ASMR - The Forbidden City and History of Imperial China (sleep story)


The French Whisperer ASMR
Published 3 years ago

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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm9OHshFDco

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.
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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

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