Copies of historic Palace Museum royal lanterns sold for 10.6 million yuan at charity auction

          Source: Xinhua| 2019-04-02 23:56:39|Editor: mingmei
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          (InPalaceMuseum) CHINA-BEIJING-PALACE MUSEUM-ROYAL LANTERNS-CHARITY AUCTION (CN)?

          Photo taken on April 2, 2019 shows the accurate copies of a Heavenly Lantern (tian deng) (C), a Longevity Lantern (wanshou deng) (L) and a royal lantern installed before the Qianqing Gong, or the Palace of Heavenly Purity, in the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China. A pair of historically accurate Heavenly Lanterns (tian deng) created by the Palace Museum sold for 10.6 million yuan (1.58 million U.S. dollars) at a charity auction Tuesday. At the same auction, a pair of Longevity Lanterns (wanshou deng) and five pairs of smaller royal lanterns were sold, according to a Palace Museum press release. The lanterns were accurate copies based on archives from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and used at the museum's special exhibition for Spring Festival this year. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

          BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- A pair of historically accurate Heavenly Lanterns (tian deng) created by the Palace Museum sold for 10.6 million yuan (1.58 million U.S. dollars) at a charity auction Tuesday.

          At the same auction, a pair of Longevity Lanterns (wanshou deng) and five pairs of smaller royal lanterns were sold, according to a Palace Museum press release.

          The lanterns were accurate copies based on archives from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and used at the museum's special exhibition for Spring Festival this year.

          The money raised from the auction will be used to sponsor education and cultural programs in impoverished regions.

          Shan Jixiang, the museum curator, said the Palace Museum had received a lot of help and support from the society and would like to return the favor and contribute to charity work.

          During the exhibition, the visiting areas of the Forbidden City were transformed into a Spring Festival cultural experience, with Heavenly Lanterns and Longevity Lanterns installed at the Palace of Heavenly Purity and the Hall of Imperial Supremacy.

          Lanterns were installed and lit for the first time in almost two centuries. In the Qing Dynasty, the installation and dismantling of Spring Festival lanterns required the work of over 8,000 personnel.

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