SZ firm helps protect Palace Museum in light show

Writer: Wang Jingli  | Editor: Holly Wang  | From:  | Updated: 2019-02-21

The night scenery at Meridian Gate (Wumen) of the Palace Museum in Beijing on Feb. 19 to celebrate this year's Lantern Festival. Xinhua

A Shenzhen company is behind a special technology that help protect the Forbidden City in Beijing during a large-scale light show at the ancient establishment Tuesday night, when the Lantern Festival was marked, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported yesterday.

The Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum, was lit up for the first time for the Lantern Festival, observed on the 15th day of the first month on the Chinese lunar calendar. It was also the first time the museum was open to the public at night. The light show at the Palace Museum has wowed people across the country.

Before the show, the museum meticulously calibrated the light intensity to make sure the lights and the building were a perfect match while protecting the architecture with more than 600 years of history from any negative affects from the lights by deploying a special technology by Shenzhen Brand Appotronics (APPO) and China Poly Group, the Daily said in yesterday’s report.

On Tuesday night, many renowned paintings, like “A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains,” were displayed by digital projectors installed on the roofs of some structures. A total of 5,500 laser projectors were used to drape the digital pictures across the old buildings in the Palace Museum, according to the report. Additionally, the Gate of Divine Prowess and the east side of Meridian Gate were decorated with red lanterns.

The Palace Museum has been making efforts to innovate ways to showcase traditional Chinese culture to the entire world through various methods favored by people in contemporary societies, and the light festival is one of these ideas.

The activity not only promoted an innovation of traditional Chinese culture but also provided an opportunity to showcase the influence and cohesive force of Chinese culture as well as a different experience for residents celebrating the festival, the report said.