The 9th Jiangsu路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 鈥淗appy Chinese New Year鈥? 鈥淭he Charm of Changzhou鈥? "The Beauty of the World鈥? 鈥淭he Chinese Dream鈥? 鈥淭he Era of Science and Technology鈥 and 鈥淭he Beautiful Jiangnan鈥?

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.