Night at the Palace Museum
- 5 years ago
China’s Forbidden City was bathed in light as it opened to the public at night for the first time in 94 years to celebrate the Spring Lantern Festival marking the end of traditional Lunar New Year celebrations.
Some 6,000 tickets were quickly snapped up for the two-night spectacle starting February 19, 2019.
The former imperial palace in Beijing, now known as the Palace Museum, has been open to the general public only during daytime hours in the 94 years since it first started welcoming visitors.
Lights and lanterns have also been strictly controlled due to concern about fires in the wooden structure of the Unesco World Heritage site.
Special safety lighting used for the recent event was complemented by a “supermoon” appearing above the buildings just in time for the festival. Supermoons occur when the moon is full on the same day it orbits closest to Earth.
Some 6,000 tickets were quickly snapped up for the two-night spectacle starting February 19, 2019.
The former imperial palace in Beijing, now known as the Palace Museum, has been open to the general public only during daytime hours in the 94 years since it first started welcoming visitors.
Lights and lanterns have also been strictly controlled due to concern about fires in the wooden structure of the Unesco World Heritage site.
Special safety lighting used for the recent event was complemented by a “supermoon” appearing above the buildings just in time for the festival. Supermoons occur when the moon is full on the same day it orbits closest to Earth.