Yuyuan Lantern Festival "goes overseas" for the first time and will light up in Paris, France

For the first time, the Yuyuan Lantern Festival will go abroad and be staged on the world stage. Its first stop will be in Paris, France. On the occasion of the New Year in 2024, China and France will light up the lights together to celebrate the "Year of China". The French Yuyuan Lantern Festival will be held in the Paris Style Garden from December 15, 2023 to February 25, 2024, lasting 72 days, and spans important Eastern and Western festivals such as Christmas, New Year's Day, Chinese New Year, Lantern Festival, and Valentine's Day. festival.

The theme of the lantern festival is "Mountains and Seas Have Spirits". It is based on the ancient Chinese encyclopedia "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" written more than 2,000 years ago. The "mythical beast" is the "protagonist", combining traditional Chinese lantern production techniques with modern new media lighting technology, supplemented by colorful folk customs and performing arts activities, to bring a New Year full of oriental aesthetics and joy to the French people Garden party.

The Yuyuan Lantern Festival is one of the longest-standing, most well-known and most popular New Year lantern viewing and garden events in China, and is listed as China's national intangible cultural heritage. Take the Year of the Rabbit Yuyuan Lantern Festival held in early 2023 as an example. The 52-day event attracted more than 4 million lantern viewers. In recent years, the annual Yuyuan Lantern Festival has received praise from lantern watchers from all over the world and has many overseas "fans".

It is particularly worth mentioning that 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. Shortly after the Yu Yuan Garden Lantern Festival in Paris, France is lit up, the Yu Yuan Garden Lantern Festival in Shanghai, China will also be lit up. During the lantern festival, the two cities will link up and jointly a tribute to the friendship between China and France, and blessings for the Paris Olympics that will open in July 2024.