Building The Forbidden City

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A lot of people don’t have different beliefs on the forbidden city but most people believe that the information they have gotten from websites and other things, the person that lived there (Yongle Emperor of the Ying dynasty) was the one who ordered people to build the forbidden city and was the one who live there.

What is the origin and purpose of the evidence from sources?
Evidence- Primary (one of the two enormous Ming Dynasty lions that guards the gates) The photo of the lions look like the are definitely old because the colour has faded away and they have a lot of dints and scratches. The purpose of these two items is that they both used to be around when people lived in the forbidden city.

How have historians come up with

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