The 2024 Shanghai Yu Garden Lantern Festival will begin on January 21, lasting for 40 days. The daily lighting time, specific activities, lantern festival details, and themes can be found in the main text. Let’s take a look at the specific Yu Garden Lantern Festival activities.
1. Lighting Time
2024 Yu Garden Lantern Festival Lighting Time: January 21 – February 29, 2024.
Location: Yu Garden Mall (Jiuxiaochang Road, Congcong Store 2F, Haishang Liyuan 4F, Huabaolou 3F, Yu Garden Miniature World).
The Jiachen Dragon Year Shanghai Yu Garden Lantern Festival will be dazzlingly lit on the evening of January 21st and will last for 40 days.
After the official lighting, the Yu Garden Lantern Festival will be open to the public for free for a limited time. From February 10th (New Year’s Day) to February 25th (16th day), tickets will be required for entry at different times. Free admission at other times.
2. Ticket Price
Paid Time (2024 Yu Garden Mall Lantern Festival):
February 10th to 16th, 2024 10:00-22:00 Ticket required for entry;
February 17th to 21st, 2024 14:00-22:00 Ticket required for entry;
February 22nd to 25th, 2024 10:00-22:00 Ticket required for entry;
The 2024 Shanghai Yu Garden Lantern Festival will be open for a limited time and require tickets for entry.
Ticket Price:
Adult ticket 80 yuan/piece, Children ticket 50 yuan/piece.
2. Event Details
As a national intangible cultural heritage, the Yu Garden Lantern Festival has become a landmark Spring Festival cultural event in Shanghai since it was held in 1995. It has been held for 28 sessions, and the 2024 Yu Garden Lantern Festival will usher in its 29th dazzling bloom, unveiling the mysteries of the stars and the sea amidst the strong New Year atmosphere.
Crossing the Mountains and Seas in 2024, Continuing the “Shanhai Qiyuji”
The 2024 Yu Garden Folk Arts Lantern Festival will continue the “Shanhai Qiyuji” of 2023, from the Classic of Mountains and Seas to the Classic of Seas, from land to sea, from myth to wonder, from China to the world, embarking on the “Classic of Seas” narrative. Echoing the values of a community of shared future for mankind, it showcases the justice, bravery, and inclusiveness of the Chinese nation, demonstrating a broad mind and humanistic realm that embraces the world.
Four purification gates for blessings lead to the appearance of the dragon, five themed scenes create the image of the deep sea and the River Map, and beautifully present the harmonious coexistence of the magical species of the zodiac dragon and the vast ocean animal kingdom. Fish swim gracefully, waves roll in, visitors wander among the pavilions and towers, as if swimming in a magical wonderland of sea wonders and starry skies, experiencing a cultural feast of oriental living aesthetics.
Yu Garden New Year Gift Festival Series Activities
Yu Garden Mall will cooperate with the “Fosun Family Season” to create the “Dragon Lantern Yu Yue, Good Luck Year after Year” Yu Garden New Year Gift Festival series activities at Yu Garden Mall, including the Dragon Year Market, product sales, check-in interaction, and other fun promotional activities.
At the same time, it will create intangible cultural heritage skills and cultural introductions, ancient theater versions of the Yue Opera “Dream of the Red Chamber” performances, and relevant “Dragon Hunting” fun games for the 2024 Yu Garden Folk Arts Lantern Festival at locations like the Haishang Liyuan, Huabaolou, and Miniature World within the mall, combining traditional Chinese culture and intangible cultural heritage content, creating a New Year feast full of oriental living aesthetics for citizens and tourists.
Twin Cities and Twin Gardens Light Up, A Night of Fish and Dragon Dance
On December 15th, the “A Night of Fish and Dragon Dance” themed lantern group on Ninghui Road at the Shanghai Yu Garden Lantern Festival will light up simultaneously with the Yu Garden French Lantern Festival. In the sky above Ninghui Road in Shanghai Yu Garden, colorful schools of fish gather into a swirling dragon, dancing among the eaves and beams, bringing the scene of the bustling Lantern Festival depicted in Xin Qiji’s “Qingyu’an. Yuanxi” to the present day. Family and friends gather together to enjoy the lanterns, and looking back, the beloved one is also there.
Going to the Old Town to “Bai Xiang Xiang” (have a look around), watching the temple fair at the City God Temple, and watching the lantern festival at the Yu Garden have become traditional activities with a sense of ritual for Shanghainese during the New Year. The nearly 200-hectare Old Town is located within the Renmin Road – Zhonghua Road ring road in Huangpu District, the birthplace of Shanghai’s urban history. It is known as the “root of Shanghai” and is the historical and architectural district with the richest local culture and the longest history in the central urban area of Shanghai. Let’s follow the footsteps of the Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Commission and walk along this lively “traditional” route, taste the flavors of Shanghai, seek the roots of Shanghai, and appreciate the time-honored charm of the Old Town.
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