Introduction to Beijing Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival is coming soon. As a popular tourist city, Beijing holds many Lantern Festivals here. So, let’s learn about the detailed guide to watching the Lantern Festival in Beijing today! This way we can know where to go to watch the Lantern Festival here.

"Forbidden City Shangyuan Night" cultural activity

Time: February 19 to February 20, 18:30-21:30

Location: Palace Museum

Highlights: For the first time in 94 years, the Palace Museum held a lantern show on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The Lantern Festival lights up the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City - Yanchi Tower, Taihe Gate, Southeast Corner Tower, Donghua Gate, Northeast Corner Tower, Shenwu Gate, etc. There is only visible light and no light when walking, which is full of artistic atmosphere.

Ticketing: No tickets will be sold on site. Both invited audiences and those who have booked through the Forbidden City ticketing system can participate.

Transportation: No parking spaces.

Jingshan Park Lantern Festival

Time: 18:30-22:00, February 19

(Normal tour ends at 14:00 on the same day, the park will open at 17 :00 (stop at :00)

Location: Beijing Jingshan Park

Highlights: The theme of the event is "Celebrating the Chinese Year with the Lantern Festival". For safety reasons, Jingshan will be closed during the Lantern Festival.

Ticket sales: Book tickets through the "Cultural West City" WeChat official account. Tickets are not sold on site.

Transportation: No parking spaces.

Grand View Garden Red Mansion Lantern Festival

Time: February 19, 18:30-22:00

(Normal tours stop at 16:30 on the same day, the park will stop at 17:00 00 stop)

Location: Beijing Grand View Garden

Highlights: Restore the grand occasion of the Red Mansion Lantern Festival, and set up palace lantern displays, lantern riddles and performances at Yuan Fei's villa. Visitors can also watch the lanterns on the island in the center of the lake from a distance and enjoy the shadow puppet show on the west bank of the lake.

Ticket sales: Book tickets through the "Cultural West City" WeChat official account. Tickets are not sold on site.

Transportation: No parking spaces.

Chaoyang Park Lantern Festival

Time: February 19, 14:30-20:30

Location: Chaoyang Park

Highlights : As the main venue of the Lantern Festival in Chaoyang District, "lighting up the spring light and illuminating the earth", intangible cultural heritage art lanterns, creative terracotta warriors and horses lanterns, and people's homemade lanterns are the three highlights of this Lantern Festival.

By then, Beijing Lanterns, a national intangible cultural heritage project, will produce and display 12 groups of large-scale lamps such as "Kilin Tribute Lanterns" and "Peacock Lanterns", as well as 20 creative terracotta warriors and horses lanterns and 100 folk-made lanterns.

During the Lantern Festival, there will be lion dances, dragon dances, stilt walking, car performances and other flower show performances, and Beijing male prostitutes, jade carvings and other intangible cultural heritage items will be invited to display and interact.

Ticket sales: Grab tickets through Chaoyang Culture APP, no on-site ticket sales.

Transportation: The second west gate of the park is closed that day. It is recommended to enter from the south gate (the main activities are concentrated near the South Gate Fireworks Square). There are 5168 parking spaces.

010-10:10 Time: 16:00-20:30 on February 19

Location: Beijing Happy Valley

Highlights: As the Chaoyang District Lantern Festival At the branch venue, the Beijing Happy Valley GG Bond Fantasy Lantern Festival has prepared more than 50 groups of tens of thousands of lanterns with different themes, including GG Bond, Cookie Sheriff and other domestic animation IP theme lantern groups. The traditional culture of old Beijing will be combined with fashion here. Trends collide.

In addition to enjoying the lights, more than ten wonderful performances such as the Fire Dragon Steel Flower, Universal Circuit, and Super Flywheel, as well as more than 20 interesting amusement projects, will also bring you a happy experience.

Ticketing: Ticket prices for matinees and night shows are different and can be purchased on site or online.

Transportation: It is recommended to take public transportation.

010-10:10 Time: 18:00-21:30 on February 19

Location: Old Summer Palace Ruins Park

Highlights: "Old Summer Palace - "Royal Lantern Festival, Hometown with Deep Love and Nostalgia" highlights three major themes with nearly 20 sets of lights in five major sections.

