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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
Photo size: 34.4 Mpixels (98.4 MB uncompressed) - 7183x4789 pixels (23.9x15.9 in / 60.8x40.5 cm at 300 ppi)
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
