Not only lanterns, an art feast unfolds. Start an immersive journey of chasing light through time an[...]
Not only lanterns, an art feast unfolds. Start an immersive journey of chasing light through time and space.
Time: From January 1, 2025 to February 28, 2025.
Location: 3rd floor of Huabao Building, Yuyuan Shopping Center (No. 265 Fangbang Middle Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai). Wait for you to explore.
[Light up the light of civilization] What lights up the 5,000-year civilization road of China? What kindles warmth and hope in our hearts? What shines with the stars and the moon and makes the night no longer long?
Not only lanterns – 30th anniversary celebration of Yuyuan Lantern Festival and Chinese Lantern Art Exhibition grandly opens on January 1.
The first trip in 2025 invites you to chase the light together!
[Exhibition Highlights]
5,000 years of Chinese civilization.
730 years of Shanghai’s ‘root of the city’.
30 years of growth and memories.
Shanghai lantern culture and art exhibition.
[13 ancient lanterns from museum collections make a stunning appearance]
13 ancient lanterns from museum collections, from the pre-Qin period to the Ming and Qing dynasties. Using lanterns as a medium, travel through the corridor of time and appreciate the wisdom and charm of Chinese aesthetics.
[10 century-old New Year pictures from Shanghai Library’s town hall collection]
10 century-old New Year pictures from Jiaochang Road in the town hall collection take you through time and pick up childhood memories.
[Eight intangible cultural heritage lantern skills in a big PK]
Representatives of intangible cultural heritage lanterns from eight regions, including the king of lanterns in Jiangnan, masters from Sichuan and Shu, Qinhuai ‘Monet’, court masters, Xiashi flying needles, paper-cutting masters, ‘writing lantern’ masters, civil and military lanterns. Chinese lanterns are in full bloom. Yuyuan Lantern Festival witnesses the light of intangible cultural heritage!
[Immersive VR experience, digital fantasy tour]
The national ‘Shanhai Jing’ themed lantern immersive experience project uses large-space virtual reality (VR) technology to let you experience it firsthand. Follow the ancient divine beasts in the first-person perspective to explore the adventures in the mountains and seas and experience ancient and modern times.
[Yuyuan’s magnificent scenery, a new chapter in interaction]
Dream back to the old city, experience the century-old Spring Festival folk culture in Shanghai. Take an AI blockbuster photo and freeze the light and shadow memory. AI photo machine takes real-life shots and checks in at the Yuyuan Lantern Festival theme with multiple scenes. One-click costume change, take a blockbuster photo in Yuyuan. Freeze the brilliant moment and break through the dimensional wall to make your circle of friends unique.
[Not only lanterns but also cultural and creative products]
AR refrigerator stickers of mountain and sea auspicious beasts, portable lanterns… Connecting the ancient and the present, the virtual and the real. Carrying oriental wisdom and conveying oriental aesthetics.
Not only lanterns. The lantern art exhibition and Yuyuan Lantern Festival open on the same day on January 1, 2025. See the exhibition and enjoy the lanterns. Come to Yuyuan and taste the cultural and visual feast. Have a beautiful and unforgettable New Year.
Opening hours: From January 1 to February 28, 10:00 – 22:00.
Preferential policies for opening: Children: Children aged from 3 years old (inclusive) to 11 years old (inclusive) or with a height from 1.0 meter (exclusive) to 1.4 meters (inclusive). Discount. Supplementary note: One tourist can bring one child.
Children under 0 meters (inclusive) enter for free. Visitors under 16 years old must be accompanied by visitors who are 16 years old (inclusive) or older.
