The Forbidden City, Home to the Emperors, Beijing, China

[hantaehieu1]

Ruan An Who designed Forbidden Beijing for Ming, is Vietnamese (he was born in Vietnam,and be catched to China together with thousands Vietnamese talent after China invaded Viet nam,Ho Quy Ly lost)

So every one can see Forbidden Beijing have feature,soul similar Vietnamese Architecture.

I don't lie,because Ruan An do not buid it( million Chinese built it) but Ruan An (Vietnamese architect) designe it.China rob civilation of other nation and say Han chinese creat it,nothing.

[newyoungboy]

@hantaehieu1

I don't who design the building,but one things is true,vietanm was part of china before.

[BAIYUE1]

@newyoungboy

yes,Vietnamese is descendant of Baiyue(Luo yue+Ou yue+ some other yue).

We have forfather is shennong,Hung King.

And Bai yue settled in south china and north Vietnam before Qin,HAn invaded in about early BC.And Han chinese rob civilization of Bai yue and traduce Baiyue.

and we independent before Quin,Han invaded in early BC,and Now we still independent.

[BAIYUE1]

@newyoungboy

Don't have China in past.China was born in 1949.

Vietnam never a part of China.You wrong!

[JZSNtelpy]

@hantaehieu1 Ok, Vietnam glorifier, just stop ur blatant lies. Ruan An was brought to China as a boy. Everything he learned about architect was in China, Did he remember anything Vietnamese as a kid? no.

There were 6 major designers for Forbidden City: master designers and planners Cai Xin, Chen Gui, and Wu Zhong, master carpenter Kuai Xiang, and master mason Lu Xiang. Ruan An's specialty was tower, roof and hydraulic. So his main contribution were the 4 towers at the 4 corners of the city.

[BAIYUE1]

@JZSNtelpy

No,Nguyen An(Ruan An) was a architect in Tran Dynasty and Ho dynasty of Vietnam.

So Ruan An was catched to Ming dynasty with thousands Vietnamese talents.

in addition Ruan An,has Ho Nguyen Trung who created cannon for Ming dynasty.many many talents of Vietnamese.

[iwansaputra1971]

Amazing...Like a dream... I have been there last week of End of August 2010

[nguyenluan]

I was watching Forbidden City on discovery channel and the found that the chinese tried to hide the truth about a Vietnamese man was built the Forbidden City and not the Chinese.They have discovered the truth that a Vietnamese architect named Nguyen An who built the Forbidden City,not the Chinese.

[JZSNtelpy]

@nguyenluan Nguyen An was brought to the China as a boy-as blank as a piece of paper. The only connection he had with Vietnam was his nationality. He was educated in Chinese, learned Chinese philosophy, Chinese architect, never properly learned how to read/write in Vietnamese, never went back there either. He excelled in architecture so the Emperor put him in charge along with 5 other chief designers. China tried to conceal his identity but he didn't bring anything with him from Vietnam either.

[BAIYUE1]

@JZSNtelpy

When Nguyen An was catched to China,he was 25 years old.So you call him is boy.So funny.ha ha ha

[JZSNtelpy]

@BAIYUE1 lol stop ur propaganda, he went to china as a boy before even reaching teenage-hood. And besides, all the talents went to serve the Chinese empire not ur little pathetic Vietnam, who didn't know how to use the little talents you had in thousands of years. There is nothing for u to be proud of, only shame.

[BAIYUE1]

@JZSNtelpy

In Ming dynasty,great Yue was conquered in 10 years,It is time,Nguyen an,Ho Nguyen Trung with many Vietnamese talent was catched to China.

And Nguyen An was architect in Vietnam(Tran,Ho dynasty).When He was catched to China,he 25 years old.when he designed forbidden city ,he was 30 years old.

Ho Nguyen Trung created cannon.He is son of Ho Quy Ly who is king of Ho dynasty.

So we are Yue people.It is enough to make us proud.Same on you,you don't have origin.

[JZSNtelpy]

@BAIYUE1 Same propaganda garbage again. The emperor wouldn't use or entrust a freshly captured vietnamese to build his palace for him, no one would, and stop lying about this age. 25 years is considered old back then and no imperial court would take a 25 year old and trust him to serve the emperor, they only start with young boys. Nguyen An was captured and paid as tribute to China when he was an uneducated boy.

Even more ridiculous is ur cannon claim. Get an education before spreading lies.

[BAIYUE1]

@JZSNtelpy

Belive it or not.You even don't read chinese history to know Nguyen An( 阮安).

I advise that you should learn chinese history better.

All of them about Nguyen An is history,so you can't change it,not proganda,it is history.

