Chinese New Year Lantern Carnival Gala Night to be held at Hong Kong Cultural Centre tomorrow to celebrate spring lantern festival with public (with photos)
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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department is now holding the Chinese New Year Lantern Display and the Chinese New Year Lantern Carnival at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre (HKCC) to celebrate the spring lantern festival. The Chinese New Year Lantern Carnival Gala Night will be held tomorrow (February 12) from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, featuring a series of fabulous performances and activities. Members of the public are invited to join for free.
One of the highlights will be performances by the Guizhou Performance and Arts Group to showcase the diversity of Guizhou’s culture and customs. There will be ethnic songs and dances of the Miao, Bouyei and Dong ethnic groups, as well as acrobatic performances and more. In addition, a “Diverse Guizhou” intangible cultural heritage market will display intangible cultural heritage handicrafts, silver jewelry and wax dyeing items, and a “Secret Views of Guizhou” photo exhibition will show humanistic, ecological and other aspects of Guizhou. Other performances and activities of the Gala Night include a cappella and break dance performances by local groups, and the popular lantern riddles.
The HKCC piazza is now lit up with dazzling lanterns to create a joyful ambience. Animal-shaped lanterns such as pandas, peacocks, meerkats and squirrels are on display. Another focus is a 6-metre ornate palace lantern adorned with peonies and magpies surrounded by sky lanterns, carp fish and lotus flower lanterns, and an exquisite “Glittering FishLanterns with Abundant Blessings” lantern display made by local paper-crafting master Mo Cheuk Kei based on the style of traditional Chinese New Year paintings. The lanterns are illuminated from 6pm to 11pm.
Both the Chinese New Year Lantern Display and the Chinese New Year Lantern Carnival are part of the activities of the Spring Festival Gala 2025. For details about stage performances and activities, please refer to the event webpage at: www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/cpo/lanterncarnival.html.