The Longqing Gorge Ice Lantern Festival in 2024 is about to open! It will be open on January 15th~ This year is the year of the dragon, which makes it even more suitable to visit Longqing Gorge! You can check in with the super large dragon ice sculpture! Here is a travel guide to the 2024 Longqing Gorge Ice Lantern Festival. See what’s fun at the Longqing Gorge Ice Lantern Festival!
Opening Time
Open on January 15th, 2024.
Operating Hours
Canyon Ice Surface: 10:00~16:00
Lighting Tour Area: 17:30~22:00
Ice Sculpture Art Area: 10:00~22:00
Ticket Price
Ice Lantern Ice and Snow Carnival Market Price: 140 yuan/person
Glacier Canyon Amusement Project Market Price: 80 yuan/person
Transportation
Bus:
1. Take the 919 Express from Deshengmen Arrow Tower to Nanyucaiyuan in Yanqing County and transfer to the Y15 bus (Yanqing Railway Station North Square – Xiangying Health Center) in the direction of Longqing Gorge and get off at Longqing Gorge Station.
2. Take the 919 Express from Deshengmen Arrow Tower to Yanqing East Gate in Yanqing County and walk to the south of Guishui North Street to transfer to the 875 bus (Guishui North Street South – Yongning Station) in the direction of Longqing Gorge and get off at Longqing Gorge Station.
Self-driving:
Second Ring Road – Jingzang Expressway – S216 – X029 – Old Road – Longqing Gorge Scenic Area
Train:
Take the S2 line from Beijing North Railway Station to Yanqing Railway Station and transfer to the Y15 bus (Yanqing Railway Station North Square – Xiangying Health Center) and get off at Longqing Gorge Station.
Attractions
1. Dream Blue Ice
Longqing Gorge has the purest blue, and the ice formed in winter is even more spectacular. Blue ice, rime, ice cracks, ice icicles, bubble ice… It’s simply a sub-lake of Lake Baikal, allowing people to feel the purity of the world in the dream of ice and snow!
2. Ice Sculpture
The most magnificent ice sculptures in Longqing Gorge come from the wonders of nature – a huge ice waterfall that flows directly from the 70-meter-high dam of the reservoir, decorated with ice flowers and icicles, forming a magnificent ice waterfall spectacle that is thousands of feet high and crystal clear, an absolute internet celebrity check-in point!
This Ice Lantern Ice and Snow Carnival has a total of 200 ice sculptures, allowing tourists to fully appreciate the beauty of exquisite ice sculpture art. Traditional ice sculptures have incorporated themes such as the polar regions and the ocean, presenting both the magnificence of the colorful seabed and the resonance between the Dragon King theme and the legends of Longqing Gorge.
There are also various two-dimensional ice sculptures, integrating game characters, scenes with the landscapes of Longqing Gorge, and dazzling colorful lights with a strong sense of technology and design, creating a dreamy and magical fairy tale world.
3. Snow Sculpture
There are also over 100 snow sculptures, and the most unmissable one is the 100-meter snow sculpture – “Dragon King Walking in the Rain”.
Praying for rain and a good harvest is one of the connotations of China’s primitive water worship culture. The 100-meter snow sculpture of the Dragon King walking in the rain shows the whole process of the Dragon King bringing rain, aiming to express the wish for a year of peace and prosperity in the year of the dragon.
The dragon’s head is tall and straight, with sharp eyes and a deep gaze, its body is strong and powerful, its claws are stretched out forcefully, its tail is agile and lively, the giant dragon rises into the air, symbolizing the rise of China.
4. Brilliant Lights
50 sets of lights, 2000 tree lights, and tens of thousands of mountain-body Great Wall and pavilion outline lights, decorative lighting, will dress up the entire Longqing Gorge in a dreamy, magnificent and brilliant way.
5. Glacier Canyon Amusement Park
This Ice Lantern Ice and Snow Carnival, Longqing Gorge has also newly launched the Glacier Canyon Amusement Park, allowing you to experience the wildness of Lake Baikal in the suburbs of Beijing!
Attractions:
There are fun banana boats, ice-surface dragon-walking ice carts, ice-surface snow tubes, small trains and other ice-based entertainment projects. There is also wild UTV on the ice, let the professional drivers in the scenic spot lead you to experience ice-surface drifting, fast speed, both thrilling and exciting!
The scenic spot has set up multiple check-in points using landscape embellishments, with East Sea Dragon King, God of Wealth, two-dimensional characters and other Cosplay parades, cooperating with tourists to check in and take photos.
There are also wonderful intangible cultural heritage performances and variety shows in the Longqing Gorge Cultural Square. If you are hungry, you can go to the lively market and taste all kinds of delicious snacks.
6. Drone Light Show
In addition, there is a drone light show, with 1000 drones performing “Flying Dragon in the Sky”, making tourists feel like they are in the vast starry sky (the specific flight time will be announced by the scenic spot two days in advance).
Tour Routes
1. Land Route: Parking lot, walk through the commercial street – scenic area gate
2. Ice Route: Scenic area gate – North Boat Platform entrance – Moon Pier – King Kong Temple Pier – Small Stone Forest – return to South Pier.
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