10 Ticks//Inside Beijing's Forbidden City

Each week 10 Ticks brings you a taste of everyday life in China. 10 Ticks is also a reminder to pray for the 90% of China's massive population that is not yet Christian.

China’s ancient royal family called the Forbidden City home. Many members of the family never — or at least infrequently — were allowed to leave this compound. It was a gilded cage, but a cage nonetheless.