Luxuries from Forbidden City heading to U.S.

Place for prayer

The highlight of Bejing's Temple of Heaven is the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. The hall is a circular wooden structure designed with a unique architectural style -- there are no nails, beams or crossbeams used. The hall was were emperors came to pray for good harvests on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year. (Feng Li / Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation

Forbidden no more

Each year, thousands of tourists visit the Forbidden City in Bejing. The structure is the best preserved palace in China and is the largest palatial structure in the world. For more than 500 years, 24 emperors ruled over China from the Forbidden City, now also known as Palace Museum. (Andrew Wong / Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation

A palatial visit

Tourists make their way inside the normally crowded Forbidden City, the famed landmark home of dynastic emperors in central Beijing. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP - Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation

Appreciating old times

This picture taken on April 13, 2009, shows a old neighborhood in Beijing. That spring, thousands of workers in yellow helmets took to the streets of old Beijing for a major renovation of traditional houses, or at least those that survived the real estate frenzy of recent years. (Voishmel / AFP - Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation

Line right up

A cook prepares traditional old Beijing food in a traditional hutong neighborhood. (Teh Eng Koon / AFP - Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation

A Buddhist treasure

A Tibetan Buddhist monk walks on the grounds of the Yonghegong, also known as the Lama Temple, a temple and monastery belonging to the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism in Beijing on March 10, 2010. The temple is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The Temple has five large halls and five courtyards with beautifully decorative archways, upturned eaves and carved details. It has a treasury of Buddhist art, including sculptured images of gods, demons and Buddhas, as well as Tibetan-style murals. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP - Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation

Old house of worship

Chinese Muslims gather to pray in the Niujie Mosque in Beijing to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan and monthlong fasting on Oct. 13, 2007. Thousands gathered at this, Beijing's oldest and largest mosque, for morning prayer and to feast in food stalls and dance in the street. The mosque, first built in 996, is the spiritual center for more than 10,000 Muslims in the area. (Peter Parks / AFP - Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation

A park fit for a dynasty

People visit Beijing's Beihai Park, which is more than 1,000 years old and was built up through five dynasties as a royal garden. Beihai, which opened to the public in 1925, includes a 96.4-mile lake, pavilions and towers, and beautiful scenery. (Guang Niu / Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation

A model city

A man surveys a scale model of the entire city of Beijing. The display is a combination of photographic glass, which people can walk on, and exact scale relief models of the city. This impressive exhibition is at the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall, a urban planning museum focusing on Beijing both new and old. (Gideon Mendel / Corbis) Share Back to slideshow navigation

Irregular headquarters

The Chinese Central Television's headquarters is seen amid thick fog in Beijing. The building was built in two buildings and then joined to become one building in 2007. (China Photos / Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation