Children 8-14 were invited to submit a drawing of an eagle to celebrate the Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles, who were underdogs heading into the Year of the Dog. Most of the lantern materials for the Chinese Lantern Festival were created in China especially for this event, and sent via 15 containers on a ship to the US.Ī few local students got involved in the creative process thanks to The Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival Student Design Contest. They make all these huge lanterns in China and ship them here?Īrtisans from China create the lanterns by hand on silk fabric stretched over steel frames. Today each major Chinese city has its own light festival, with light sculptures that tell a legend or symbolize an old Chinese story. An old, wise man persuaded people to light torches, lanterns and fireworks to fool the god into thinking the world was already burning, and leave mankind in peace. A legend tells of a god who wanted to punish the human race by setting fire to the earth. The 200-foot Chinese Dragon, and the pandas, are back in Franklin Square, but all other creations are new for the 2018 festival.ĭo they have something like this in China?įor centuries the Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar to pray for a good harvest, and gain favor of Taiyi, god of heaven. What about the giant dragon? That was awesome. The cocktail menu will have Chinese/international themed drinks like Lantern Lemonade (lemon vodka, lemonade and green tea), Dragon Breath (jalapeno gin, Aperol, grapefruit juice, simple syrup and salt), Year of the Mule (rye whiskey, ginger beer and lemonade), and Barrel Aged Buddha (barrel aged gin, Campari, sweet vermouth, salt and orange zest). Wine drinkers can enjoy Canyon Oaks merlot and Avia pinot grigio. Other beer selections available around the square include Yuengling, Goose Island IPA, Troegs Sunshine Pils, Victory Hop Devil and more. Kirin, Sapporo and Tsing Tao are among the selections at the Dragon Beer Garden at the Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival in Franklin Square, by Cooperage – a new festival feature for 2018. The spinning plates resemble lotus leaves in the breeze, or butterflies flying among flowers when they’re moving atop bamboo poles.
?Plate spinning is a traditional Chinese acrobatic performance art. ?Swans are symbols of purity, nobility and loyalty in both the East and West. It’s a metaphor for being rewarded for hard work and perseverance. ?There’s a Chinese legend that if koi fish swimming upstream in the Yellow River jumped a certain waterfall that they turn into dragons. ?The world’s smallest and rarest dolphin species in the world is the Hector’s dolphin, named for New Zealand naturalist Sir James Hector. ?The gooty tarantula can only be found in a 39-square-mile area of India. That’s the “Shake of the Month” at SquareBurger by Cooperage, one of three places on the Chinese Lantern Festival site to get food.
?What a fortune cookie milkshake tastes like. It’s also an excuse to grab some extended fresh-air time, and to discover things about the world with your family.Īmid the glow of 28 larger-than-life, illuminated groupings of 1,500 individual works of art in the square at Sixth and Race streets in Philly, you can learn: The Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival in Franklin Square is more than a dazzling spectacle of 15,000 colored LED lights.
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