Revolving around the theme of praying for blessings and welcoming auspiciousness, activities such as guessing lantern riddles are set up on the lanterns and lanterns of Zhengjue Temple; focusing on the theme of peace and harmony, activities such as Qichun Garden Palace Gate, Fenglinzhou, Zhengjue Temple, etc. More than ten locations have created multiple Lantern Festival theme layouts; around the theme of cultural inheritance, we have carried out activities such as welcoming the New Year, opera performances, sales of cultural and creative works, and participation in intangible cultural heritage products

Ticketing service: Free Open to the public.

Transportation: You can take the free shuttle bus on Daoxianghu West Road or outside Xingfumen of Daoxiang Lakeview Hotel.

010-10:10 Time: February 19

Location: World Park

Highlights: Sichuan Zigong non-genetic people have designed more than 20 groups with international Lanterns with elements such as "World Family", "Masquerade", "Brilliant Diamond", "Van Gogh's Sky", etc.

A further 35,000 tulips and rose lanterns decorated the 5,000 square meter area. Lantern riddles and lantern hanging activities will also be held in areas such as the park’s Art Theater. During the day, there will also be colorful float parades, elephant performances, Ugandan style performances and clown juggling performances.

Ticketing: Tickets are not sold on site, but can be purchased through Meituan, Basegu, Ctrip, and Dianping websites.

Transportation: Both bus and self-driving are available, and there is a parking lot in the World Park.

010-10:10 Time: February 19

Location: Nangong Wuzhou Botanical Garden, Wangzuo Town

Highlights: There are 120 groups of more than 5,000 colorful pieces in the garden The lamp works are handmade by more than 150 Chinese intangible cultural heritage craftsmen.

Fu Na is specially held in the lantern festival area, presenting a strong scene of "watching the snow scene, admiring the lantern festival, and admiring the Beijing Spring Festival". During the Spring Festival, Beijing’s traditional snacks and intangible cultural heritage handicrafts made a wonderful appearance. In addition, antique sleight-of-hand, dramatic face-changing, cross talk, juggling, shadow puppetry, foreign movies and other performances are also performed in the indoor stage area.

Ticketing: Tickets are not sold on-site and can be purchased online through sales platforms such as Nangong Tourism’s official WeChat account.

Transportation: Bus or self-driving are available.

Happy Valley Fantasy Light Festival

Time: February 19, 18:00-21:00

Location: Shijingshan Amusement Park

Highlights: Three themed lantern viewing areas, nine groups of large lanterns, 308 groups of medium-sized lanterns, and 39 groups of creative light and shadow landscapes will welcome tourists during the Lantern Festival.

Hundreds of thousands of LED roses, spherical lights, dandelion umbrellas and other modern technological modeling lights in the park will merge into a sea of ??lights. During the event, a total of 2,022 lantern riddles were set up in the park and 10 amusement projects were opened. Visitors can also watch artistic performances, taste delicious food and enjoy intangible cultural heritage performances.

Ticket sales: You can grab tickets online through the Beijing Labor Union 12351 and the "Shijingshan Cultural E Station" platform; on-site audiences can get tickets with their ID cards (on-site ticket collection will stop when the number of viewers reaches 20,000 at night); play The project requires normal ticket purchase.

Transportation: It is recommended to take public transportation.

010-10:10 Time: 9:00-21:00 on February 19

Location: Wulituo Folk Custom Exhibition Hall in the western suburbs of Beijing

Highlights: The folk culture exhibition and the Lantern Festival will start at 9:30; the Lantern Festival lantern show, cross talk party and lantern riddle guessing activities will start at 18:30.

Ticketing service: Free and open to the public.

Transportation: Bus or self-driving are available.

Old Summer Palace Royal Lantern Festival

Time: end of January to February 19th

Location: Jingxi Ancient Road Scenic Area

Highlights: Introduction and enjoyment The Sichuan Zigong Lantern Festival is known as “the best lantern in the world”. Combined with the characteristics of the ancient road scenic spots in the west of Beijing, 9 theme sections are set up, including "Ice and Snow Winter Olympics", "Rural Revitalization", "Changes of the Ancient Road", and "Green Waters and Green Mountains", with a total of 45 light groups, with a total length of 1.5 kilometers.

