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

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.

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