Who lived in Beijing's Forbidden City?
Beijing's Forbidden City was the imperial palace for 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for nearly 500 years, until the last emperor left in the 1920s.
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How many rooms does the Forbidden City have?
Legend says Beijing's Forbidden City has 9,999 rooms, but surveys count about 8,700.