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When it snowed in the past two years, everyone began to look forward to the beautiful photos in the Forbidden City, but did you know that many of these photos were actually from a young man born after 85 years?

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What's the experience of being a photographer in the Forbidden City? Today, I'll give you a steak, Zhang Lin, the photographer of the Forbidden City after 1985.

Speaking of the Forbidden City, what comes to mind first? Ming and Qing palaces? Dan Jixiang, Dean of Duan Shou? Or is it a big vase with a dried dragon that has recently caught fire?

In fact, the first thing I think of is the beautiful scenery that remains unchanged for 600 years.

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Photographers in the Forbidden City have made great contributions to presenting these beautiful scenery to the world.

However, if you think that being a photographer in the Forbidden City, you only need to go around the garden every day and take good-looking photos, it is too young and simple ~

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Many pictures posted on the official blog of the Palace Museum are actually from a young man named Zhang Lin.

He is a member of the information department of the Forbidden City and a member of the new media team. He is usually responsible for the operation of WeChat Weibo in the Forbidden City, and photography is just one of many jobs.

(Middle) Zhang Lin, head of the "Miniature Palace Museum"

As an obsessive-compulsive team in Virgo and the information department of the Forbidden City, he does much more things every day than what we see.

Whether it is official micro or official blog, every news released to the outside world has to be reviewed by editors, section chiefs and supervisors at least three times, and the professional content has to be read by experts in the college.

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In 20 14, Zhang Lin graduated from Peking University majoring in archaeology and was admitted to the Palace Museum.

Rumor has it that how he got into the palace-

In one of the written tests, the Forbidden City covered the whole building of Beijing Forestry University, which means that the candidates in the whole building wanted to enter the palace. Zhang Lin passed the written test interview of tens of thousands of people and finally stayed.

Zhang Lin said: Not so exaggerated.

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I don't know if he knew his superb photography skills when he was admitted to the Palace Museum, but he did become a "royal" photographer after he entered the Palace Museum.

He photographed the red walls and green tiles here;

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Shoot the four seasons here;

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There is no hiding.

Shoot animals and plants here;

There is no hiding.

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However, in the beautiful scenery of the Forbidden City, the most amazing thing may be the snow here.

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In the winter of 20 15, Zhang Lin filmed his most satisfactory works here.

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"In the winter of 20 15, there was a heavy snow all night. The weather cleared up the next day and closed on Monday. We applied for a key to open the door and shoot the third hall. Only two photographers stood at the gate of Taihe and saw the white scene of the Hall of Supreme Harmony Square in white. It is very beautiful under the sunshine, which is simply touching. "

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The advertising effect of these photos is also very significant. On a snowy day, just after noon, the tickets for the Forbidden City were sold out.

"Two people (Weibo) forwarded more than 200,000 in total, which was the highest forwarding volume at that time. So if it snows now or the weather forecast shows that there will be snow in the future, many netizens will leave a message on Weibo to remind us to take pictures quickly! "

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Seeing these pictures, many people may ask, so beautiful! How was it filmed?

"Some people will say, the photos you took are so good, why can't I take them? Mainly because tourists come to visit the Forbidden City, they have to see such a big place in a day, and they come and go in a hurry, so they rarely have time to observe the body odor carefully. But we work here, and the same place may come many times, so we have the opportunity to observe from different angles and find more interesting perspectives. "

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After three or four years of filming, Zhang Lin also encountered problems and bottlenecks.

"Over the past few years, I sometimes feel that these photos taken are somewhat similar to those taken last year, and there has been some inertia in the perspective. Because I know the corner is more beautiful, I will shoot it every time. If you shoot too much, you feel a bottleneck in recent years. No matter how beautiful things are, it is difficult to find a new angle after two years of shooting, so the biggest difficulty in taking pictures is how to innovate. "

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"For example, the Haitang tree is so high, and my normal lens is at one stroke. The background is blue sky and white clouds, and it is very beautiful with red flowers. But I can't see where it was taken. It can't line the eaves or palace walls. Without the elements of the Forbidden City, it is impossible to show that this is the Forbidden City. "

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"There is a catalpa bungeana tree in the Qianlong garden, which is also blooming. This catalpa bungeana was an ancient tree when the pavilion was built in Ganlongyuan. In order to make room for it, Qianlong also had the pavilion to be built moved back. The flowers of Catalpa bungeana are also very tall. When I took pictures, I couldn't even get on the top of the pavilion, so it was very difficult to take pictures, so I haven't successfully taken a good photo of the combination of catalpa bungeana and the pavilion. "

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And for photographers in the Forbidden City, taking photos in the palace may not be as "convenient" as everyone thinks.

"In the case that the palace is crowded with tourists, we still have to try to find an angle to shoot. For example, tourists just passed by and were blocked by a rockery. At this time, take a photo quickly. "

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In most cases, they can't actually see more scenery than tourists.

"I really want to watch the snow quietly for a while, but I can hardly do it. I must try my best to take pictures before the cleaners clean up all the snow in the palace. "

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However, these obstacles did not stop Zhang Lin's footsteps, and he began to constantly try to update his shooting methods.

"I was standing under a tree. This year, I tried to shoot another tree from this tree, creating a feeling that the foreground and background are intertwined and looking for some different perspectives. "

There is no hiding.

In the past two years, the Forbidden City has become more and more popular, especially after waves of internet craze, such as "Watching Snow in the Forbidden City", "Taobao in the Forbidden City" and "gatekeeper in the Forbidden City". Many people will think that the new media in the Forbidden City has played a huge role in propaganda. What does Zhang Lin think of the effect of his beautiful photos?

"In fact, I took some photos. Obviously, we can't take all the credit, just a small part. Now the IP of the Forbidden City is really known by more people, but it still has a long way to go. In the impression of quite a few people, the Forbidden City is just a tourist attraction. "

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Yes, in the eyes of many people, the Forbidden City is still a punch-in attraction for "visiting here". Even many adults and children who have been to the Forbidden City have never heard that the Forbidden City is also a museum, nor do they know that there are countless exquisite cultural relics and exhibitions here.

Fortunately, the beautiful picture of "romance" also attracted everyone at the first time, so that everyone slowly began to pay attention to other beautiful things in the Forbidden City.

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