Discover the ingenious engineering of Beijing's Forbidden City, the power center of imperial China for nearly 500 years. Discover how the design of this vast complex of palaces and temples enabled it to survive centuries of earthquake shocks.

Originally released by PBS, 2017. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on December 04, 2018.

Building the Forbidden City (8:18); --Ming Architecture (4:47); -- Earthquake Testing (7:01); -- Architecture and the Grand Canal (8:10); -- Withstanding Earthquakes (6:00); -- Beijing's Ice Road (6:41); -- Power of the Ming Dynasty (5:32); -- Strength of the Forbidden City (3:21); -- Credits: Secrets of the Forbidden City (0:50); .