The 9th Jiangsu·Taiwan Lantern Festival opens in Changzhou from January 27 to April 7.

As a platform of cultural exchanges between Jiangsu and Taiwan, the festival exhibits over 60 groups of Chinese lanterns in six themes, namely “Happy Chinese New Year�? “The Charm of Changzhou�? "The Beauty of the World�? “The Chinese Dream�? “The Era of Science and Technology� and “The Beautiful Jiangnan�?

During the exhibition period, giant luminous lanterns of symbolic features in animals, or characters of Chinese traditional cultures, will light up the south square of Dino Watertown from 17:00-22:00 every day.

Meanwhile, there are a series of activities such as Spring Festival couplets written by calligraphers, folk dance performances, Shilin night market, Lantern Festival photo competition, hand-painted lantern competition, and so on.