[TĐH: The original name of this article is: “Is it true that
China Forbidden City
was built by a Vietnamese architect?.”
I have changed the title, to reflect accurately the answer below]

Richard Wang · Knows Chinese Updated 9mo
Even Chinese people, few people know that the Forbidden City in Beijing is not very big. The current palace in Beijing is actually a simplified version of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, while the one in Nanjing is the original & complete version.
The missionary Matteo Ricci, who visited Beijing and Nanjing, once commented, “Nanjing, whether it is the palace or the entire city, has a larger scale than Beijing.” According to the ruins of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, its area is 1.13 sq km; The area of the Forbidden City in Beijing is 0.72 sq km.
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