A Tale of The Forbidden City is a new commission of Kunqu Opera. The Chongzhen Emperor, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, meets the spirit of Kuai Xiang, the architect, who designed the Forbidden City Palace. Under the guide of the architect, Chongzhen takes his last stroll along the Forbidden City, before the end of the dynasty revealing the building intension of the world's largest wooden-structure palace city. Kunqu, also known as Kunqu Opera, incorporates singing, dance and literature, and is a showcase of a variety of performing art forms. In 2001, UNESCO declared Kunqu as one of the "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity".