An Ordinary Chinese Couple’s Day Off | First Time Inside the Forbidden City 🇨🇳

For nearly 500 years, the Forbidden City was the emperor's home, and ordinary people were kept outside its walls. On our day off, my wife and I walked in for the first time. I'm Waylon, 29, and I live in China. Come walk with us: the ID check before you even reach the palace, the line at the Meridian Gate, the doorway that once belonged to one man, the golden dragon everyone touches for luck, and the pair of door gods we carried home. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Not a ticket. An ID card. 0:24 Along the moat, under the red wall 1:08 The Meridian Gate: a phone, an ID, and a line 1:55 Five doorways, five rules 2:59 The first courtyard 3:31 The biggest courtyard and the great hall 4:46 The dragon everyone touches 5:18 Where the emperor's mother lived 6:37 Door gods from the gift shop 7:13 The emperor's own house, and sun umbrellas 7:52 The garden and the back lanes 8:39 Built to keep us out 💬 What is the one place in your country that everyone should see once? Tell me in the comments. #China #ForbiddenCity #LifeInChina