Take the beautiful ancient capital and happy China as the mainline, create an immersive atmosphere, increase the interaction of tourists, reflect the flavor of Nanjing. The 34th China Xinhua Lantern Festival will be held on January 17, 2020 (the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month)

Lantern Festival time: January 17, 2020 solstice February 11 (December 23 to January 18)

The extension period: February 12, 2020 solstice March 31

Lantern Festival theme: Jinling lamps, the dream of well-off

There is a saying in old Nanjing:’the New Year does not see the lights, is not the New Year; The New Year is less than the Confucius temple to buy a lamp, is not a good year ‘; Enough to see the lamp will be in the heart of Nanjing status!

As the first Lantern Festival to be held after Nanjing was selected as the ‘world literature capital’ in 2019, the Xinhua Lantern Festival is full of strong cultural flavor from the whole process of a lantern set up to the cultural tourism activities in the Spring Festival.

This year’s lighting ceremony will be held on January 17, 2020 (the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month) at Bailuzhou park.

Huge as the Lantern Festival hall, exhibition will fusion technology, set up multiple scenarios, stories interactive games, through punching, look for clues in a variety of ways, such as the concept of light and find interesting scene, will also be arranged very classic tale performance, muppet series performance such as the fine performance of intangible heritage protection results.

What special exhibition areas should we pay attention to?

Ming city wall scenery zone: the theme is Nanjing city wall · joy and auspiciousness, with the beautiful ancient capital and happy China as the mainline, creating an immersive atmosphere, increasing the interaction of tourists, reflecting the flavor of Nanjing.

Bailuzhou park exhibition area: take ‘big love feelings’ as the mainline, expand from love to family affection and friendship, integrate the interaction of traditional lighting and modern science and technology, display the visual feast with shock and impact to citizens and tourists, and interpret and convey the city feelings of ‘big love and tolerance’ for both at home and abroad.

The core exhibition area of Confucius temple: with Confucianism culture and imperial examination culture as the core, it strengthens innovative expression and pays attention to the interaction of science and technology. It can not only feel the weight of China’s excellent traditional culture but also show the confidence of innovative culture in the new era and show the passage of cultural heritage from generation to generation.

Zhanyuan exhibition area: to cooperate with the night immersion performance of zhanyuan as the focus, highlight the overall lighting of qinhuai lantern elements, tell the story of Jinling.

Laymen east exhibition area: with the theme of the zodiac rat, create a festive atmosphere for the year of the zodiac and explore the culture of ‘southern city memory’ to highlight the characteristics of the historical and cultural district.

The exhibition area of the ruins of each boon temple: with the theme of the Song dynasty, it is arranged in the form of modern lighting to carry forward the traditional aesthetic culture of the Chinese nation and pray for the blessing of the motherland and a better tomorrow.

Ten miles qinhuai river scenery zone exhibition area: mining historical resources and cultural anecdotes along the river, strewn with additional lighting groups, lighting scene, through the combination of dynamic and static, light and dark alternate with the technique, reproduction of ten miles bead curtain prosperous scenery.

Yuyuan exhibition area: the concept of ‘elegant gathering culture’, the use of traditional lantern technology and modern lighting effect, in the key node layout of high-quality lighting group, combined with the beautiful style of Jiangnan gardens, atmosphere layout, not only foil the festival atmosphere, and highlight the elegant qing zhi cultural taste.

Public atmosphere area: with festival culture and auspicious symbols as the content, lighting and atmosphere lighting group as the form, through the dots, lines and surface series, to create a festive and peaceful Chinese New Year.