Zhou Dynasty ancestor
See also
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