Entitled: "9th U.S. Infantry in Camp, in the court of the Forbidden City, Peking, China." The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty. It is located in the center of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. It served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for almost 500 years. It was called the Forbidden City because only the emperor, his court, and his servants were allowed to enter it without permission. In 1900 Empress Dowager Cixi fled from the Forbidden City during the Boxer Rebellion, leaving it to be occupied by forces of the treaty powers until the following year. The Boxer Rebellion was lead by a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there. Cropped stereograph card, Standard Scenic Company, circa 1900-01.