[JZSNtelpy]

@BAIYUE1 it's too funny a Vietnamese like you accuses me of not knowing my own history. It is you who trolls all Chinese videos to spread your lies. Let me ask again, why would you be proud of the little talents ur country had while they served other countries instead of Vietnam? Regardless of what they did, they dedicated their lives to serve China and the Chinese emperor, not you. China is the land where they realized their dream not ur pathetic Vietnam. You should be angry and ashamed.

[BAIYUE1]

@JZSNtelpy

Why?Because Nguyen An is Vietnamese architect.And He didn't voluntary go to China.

Because Ming dynasty invaded great Yue to catch thousands Vietnamese talents to china include Nguyen An,Ho Nguyen Trung,Nguyen Phi Khanh,Ho Quy Ly,.......

[JZSNtelpy]

@BAIYUE1 for one thing, they certainly wouldn't be able to accomplish anything in that pathetic little land of yours. Only in China where they were able to utilize their potential.

Chinese architect existed long before even your Vietnamese civilization took shape. Anyone can burrow Chinese architect and come up with a few new things, it's nothing special.

Forbidden City was never designed by one man nor was anyone one man able to. Your bogus claim can hardly make anyone believe you.

[BAIYUE1]

@JZSNtelpy

Yes,I think chinese emperor has many power.But it is not enough.

So you need more intelligent and Nguyen An is example.So in chinese history,many invention was created by Baiyue people,not chinese.Belive it or not!

[JZSNtelpy]

@BAIYUE1 Again, some simple facts about forbidden city. It was primarily designed by SIX architects and Nguyen An was one of them. He was responsible for the 4 tower in the 4 corners of the city and the hydraulic system.

Japan, Korea all took Chinese architect for their own and it's nothing special for them to invent new thing based on that. They give full/proper credit to Chinese architecture's influence. Only in Vietnam and arrogant fools like you who takes all the credit for yourself.

[BAIYUE1]

@JZSNtelpy

perhaps you actually don't know?

I will tell you that Nguyen An is general architect,head of forbidden beijing.

Under the reign of Zhengtong Emperor, Nguyen An had a major role in the reconstruction of the wall of Beijing.[2][5] He was also a hydraulic specialist, who was involved in at least three hydraulic projects and had a flawless record.[6] He died in 1453.[2]

"4 tower in the 4 corners of the city and the hydraulic system"is only a part of his responsible.

[JZSNtelpy]

@BAIYUE1 So now you admit Forbidden City wasn't designed by one man. You pretty much couldn't stand your original argument.

Why was he the head of forbidden city? It's because the emperors generally trusted the eunuchs more than the others. So he was put in the administration position not because he was a better architect than the others.

Vietnam never had it's independent architecture style for anything. It's always the combination of Chinese and Vietnamese and now French.

[BAIYUE1]

@JZSNtelpy

The most important part of forbidden city was designed by Nguyen An.So have you any question?

You don't know about Yue nan.

We have many thing that you don't know.Because you was propaganda by Chinese government.

[JZSNtelpy]

@BAIYUE1I don't even live in China and i study my history independently without bias. I'm sure there are many things i don't know about Vietnam but because people like you who have nothing better to do than taking credits of other country's work. It shows that you really have nothing left to show to the world about Vietnam except digging into other countries past to look for the little things no one cares about. Show me some great things Vietnamese did INSIDE vietnam to impress me?? none.

[BAIYUE1]

@JZSNtelpy

So,you want to know what make you impress?

We are descendant of Yue people.OK?

[kimmyrabb]

@BAIYUE1 The Forbidden City's plan was designed by many architects and designers, and then it was examined by the Emperor's Ministry of Work.[4] The Chief Architects were Cai Xin[4][5] and eunuch Nguyen An, a Vietnamese,[6] and the Chief Engineers were Kuai Xiang and Lu Xiang.[4]

just go to wikipedia and that settles the matter.

[BAIYUE1]

@kimmyrabb

Yes,Nguyen An can't design details of forbidden,but main structure of forbidden city beijing was designed by Nguyen An.And the most important is Nguyen An train for chinese wokers to built it.

[BAIYUE1]

@kimmyrabb

You should researched more about chinese history to know about Yue people who chinese want to hide.Not all of chinese now was created by Han chinese,many come from other ethnic.

[chengda85]

@BAIYUE1 Chinese have always been made up of multiple ethnical groups, not just Han, in fact Hans are not really 1 ethnic group, they are just called that because of Han dynasty and the name stuck. you are saying only Hans are CHinese, the other ethnic groups are not chinese, that makes no sense. The Yue people also originated from southern china did they not.

[BAIYUE1]

@chengda85

I say with historical factors.

As you know, in 5000 years ago,has 3 famous tribe in yellow river and yangzi river,they are Jiu Li of Si You,Chinese of Huangdi and Bai Yue of Shennong.

