But the city needed a symbol of power, so in lieu of his ascension in 1368, the Ming Palace was built. To date, no building better charts the turbulent history of Nanjing. The Yongle Emperor ...

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing (Chinese for southern ... for northern capital), so the palace cooks moved with him.

After a war of several years, Zhu 135 finally occupied the Ming capital of Nanjing and became emperor. As Zhu Di occupied Nanjing, the palace was ablaze and Emperor Jian Wen (Zhu Yunwen ...