Forbidden City closed to public every Monday

China's Forbidden City closed to the pulic on Jan 6, the first Monday in 2014. Museum authorities on Sunday announced that the Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum, in central Beijing started to implement Monday closure for renovation and maintenance.The decision was made by museum authorities in November and went into effect on January 1, according to a Palace Museum statement. On public holidays and Mondays during July and August, the museum will be open, it added.[Photo/icpress.cn]