Strolling the Lantern Fair, Welcoming the New Spring: The 2021 Spring Lantern Fair at Jingzhou Expo Garden Is About to Begin

As the Spring Festival approaches, a New Spring Lantern Fair combining colorful lanterns and rich culture is about to kick off at Jingzhou Expo Garden. On February 4, the Second Spring Lantern Fair at Jingzhou Expo Garden will shine brilliantly. At that time, 43 distinctive lantern groups will light up simultaneously, making the entire park flow with radiance.

This year's fair is jointly organized by Tang Paradise Scenic Area under Xi'an Qujiang Cultural Tourism and Jingzhou Expo Garden. With the theme 'Splendid Jingchu, Dazzling Expo,' it features five major lantern sections: China's Power, Forging Jingzhou, Jingchu Memory, Spring Night Garden Stroll, and Tech Jingzhou. The fair integrates elements of Jingchu culture, folk intangible cultural heritage, and popular performances, combined with modern high-tech optoelectronic technology, to showcase the humanistic and ecological beauty of the great Jingzhou. The park is decorated primarily in Chinese red, paired with the existing light show effects, creating a spectacular and awe-inspiring 'fiery trees and silver flowers.' Each star lantern group is a highlight, with highly technological lantern installations and light-shadow experience spaces that complement the elegant architecture and water features within the park. Amid the colorful lights, visitors can feel a myriad of emotions, enriching their festive life with more diversity.

Since the First Spring Lantern Fair at the Expo Garden last year, the event has left Jingzhou with brilliant memories of light and shadow. For the second fair this year, the latest lighting technology has been introduced. Using the most novel light-shadow techniques currently available in China, the fair creates a colorful and dazzling art of lighting shapes.

As a way to celebrate the festival, this Spring Lantern Fair highlights the unique culture of charming Jingzhou. A grand light show gathers at the Expo Garden, with arrayed lights illuminating the ancient architecture. Taking traditional lantern groups as the carrier, the fair innovatively incorporates technological elements, integrates and explores themed performances, folk classics, and more, to create a new experience for visitors. Jingzhou Expo Garden brings an unprecedented lighting experience with a strong Chinese New Year flavor.

In addition to the spectacular light displays of the large-scale lantern fair, this event also features specialties such as food, folk performances, cultural parades, and fun check-in activities, greatly enriching the cultural life of citizens and visitors during the Spring Festival. This lantern feast, which combines lantern displays, festival performances, and folk characteristics, allows every visitor to feel the long-lost 'New Year flavor' during the festive season, and to enjoy a cultural, joyful, and splendid New Year.