China is modern term,in past China is middle kingdom in yellow river.

If you say Chinese with nationality as now,I can say Chinese has 56 ethnics with Han chinese is majority.

Clearly, in past Yue is not Chinese with ethnic,culture,teritory,...

[kimmyrabb]

@BAIYUE1 He was an eunuch that worked for the Dynasty and he worked on the construction but he was only one and the rest were Chinese, the structure is fundamentally Chinese, nothing to suggest Vietnamese architecture at all, he was just a person that worked for the Dynasty and did what he was told to do and there is nothing shameful or wrong about it, the facts are the facts. Calm yourself down, you can't change history.

[kimmyrabb]

@BAIYUE1 how smart can you be if you had your penis removed to become another mans servant? That is just about the silliest thing and very primitive.

[BAIYUE1]

@kimmyrabb

Don't mention Caixin with me.Cai xin and two other architect is subordinate of Nguyen An.Nguyen An is chief architect of forbidden city beijing.Ming emperor give that responsible for Nguyen An.

Not only Forbidden city,Nguyen An is also help Ming dynasty in yellow river.

[kevinThanh92]

In fact, this palace was designed by a Vietnam

[starlandliu]

@kevinThanh92 The one and only Vietnamese were one of the many engineers and architects participated in the construction of the palace. So cut glorifying everything to your inferior race. Pui!

[BAIYUE1]

@starlandliu

Vietnamese –Nguyen An designed main part of forbidden city Beijing, other as Cai Xin, Lu xiang,..are sub-ordinate of Nguyen An

Nguyen An is chief executive and chief architect , he trained for Chinese worker.

[twilightfan4eva1]

i'm making a movie on it and i don't know how get peoples attnetion can anyone suggest what i can put in the movie to interest people on this subject

[ReturnOfJackDawson]

Can I be an emperor?

[nivlec]

TRULY AMAZING BEEN THERE 2007 OF MAY

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[matnpluimers]

I've been to the Forbidden City last month. Truly amazing to see it on the age of 15 :)

[wzh3939]

Nguyen An was born in Vietnam(a province of China at that time). He was sent into the palace as a tribute when he was a boy, and then served as an eunuch.

He was trained into an architect and contributed quite much to the building of the Forbidden Palace, but I don't think anyone can be claimed to be the designer of the Forbidden Palace. The HUGE project involves 100,000 artisans and lasted half century, not mention the multiple expansions and rebuildings during the next several centuries .

[councillor1968]

China's forbidden city, very beautifull story. If they'd make a movie out of it like "MULAN". It'll definitely sell.

[arvin0079]

Maybe, becuz Vietnam was a province of China during Ming Dynasty

[BAIYUE1]

@arvin0079

Wrong!Ming dynasty only invaded Vietnamese in 10 years.At that time,Vietnamese still fight again Ming.And after 10 years,Le Loi sucess,opened Le dynasty for Vietnam.

[pokemonfangirl3]

i been to china it was super hot in the summer and at night it rain a little and still hot except the countryside it was cold at night the breaze and it was calm at night and at afternoon smelly and people were staring at me and my sister maybe they were wondering that we r girls came from america since our america accent and our english

[broadcaster12345]

fakku :D

[nokia97]

i love china

[diana2807]

the names of those gates&palaces sounds stupid when they're translated into english...

[TubeGuest5178]

Royalty is when being rich and powerful becomes a chore.

[lifei8270]

OK, you said north of china belonged to korea before? how could it belong to china now? how come?

[backsider578]

@lifei8270 Korea never own north china, i think you are referring to the jerchen or Manchu, they owned north china for a while.Alot of people think that the manchu are koreans, but they are not.

[Jarhead8741]

@lifei8270 they gave it back probably just like how northern France used to be controlled by England

[chengda85]

@Jarhead8741 that is ridiculous, ancient Korea paid tribute to the Chinese empire, they did not have the power to control anything back then.

[wearejusthumanbeing]

Korean originated from Sam-Han, from actual South Korea, those people you claim to be "Korean" are other race, you dog...

[wjli2]

You should say Koreans were Manchus, while Manchus were more closely related to the Mongols. Maybe you live in a parallel universe, everything is opposite. The Brits were originally from America right?

[wjli2]

Whoa this is the same person, who says that Ming Dynasty were not ruled by Chinese. For every noble prize winners that US produce, there must be an equally stupid Red-neck produced in the South. You are the latter, tell your daddy to stop banging his sister and producing bastards like youuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

[wjli2]

Since when the Emperor of Ming, became a foreigner, do you even know any history. While Qing were a tribe in the Northern China, but they are chinese while they are not Han Chinese. Tibet is mongols who migrated there mostly during Genghis Khan era, if you know nothing its ok. Its one thing to be brainwashed, but totally another thing to be ignorant and stupid. Just read any textbook and they will tell Ming Emperors were Chinese Hans. But then reading isnt one of your forte.

