Thank you to all of our guests, sponsors, and partners for making this festival special SIGN UP FOR OUR E-NEWSLETTER LEARN ALL ABOUT THE PHILADELPHIA CHINESE LANTERN FESTIVAL IN FRANKLIN SQUARE (Left: Welcome video by 6ABC, Right: Chinese language video by New Mainstream Media, Inc. There are nightly performances with acrobats to traditional folk dancers and the extremely popular face-changer. The 2023 Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival has concluded. Local restaurant Sang Kee is next to the Wisteria walkway and Oishii is in the Dragon Beer Garden. Just as in China, the Chinese lantern festival includes lots of traditional foods. If people are in need of shelter, please call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-80). There's a red lantern corridor as you enter the park and a wisteria corridor that changes colors as you walk through.Įach lantern is a steel-framed, silk-covered work of art crafted by specially trained artisans from China who spent about a month handling and painting the masterpieces. The Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management’s (OEM) two reception centers, which were opened for people who were impacted by storm damage and flooding, are now closed. The biggest is the Temple of Heaven, soaring 36-foot high and weighing about five tons, modeled after the Temple of Heaven built in Beijing in the 1400s. ![]() There are 37 lantern sets peppered throughout Franklin Square, from a radiant peacock to a crawling, bubble-dispensing crab and a flock of parrots.Īside from iconic favorites like pandas and a giant dragon, all of the lanterns are new. PRIZE: One winner will win 8 tickets to the Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival, 8 tickets to Philly Mini Golf, and 8 tickets to the Parx Liberty Carousel! PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) - ENTER TO WIN: 6abc's Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival Sweepstakes
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