Close to 150 of China's historic, time-honored brands, as well as other companies which inherited their intangible cultural heritage from their predecessors, are making their products available to visitors at the Palace Museum, Beijing's famed Forbidden City, as part of a Spring Festival fair.

A Chinese craftsman introduces paper windmills to a young child as part of the Spring Festival fair underway inside the Palace Museum in Beijing, January 28, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua]

Including local delicacies, liquors, health care products, silks, handicrafts and other items which can trace their heritage back at least a century, organizers of the fair say the goal is to remind people of the royal traditions involved in marking Spring Festival during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

A foreign tourist attempts Chinese calligraphy using a traditional writing brush at a Spring Festival fair underway inside Palace Museum in Beijing, January 28, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua]

The 145 historical brands being promoted at the event have been selected from 10 Chinese provinces and municipalities. Most of the items on display were purchased exclusively by the Qing court to help the Emperor celebrate the Lunar New Year.

A Chinese craftsman sells traditional New Year's paintings at a Spring Festival fair underway inside Palace Museum in Beijing, January 28, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua]

Visitors are able to access the fair with their admission ticket to the Palace Museum. The Spring Festival fair at the Forbidden City runs from January 28 to February 10 in front of the Cining Palace, home to empresses during both the Qing and earlier Ming Dynasties.

Visitors make purchases at a Spring Festival fair underway inside Palace Museum in Beijing, Jan. 28, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua]

The Spring Festival Fair is part of the Palace Museum's ongoing New Year's exhibition, which includes a record-breaking 885 cultural relics on display.