Forbidden City glows as night tours open to public marking Lantern Festival

Updated: Feb 19, 2019 By WANG KAIHAO China Daily Print

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Photo taken on Feb 19, 2019 shows the night scenery in the Palace Museum, or the Forbidden City, in Beijing, capital of China. [Photo/Palace Museum]

The south and north gates of the Forbidden City and other main buildings throughout the palace were also bathed in red and a salvo of light.

The festival, which falls on Tuesday, is the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar. The hanging of lanterns is a traditional activity to celebrate the event.

Digital projection of A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains and Along the River during the Qingming Festival, two Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) landscape paintings, were also visible on the roofs of some structures.