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Notes on the opening of the night of the Palace Museum on the Lantern Festival

When will the Palace Museum open for the Lantern Festival? Two days later, the Palace Museum will open to the public for the first time in history. The venue will be mainly arranged in the Meridian Gate exhibition hall, Taihe gate square, east wall of the Palace Museum, Shenwu gate and other areas.

The official website of the ticket pre-sale system of the Palace Museum released the announcement on booking to participate in the cultural activities of "Shangyuan night in the Forbidden City" (hereinafter referred to as the "announcement") on February 17. The cultural activities of "Shangyuan night in the Forbidden City" will be held for two consecutive nights on February 19 and 20. At that time, representatives from all walks of life, such as labor model, Beijing model, express delivery brother, sanitation workers, PLA and armed police officers and soldiers, fire fighting officers and soldiers, public security police, and the audience will be invited to attend the event.

The venue is mainly arranged in the Meridian Gate exhibition hall of the Palace Museum, Taihe gate square, the east wall of the Palace Museum, Shenwu gate and other areas.

According to the announcement, the audience can enjoy the magnificent and magnificent appearance of the Wumen tower and the East and west wild goose wing buildings under the light before entering the stadium. After entering the stadium, they can first enjoy the lighted Taihe gate square, and then climb the Wumen tower from the West horse road of the Wumen gate to visit the exhibition of "Celebrating the new year in the Forbidden City". After the exhibition, walk along the wall decorated with red lanterns full of festival atmosphere to the southeast corner building. After that, the audience will walk through the nearly kilometer long east wall of the Forbidden City full of red lanterns. Through the exhibition hall of Donghuamen ancient building, you can see that part of the ancient buildings near the west side of the wall are also lighted, creating a happy and peaceful festival atmosphere. After arriving at the northeast corner building, the audience will walk to shenwumen. In this area, you can watch the paintings such as "thousand li River and mountain scroll" projected on the roof of the building by art lights on the south side of the wall, and feel the atmosphere of people in the middle of painting. After leaving the shenwumen city building, the corner restaurant and corner coffee on the East and west sides of shenwumen gate are still waiting for your presence, so as to successfully end the 'Shangyuan night' cultural activity.

Shan Jixiang, President of the Palace Museum, also revealed the news at the 19th annual meeting of the Yabuli forum of Chinese entrepreneurs on July 17. The Forbidden City will open the night arena for the first time in history. In his description, there will be more than 300 red lanterns throughout the exhibition hall and other areas.

In fact, the idea of the Forbidden City opening up its nightspots has a long history. Previously, Shan Jixiang said that two "cultural streets of the Forbidden City" will be built outside the Shenwu gate of the Forbidden City to display the fine cultural and creative works of the Forbidden City, and the Shenwu gate square will be open to tourists in the evening. However, the "Forbidden City Cultural Street" has not yet been completed, and the night plan has been delayed. In addition, the renovated part of the grand high hall may also hold theme cultural activities at night.

Appointments were opened yesterday (February 17) on the 15th of noon (February 19).

But according to the palace news:

The difficulty coefficient of booking tickets is comparable to that of wagging the number of passenger cars, and faster than that of Spring Festival!

Yesterday's booking for the 19th was completed in less than 10 minutes.

Don't be discouraged if you don't get tickets. There is still a wave of operation coming today.

Tickets for the 16th day of the first month will be open for appointment today (February 18) (the exact time is unknown). There is still a chance for you to enter the palace to enjoy the lights.

Notes for ticket grabbing:

1. Please bring your valid certificate (ID card / passport) to the hospital for visit;

2. Only one ticket can be reserved for each certificate;

3. To be admitted to the hospital from any ticket office on the west side of the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City (no.1-12 ticket office);

4. Children over 1 m 2 need to make an appointment separately, and children under 1 m 2 only need to make an appointment with their parents;

5. Special groups (soldiers, disabled people, the elderly, retired cadres) need to make an appointment online;

6. The patient can be admitted to the hospital according to the scheduled time period, and late arrival will be deemed as automatic abandonment of the visit;

7. It is not recommended to drive to the Forbidden City because there is no parking lot.

Night tour route:

1. Before entering, you can watch the night view of Wumen tower and East and West Yanchi tower;

2. After entering the west side of the Meridian Gate, you will see the lighted Taihe gate square;

3. Then climb the Meridian Gate Tower from the West horse road of the Meridian Gate and visit the exhibition of "Celebrating the new year in the Forbidden City";

4. After the exhibition, walk along the wall covered with red lanterns to the southeast corner building;

5. Walking through the east wall of the Forbidden City and the exhibition hall of Donghuamen ancient building, you can see that some ancient buildings near the west side of the wall are also lighted;

6. After arriving at the Northeast turret, go to shenwumen. In this area, you can watch the paintings such as the picture of Qingming River on the roof of the building and the picture of Qianli River and mountain on the south side of the wall;

7. After leaving the shenwumen city building, the corner restaurant and corner coffee on the East and west sides of shenwumen gate are open for you.

I feel that the whole night will be clapping & hellip; & hellip;