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The Chinese Lantern Festival
The Chinese Lantern Festival
The Chinese Lantern Festival boasted 30 elaborate, grand-scale lantern installations that transformed the Ontario Place landscape into something most North Americans had never seen before. It took 60 Master Craftsman 45 days to build the sets, which were displayed on land and water. The Festival, supported by the Chinese Ministry of Culture, included an authentic marketplace, Chinese cultural performances, and thousands of traditional art and red silk lanterns.
The Lantern Festival in China falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, which marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations. On the night of the first full moon, cities and villages are illuminated by beautifully decorated and intricately crafted lanterns hung from houses, shops and temples and carried by children as they walk along the streets. Today, streets on which the Lantern Festival is held are not only lit by the traditional lanterns, but also by brilliantly crafted floats and highly complex light shows. The lanterns are traditionally made of paper or silk and are painted all sorts of designs or famous scenes from Chinese history.
The Chinese Lantern Festival
The Chinese Lantern Festival
The Chinese Lantern Festival boasted 30 elaborate, grand-scale lantern installations that transformed the Ontario Place landscape into something most North Americans had never seen before. It took 60 Master Craftsman 45 days to build the sets, which were displayed on land and water. The Festival, supported by the Chinese Ministry of Culture, included an authentic marketplace, Chinese cultural performances, and thousands of traditional art and red silk lanterns.
The Lantern Festival in China falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, which marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations. On the night of the first full moon, cities and villages are illuminated by beautifully decorated and intricately crafted lanterns hung from houses, shops and temples and carried by children as they walk along the streets. Today, streets on which the Lantern Festival is held are not only lit by the traditional lanterns, but also by brilliantly crafted floats and highly complex light shows. The lanterns are traditionally made of paper or silk and are painted all sorts of designs or famous scenes from Chinese history.