The 2015 Yuexiu Lantern Festival, planned and produced by Zigong Legend Lantern Festival Co.Ltd, has officially ended. The following is report from the media:
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The Yuexiu Lantern Festival officially concluded, welcoming millions of guests in 35 days.
On March 20, the 35-day Yuexiu Lantern Festival officially closed. The lantern festival received millions of tourists, and for the first time realized the new attempt of "Guangfu Culture Enter the Park".
As one of the activities of the New Year in Yangcheng, Yuexiu Lantern Festival incorporates various Cantonese cultural elements,turning the zodiac of the Year of the Goat, Lingnan stories, and customs into exquisite pictures. The 38 groups of lanterns show the positive and uplifting spirit of Yangcheng residents.
The combination of culture and tourism park has become a highlight of the Yuexiu Lantern Festival. Visitors can enjoy the lanterns while tasting tea, listening to music, and feel the charm of Cantonese culture on the spot,which is a major attempt at the development of the government’s historical and cultural tourism brand.It is understood that next year's Lantern Festival may strengthen the implantation of Cantonese cultural elements, draw on the successful experience of Cantonese temple fairs and other successful experiences, add relevant offline cultural activities, and improve the richness of activities in the park and the taste of regional tourism culture.
As a product of the combination of culture and the park, "Guangfu tea house experience area" has been highly praised. Feng Jianyong, the initiator of "Guangfu tea house" and executive chairman of Guangfu Cultural Industry Development Promotion Association, said that this year, Guangfu tea house landed in Guangzhou in a physical mode for the first time and appeared in Yuexiu flower market and Guangfu temple fair to provide citizens with the experience content of "tea, ceremony, drama, food "."I hope that the flower market, lantern festival, and temple fair can be trinity in the future, forming an overall publicity brand, and promoting the development of Cantonese culture in a three-dimensional and systematic manner." Feng Jianyong said.
At the closing of the Lantern Festival,the Organizing Committee of the Cantonese Temple Fair awarded Feng Jianyong the titles of "Guangfu Cultural Charity Benchmark Enterprise" and "Cantonese Cultural Charity Promotion Ambassador".