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![This 30,000 ton stone monument was commissioned by Zheng He’s patron, the Emperor Zhu Di, in honor of his own father, but was...](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/08cb2929-c54f-4e01-a340-eb5ac7fa7745/060_43_xgaplus.jpg)
![Zhu Di, the third Ming emperor, was the patron of Admiral Zheng He, the famed sea-faring explorer. It was Zhu Di who moved th...](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/e6ae9640-847b-45b9-b62b-5d343243f558/059_04_xgaplus.jpg)
Zhu Di, the third Ming emperor, was the patron of Admiral Zheng He, the famed sea-faring explorer. It was Zhu Di who moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing, and constructed the Forbidden City, shown here covered in snow.
Author: Michael Yamashita
© Michael Yamashita
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Photo keywords: architecture, Beijing, capital, center, clouds, covered, explorer, exterior, Forbidden city, landscape, Ming emperor, Nanjing, outside, page 118-119, sea-farming, Silk Road, sky, snow, traditional, white, Zheng He book, Zhu Di
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