Annual lantern festival opens in Shanghai

Through the masterful fusion of intangible cultural heritage lantern craftsmanship with cutting-edge digital light art, this area presents a visual feast where traditional Chinese culture intertwines with modern technologies. The theme symbolizes life as a vast "wilderness" rather than a fixed "track", encouraging people to bravely explore it and courageously pursue their dreams like a galloping horse in a changing world.

"The lantern installations at Yuyuan Garden present more of folk cultures, while the ones in other areas will be more modern and fashionable. Combining traditional culture with technology, we hope this year's festival will bring the citizens in Shanghai and tourists from across the world closer to the Chinese New Year," said Hu Junjie, vice-president of Yuyuan Inc.

Notably, this year's festival will further extend Shanghai's Chinese New Year vibe across the nation. Some of the lantern installations will also be set up in other cities such as Suzhou in Jiangsu province, Ningbo in Zhejiang province, Tianjin, Shenyang in Liaoning province, and Quanzhou in Fujian province.