Beijing’s Palace Museum, commonly known as the Forbidden City, has opened its doors to the public at night for the first time in 94 years – and with dramatic results. CNN values your feedback 1.

Beijing’s Forbidden City – traditionally off-limits at night for anyone except emperors, ghosts and visiting dignitaries – was lit up with lanterns and gasps after dark Tuesday as China ...

For the first time in 94 years, Beijing’s Palace Museum, commonly known as the Forbidden City, opened its doors to the public after dark — and with spectacular results.

The Wumen Gate wall of the Forbidden City is illuminated during the Lantern Festival in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Beijing's Palace Museum was illuminated and opened for night visits to ...

An online ticket fight crashed Beijing’s Forbidden City website on Monday after the palace announced it was opening free to the public at night for the first time in 94 years. The Palace Museum ...

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Beijing’s Palace Museum, commonly known as the Forbidden City, has opened its doors to the public at night for the first time in 94 years – and with dramatic results.

A paramilitary police officer stands guard during a light show inside the Forbidden City to celebrate the Lantern Festival, the end to the Lunar New Year festivities, in Beijing on Feb. 19.