In pictures: Beijing’s Forbidden City re-made in Lego

A tribute to the Palace Museum has been built using hundreds of thousands of Lego blocks.

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A LEGO model of part of the Palace Museum (or Forbidden City) in Beijing, China, is displayed at the Danish Cultural Centre in Beijing exhibition, A Modern Royal Household, presenting the exceptional restoration and contemporary artistic decoration of Frederik VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg. Photo: Simon Song

Published: 9:28am, 29 Sep 2017Updated: 9:50am, 29 Sep 2017

More than 500,000 Lego blocks were used to create this astounding model of Beijing’s Palace Museum. Also known as the Forbidden City, the Palace Museum was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

A LEGO model of part of the Palace Museum (or Forbidden City) in Beijing, China, is displayed at the Danish Cultural Centre in Beijing. Photo: Simon Song

The Lego model is part of an exhibition A Modern Royal Household and was made by Andy Hung, one of the world’s best LEGO Certified Professionals, with over 500,000 pieces of LEGO.

Up close on the Lego tribute to the Forbidden City. Photo: Simon Song

The Forbidden City is the former imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties located in the centre of Beijing. With its vast area it is the largest palace complex in the world. Its construction began in 1406 on accord of the Yongle Emperor when he moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing.

Attention to the minute detail of the architecture of the Forbidden City in this massive Lego model. Photo: Simon Song