Forbidden City (Palace Museum) in Chinese
Forbidden City (Palace Museum) in Chinese is 故宫博物院 (Gùgōng Bówùyuàn). The full address is 北京市东城区景山前街4号. Most drivers in Beijing don't read English, so show them the card below or paste the Chinese text straight into Didi.
🚕 Show this to your driver — Forbidden City (Palace Museum)
故宫博物院
北京市东城区景山前街4号
Gùgōng Bówùyuàn
请带我去故宫博物院，谢谢。 (Please take me to Forbidden City (Palace Museum), thank you!)
💡 Enter from south (Meridian Gate 午门); book tickets days ahead
How to say it
If you'd rather say it out loud, this sentence is all you need:
请带我去故宫博物院，谢谢。
Sounds roughly like: "ching dài wǒ chyu Gùgōng Bówùyuàn, shyeh shyeh" — Please take me to Forbidden City (Palace Museum), thank you.
Other places in Beijing in Chinese
- Tiananmen Square — 天安门广场
- Great Wall — Badaling — 八达岭长城
- Great Wall — Mutianyu — 慕田峪长城
- Summer Palace — 颐和园
- Temple of Heaven — 天坛公园
- Lama Temple — 雍和宫
- Nanluoguxiang Hutong — 南锣鼓巷
- Houhai / Shichahai Lakes — 什刹海
- 798 Art District — 798艺术区
- Wangfujing Street — 王府井大街
- Sanlitun — 三里屯太古里
- Capital International Airport (PEK) — 北京首都国际机场
- Daxing International Airport (PKX) — 北京大兴国际机场
- Beijing South Railway Station — 北京南站
- Beijing West Railway Station — 北京西站
- Bird's Nest (Olympic Stadium) — 国家体育场（鸟巢）
- Jingshan Park — 景山公园
- Beihai Park — 北海公园