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Updated: Feb 19, 2019
By WANG KAIHAO
China Daily
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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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