how to play? how to eat? how to buy tickets? here is the guide to the beijing lantern festival
2024-09-12
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beijing news (reporter jiang huizi) the largest lantern festival in beijing's history, the beijing lantern festival, is about to light up at the beijing garden expo park. fengtai district, the local area, integrates the district's cultural and tourism resources, and launches a one-stop experience of eating, shopping and entertainment, unlocking more new ways to play for citizens and tourists.
the largest lantern festival in beijing's history, the beijing lantern festival, will soon be lit up at the beijing garden expo park. photo by tao ran, a reporter from the beijing news
during the lantern festival, the yongding tower located on the eagle mountain in the garden expo park will also be lit up, echoing the "phoenix dancing in the sky" lantern at gate 3. as the iconic main building of the 9th china (beijing) international garden expo, the yongding tower has an octagonal nine-story exterior in the liao and jin style. when the yongding tower is lit up at night, the layers of eaves are magnificent.
while enjoying the lanterns, visitors can also taste delicious food, experience intangible cultural heritage, and feel the opera culture. more than 150 specialty shops will be stationed in the lantern festival, covering time-honored brands, intangible cultural heritage, cultural creation, catering and food, etc. there will also be more than 20 activities such as singing and dancing, drama, and national trend culture.
it is understood that fengtai district has established a district service and guarantee work leading group, which has repaired and upgraded more than 1,000 infrastructure facilities in the park, renovated 34,000 meters of circuit facilities, added nearly 800 tourist service facilities of various types, and built a new emergency broadcasting system.
at the same time, special transportation lines and shuttle buses will be set up, and parking spaces will be expanded. citizens can purchase tickets online through the official wechat account of "beijing lantern festival" or search for "beijing lantern festival" on douyin, alipay, meituan, and ctrip platforms, or purchase tickets offline at the ticket office at gate 3 of beijing garden expo park.
if you are tired of shopping, citizens and tourists can not only eat in the park, but also find delicious food in the surrounding area. the new version of the "fengtai consumption map" selects more than 60 catering spots within 5 kilometers of the "beijing lantern festival". through the "what's worth buying" applet, click on the "beijing fengtai consumption map" on the homepage to view the introduction, pictures, and service phone numbers of the consumption places you are interested in, and query the destination navigation with one click.
beigong town, where the garden expo park is located, has selected 62 cooperative merchants in the vicinity of the "beijing lantern festival". citizens and tourists can go to the mountain restaurant to taste stewed pork elbows and braised crispy fish, invite relatives and friends to taste "stove fish", and go to the chinese famous jujube garden to experience real-life cs, barbecue, and picking, and take home the high-quality fruit certified by the national geographical indication - changxindian white dates.
fengtai district has updated and released the "subway consumption map", which uses the 10 subway lines and more than 50 subway stations passing through fengtai district as nodes to provide one-stop consumption options for food, accommodation, travel, shopping and entertainment. citizens can download it through the "fengtai consumption map" - beijing lantern festival section. for example, citizens can take metro line 14 from east to west, from lize tianjie, ping an xingfuhui, lize tiandi, xinguangjie, shouhang life plaza, wanfeng road, dajing sports center, and finally go to the garden expo park to enjoy the lanterns and experience the "beijing color shopping and entertainment tour".
“take the subway and visit fengtai.” photo provided by fengtai district
in addition, fengtai district has also released the "2024 fengtai golden autumn night tour guide", recommending multiple night tour routes. in addition to watching the lights, tourists can also enjoy the sunset at nanyuan forest wetland park, have dinner at nansen sunset night market in the evening breeze, check in at the "giant pumpkin art kingdom" at the world flower garden, and then go to the "huachao street night market" to feel the fireworks.
2024 fengtai golden autumn night tour guide. photo courtesy of fengtai district
edited by bai shuang
proofread by xue jingning
