On the 12th of February 1912 Puyi, China’s Last Emperor, abdicated. China now commenced into uncharted political territory: ...
"Top-tier artisans from home and abroad gathered in the Forbidden City and the Imperial Workshops became a key place for them ...
The Last Emperor was the first feature shot in China's Forbidden City. In the sequence from the film, Bernardo Bertolucci explains how he stages the coronation of the child ruler of a dying dynasty.