[wearejusthumanbeing]

go do some research on Google or buy a history book..................you need to make yourself clear or you are becoming the big joke of 21 century

[wjli2]

dont worry about batmaniaa he is an American redneck, his dad and mom is brother and sister. So he has problem reading... while comprehension is beyond his scope of personal abilities.... That is why people say dont commit incest, other wise you produce something like Batmaniaa...

[wearejusthumanbeing]

lol, stupid nationalist............Manchur­ian was a tribe formed in the North of China just like the mongols

type MANCHURIAN in Google and look the history(Wikipedia or anything), then come back to me...

you like to make mistake but don't want to correct it. such a disappointment...

[wjli2]

well that was 2000 old years ago, back then Roman Empire ruled much of the Mediterranean coast line, now? So should all those countries around Mediterranean return land to the Italian?

[wjli2]

R u a retard or something? Since when the Manchu become Korean, its more like the Korean were Manchu you stupid. Its like Saying the Human were the ancestors of the Ape. You obviously knows nothing about history, what an idiot. China includes many region and area, the world China were given by the European to area ruled by Kublai Khan during Yan Dynasty. The Manchu are a subset of chinese people.

[wearejusthumanbeing]

Qing is Manchu not koreans, korea was under control of Manchu too

[lihe8889]

Tibet is under china control since Ming Empire. Just go away. Saying russia shouldnt even be close to china.

[wjli2]

Batmaniaa is a freaking dumass, Tibetans were actually Mongols whom settled there during the rule of Genghis Khan. After his Khan death, all of his empire split up between his relatives, generals, officials and children.

[jimsim3]

China you have lost your soul You are loosing your international face. The concept of any society is one based on fair play,and you are only cheating yourselves of a future. Please leave Tibet and show the world that you can be great! and that you can act in the the interest of humanity. This could be your GIFT to the World for Beijing Olympics 2008 Would,nt this be a first for Mankind.

[fuker211]

Tibet will always be under China! The Ming, Qing, ROC, now PRC, and in the near future when China turn to a democratic country. No matter what government China will be, know this fool! Tibet was never free and will never be free.

[jimsim3]

23 February 2007

Tibet wasn't ours, says Chinese scholar

(DNA) A leading Chinese historian and a veteran of the committee that advises on official Chinese history textbooks has broken step with the official Chinese line on historical sovereignty over Tibet and said that to claim that the Tibet "has always been a part of China" would be a "defiance of history".

[jimsim3]

In an article in the China Review magazine, Professor Ge Jianxiong director of the Institute of Chinese Historical Geography and the Research Centre for Historical Geographic Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai, states that while considering how big China was during the Tang Dynasty (7th to 10th century), "we cannot include the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, which was ruled by Tubo/Tufan..."

[wjli2]

That was in Tang dynasty!!!! Tibet only came under Chinese control during Yan Dynasty under Kublai Khan (Marco polo remember)... you stupid idiot. Oh god i can say before American Civil war, California were Spanish colony.... So do that mean California is not part of modern America?

[wjli2]

Big deal one person said that.... i can say one American wanted to destroy America and he said Muslim are the greatest. Do that make it official?

[jimsim3]

wjli2 I don't wish too rattle your cage.

But!! this is about global warming, We all need to work to reinstate his Holiness back in lhasa to unite all people of the world and try to mend what we are destroying "Our world"

Now you can say F**K U BUT! This is afacting you as well as very body else. if we Don,t mend it we are all going to surffer.. I,am not going to sit arse and watch it coming

I need your help..very ones help.

[wjli2]

Right now the American are the biggest CO2 emitter in total volume and per capita for many decades till even now. So who is destroying your world? dimsim3 boy you are just very stupid, dont go off the topic, only losers do that. Are you an ignorant loser?

[jimsim3]

I don't want to be a losers. I just want to high light that we can do something about the issue, why the world watches Beijing Olympics

We wont get this chance again. CHINA would hold the bench mark in global issue for every other country to fallow.

and also don't try to insult me, I don't call you willy2dicks. You same to have a brain so try to be nice and hold civil tongue

[wjli2]

willy2dicks is good name i should use it sometime, thank you for your suggestion. Before you go point out the problems of China, there are many other countries having the same problems, which you did forget to mention?

[globetrekkerboon]

thank you very much!!!!

[globetrekkerboon]

hello! do you know the title to the tune of your video clip at the start?

[intrepberkexplorer]

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