Photoessay: Experience Beijing’s Lifestyle and Traditionals at Jingcai Lantern Festival

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Photoessay: Experience Beijing’s Lifestyle and Traditionals at Jingcai Lantern Festival

The largest-ever lantern festival lights up Beijing in China’s National Day Holiday.

This perfect place for night owls to visit. Every year the Jingcai Lantern Festival becomes one of the most popular spots for tourists during China’s National Day holiday. This year is Beijing’s largest-ever lantern fair. Located at Beijing Garden Expo Park, there are more than 200 sets of lanterns, 75 large-scale lantern installations, and 100,000 decorative lanterns on the fair. According to the Beijing Daily report, more than 10,000 tourists entered the park on the first day of the holiday.

The lantern displays integrate aspects of China’s traditional culture and heritage. Subjects include the Great Wall, traditional opera, and of course pandas. Apart from the fascinating lantern displays, many pop-up market stalls are serving Beijing’s traditional snacks and internet-famous delicacies.

Throughout the park, there are nine theme areas, namely Festival Songs, Beijing Colorful Avenue, Splendid Rivers and Mountains, Beijing Trend Colors, Colorful Children’s Dreams, Watching Beijing in a Big Show, Glorious China, Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens, and Jingcai Lifestyle. To fit in with the celebratory atmosphere, young people have dressed up in traditional Hanfu, while children have hairpins on and carry lovely rabbit lanterns. 
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The Welcome Gate(迎宾门), the lamp unit is nearly 100 meters long, 25 meters high, and weighs 50 tons.
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A Cluster of Flowers(花团锦簇).
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The Reunion Palace Lantern (团圆宫灯). The design inspiration comes from traditional Chinese palace lanterns and galloping palace lanterns, and it can rotate like a galloping horse.
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This picture shows Lugou Moonlight(卢沟晓月).
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Beijing Scenery (北京风物), the antique Beijing-style street scenes present the atmosphere and cultural charm of Beijing.
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The Green Waters and Lush Mountains(绿水青山).
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The Panda Paradise (熊猫乐园).
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The Light of Beijing Central Axis(中轴线之光).
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Cyber Beijing (赛博北京). This cross-border attempt integrates traditional Chinese opera culture with the modern cyberpunk style.
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The event integrates the national intangible cultural heritage of Zigong lantern craftsmanship with Beijing’s folk culture. The picture shows the cultural and creative products of Zigong that attract tourists.
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The series of fridge magnets of the Yanjing Eight Wonders attract customers to purchase. Carved lacquer, palace carpet, filigree inlay, gold lacquer inlay, cloisonné, ivory carving, jade carving, and Beijing embroidery are collectively known as the “Yanjing Eight Wonders”.
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Tourists are checking in at the Poetry Lantern group.
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Surprise egg: How many Beijing dialects do you understand?

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