why wasn't the forbidden city destroyed in China's cultural revolution?

Answer 1

i think it was where mao lived, and he wanted to reside in lucury, read wild swans, he comes across as very hypocritical, as he ordered the destruction of all old fashioned things like art, literature and traditional architecture

Answer 2

China has great respect for its history. No Chinese would destroy part of their heritage because of political turmoil. I live in China and appreciate the loving care that Chinese lavish on protecting national treasures. While the Forbidden City was the home of the emperors and the Manchu. the buildings represent both creativity of the architects and also the industy og the workers. On the West end of the Great Wall is a single brick cemented to the walkway.....to honor a man, an estimator, who declared that he could calculate precisely the number of rocks, bricks and such for that portion of the Great
Wall....he did so, stipulating that there would be a single brick too many.....well, he did so and it is still there...I have touched it....800 years after it was cemented in place....do you think we would destroy such history. China is not irrational and with 56 ethnic groups of people, preserving the diverse culture is important to all Chinese.

Answer 3

I think Mao wanted to keep some of the good stuff for himself.

Answer 4

deestruction take some doing and mabye chinese still pride in their own cultural achievements

Answer 5

yeahh, i thought that was like the memorial of mao, or something, maybe they still wanted to reserve some history, or to have the biggest palace on earth, or for the tourists, idk.