Student Program, WHS research, World Heritage Sites Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang Posted onJuly 16, 2014December 24, 2015 The�Forbidden City�was the Chinese imperial�palace�from the�Ming dynasty�to the end of the�Qing dynasty. It is located in the center of�Beijing, China, and now houses the�Palace Museum. …