Lantern Festival at Guyi Garden
The Guyi Garden lantern festival returns after six years away. Apparently, it got too popular, drawing more than 100,000 people in 2014, and the authorities shut it down. Expect 18 lanterns from Zigong, Sichuan, which is famous for them. Tickets are 12rmb. Expect it to be absolutely mobbed on February 8, the actual day of the lantern festival.
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