Ticketing: Online ticket purchase and on-site ticket purchase for the West Beijing Ancient Road Scenic Area.

Transportation: Bus or self-driving are available.

010-10:10 Time: February 19

Location: Dongtian Gezhuang Village, Taishitun Town, Miyun District

Highlights: As a national-level non-profit A tangible cultural heritage project, this lantern festival has a history of more than 600 years. The ancient "formation" is combined with the folk flower party, integrating folk binding technology and entertainment, and has unique appreciation value.

The light array covers an area of ??4,670 square meters. One ton of straw was used to make 367 poles in the field, equipped with lights. After shopping around, you can also enjoy the 8th Flower Show.

Ticket service: Free and open, limited to 500 people.

Transportation: The parking lot is located in the fitness square in front of Dongtian Gezhuang Village Committee.

The Second Beijing West Cultural Garden Party

Time: January 30 to February 20

Location: Yongning Ancient Street, Yongning Ancient City

Highlight: The theme of the Lantern Festival

Highlight: On the tower of Yongding Gate, laser projection technology is used to create an immersive light show integrating sound, light and electricity. At the same time, on the north side of the Yongding Gate Tower, "Lion Dance to Welcome the Spring" lights and "Chinese Dream" large-themed lights will be displayed; the south square will display 15 sets of three-dimensional lights such as "Twelve Zodiac Signs" and "Chinese National Essence".

Ticket sales: There are no tickets on site. You can grab tickets through the Dongcheng District Public *** Cultural Cloud Platform.

Transportation: Green travel is recommended.

World Park Lantern Festival Lantern Festival

Time 1: February 19, 18:00-22:00.

Location: Zhongguancun Street

Time: February 19, 17:40-21:00, loop playback

Location: No. 1, Zhongguancun

Highlights: The light show is divided into two scenes. The first scene is in Zhongguancun West. The main stage is located in Sinosteel Building, e-World Building, and Zhongguancun Plaza. More than 20 buildings along the main street are synchronously linked, and the entire street forms a colorful holiday picture.

The content of this light show is divided into three chapters: the accumulation of Haidian, the light of science and technology, and the blessings of the New Year, and lasts about 10 minutes.

The second scene was in the Zhongguancun No. 1 building complex, where 20 buildings simultaneously staged a colorful light show. The program content is divided into three chapters, creating a festive atmosphere through visual images such as national keyword barrages and creative Chinese elements.

Ticketing service: Free and open to the public.

010-10:10 Time: 18:30-22:00 on February 19

Location: Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone

Highlights: Light show The venue is located around the core business district and main roads of the development zone. On the facades of Dazu Plaza, Baoli Plaza, Yicheng Technology Building and other buildings, the traditional culture of the Lantern Festival, the urban construction of the development zone, and the images of Beijing Benz, BOE and other high-end enterprises are displayed in the form of projections.

Ticketing service: Free and open to the public.

Transportation: You can use the parking lots in the surrounding business districts to park.

010-10:10 Time: 10:00-21:00 on February 19

Location: Yuen Long Park

Highlights: "Fireworks Lights and Shadows" "Dreamland New Media Art Light Show" will set up six themed light shows in the park, including Moonlight Ocean, Just Arrived, Magic Ball, Fireworks Wishing, Hualin Avenue, and Colorful Butterfly Dance.

Ticketing service: Free and open to the public.

Transportation: Bus or self-driving are available.

The 2nd Nangong New Year Lantern Appreciation and Garden Night

Time: January 28 to February 19, 18:00-22:00

Location: Beijing Sanyuan Agricultural Science and Technology Park

Highlights: With the theme of "Haidian Mingyuan", thousands of lanterns with themes of farming, love, traditional culture, fairy tales, oceans, sea of ??flowers, etc. Distributed in a park covering an area of ??more than 200,000 square meters.

Ticket: 60 yuan.

Transportation: 800 parking spaces at the west gate of the park.

Collecting these strategies, the editor hereby wishes everyone a happy journey and a happy Lantern Festival!