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Beijing
The Forbidden City saw 500 years of imperial intrigue—concubines murdered, eunuchs executed, emperors poisoned. Guards report strange sounds at night. The Empress Dowager still walks.
1045 BC - Present
China
10000+ witnesses
Beijing’s imperial history creates imperial ghosts.
The Forbidden City
500 years of intrigue:
- Emperors poisoned
- Concubines murdered
- Eunuchs executed
- Secret passages
- Nighttime activity
Empress Dowager Cixi
Ruthless ruler:
- Controlled China
- Many deaths ordered
- Still walks palaces
- Seen by guards
- Never left
Tiananmen Square
Modern tragedy:
- 1989 massacre
- Unknown death toll
- Government denies
- But witnesses report
- Spirits on anniversary
The Summer Palace
Imperial retreat:
- Concubine spirits
- Emperor Guangxu
- Possibly murdered
- Beautiful grounds
- Eerie at night
City Walls
Ancient defenses:
- Millions passed through
- Executions at gates
- Now mostly demolished
- But energy remains
- Ghost gates