Free Activity Time of Yuyuan Garden Lantern Festival in 2023

Free time for the 2023 Yuyuan Lantern Festival: February 26th, 2022-February 6th, 2023.

The lighting time is 5 o'clock every night. In the folk custom of old Shanghai, it is a habit of "making trouble" and a spiritual belief to go to the Chenghuang Temple to worship the "Shangguan Aoshan Lantern" on the Lantern Festival to pray for Naji. With the theme of "Strange Stories of Mountains and Seas", the Yuyuan Lantern Festival is based on the classic of mountains and seas, a traditional myth of China, which combines intangible art lanterns, immersive national wind experience and interesting interaction between online and offline to create a Spring Festival Lantern Festival with beautiful culture.

Especially around the Jiuqu Bridge in Yuyuan Garden, there is a fascinating dream. The huge grass hides the entrance to the fairyland, and boarding the Nine Songs is like stepping into a romantic and charming ancient fantasy world. Between the fairy fog and the misty sky, there are nine continents roaming in the sea, with strange flowers and grass, and the scenery is beautiful. The well-known beasts in Shan Hai Jing ran out from the illustrations in the book one by one to meet people.

Highlights of Lantern Festival

1, cruise on the night of Shangyuan, and bring your blessings home.

In the old Shanghai folk custom, it is a noisy habit and a spiritual belief to go to the Chenghuang Temple to worship the "Aoshan Lantern" and pray for Naji during the Lantern Festival. This year, the Yuyuan Lantern Festival will be linked with the Shanghai City God Temple, reappearing the folk custom of "Tianguan Aoshan Lantern", inviting Tianguan to patrol the ceremony, praying for all people as always, for Tianguan, Master Xianrui and all people in the future, and bringing the blessings home!

2, take the zigzag bridge, drink Yuanbao tea, and make a fortune in the new year.

Yuanbao tea is a folk drink in the south of the Yangtze River. Olives represent Yuanbao, and kumquat represents Geely, which means making a fortune and praying for the Spring Festival. Walking through the zigzag bridge means sending away twists and turns and difficulties, and rising step by step in the coming year, full of happiness!