![]() ![]() CLICK HERE for more information or to buy tickets. Tickets will be sold individually or in packs of four and start at $19. There will also be a drive-through option on select nights. This year’s festival will also feature a nearly 40-foot-tall lantern, walk-through tunnels and a 150-foot-long Enchanted Garden Experience which includes butterfly, flower and insect displays. “Set up for this year’s event is already underway, and over the next month, artisans will be handcrafting the more than 1,000 lanterns that will transform the Zoo, including our most innovative and interactive displays yet.” “Asian Lantern Festival has become one of Cleveland’s most popular summer events thanks to the tremendous support from our community and event partners,” Kelly Manderfield, Cleveland Metroparks' chief marketing officer, said in a statement. This year, the festival will feature live acrobatic performances each hour and culturally-inspired food at the MetroHealth Asian Food Market. You can also watch a video version of this article on YouTube.The Cleveland Metroparks announced Monday that the Asian Lantern Festival will return for a sixth year on select nights from July 7 to Aug. Zar in Cleveland, Ohio on September 15, 2021. The featured image in this article is a photograph taken by Dr. Your readership is much appreciated! Historical Evidence If you liked this article and would like to receive notification of new articles, please feel welcome to subscribe to History and Headlines by liking us on Facebook and becoming one of our patrons! Question for students (and subscribers): Have you ever been to an Asian Lantern Festival? If so, where and when? Please let us know in the comments section below this article. Having now experienced a wonderful trip through an Asian Lantern Festival display, we intend to make such trip an annual tradition! This colorful tradition has also made its way into Western countries, and Lantern Festivals can be found in many places in the United States under various names, and even in London, England where it is known as the Magical Lantern Festival. Although the Chinese Empire may have fallen, this ancient tradition nevertheless survives on an international scale as a lasting influence of Chinese culture on the wider world.Īnother Asian Lantern Festival known as the Moon Festival, or the Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated in other various Asian countries and likewise includes the display of all sorts of decorative lanterns and figures. As time went on, regular folk got in on the act and the annual festival took on epic proportions of a myriad of colorful paper lanterns and decorations throughout the land. Purchase tickets at the box office for 25 per person, or 75 for four (if not sold out). Advance four-pack of tickets is 57 for Cleveland Metroparks members and 66 for non-members. Advance tickets are 19 each for zoo members and 22 each for non-members. The festival concludes the Chinese New Year celebrations, and originally only emperors and high ranking officials could afford to display ornate and large decorative lanterns. Asian Lantern Festival Walk Through Event. Thus, the emperor ordered that others throughout the Han Chinese Empire should also light lanterns on the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. 57–75 AD), a proponent of Buddhism, became inspired by Buddhist monks’ lighting of lanterns. The walk-through experience runs Wednesday through Sunday from 6:30 p.m. The Lantern Festival also has religious (Buddhist) implications. The Asian Lantern Festival features live acrobatic performances. The roots of the tradition may have something to do with brightening up the dreariness of Winter in anticipation of the coming of Spring. 11:00 am - 6:00 pm Cleveland Cultural Gardens. We thank you to all the supporters and sponsors that made this year’s festival possible, please check out the poster or visit the sponsorship page. Incredibly, the Lantern Festival tradition goes back to the Han Dynasty of China about 2,000 years ago. The official 2023 Poster for Cleveland Asian Festival. (Electric lights are used instead of the traditional candles.) Live shows are also part of certain tours. Zoo visitors may tour the exhibit either during daylight or in time of darkness when the decorations are brilliantly lit. ![]() Far from merely a bunch of colorful lanterns, the numerous decorations grouped into 70 displays include all sorts of animatronic flowers and animals as well. ![]() Available as a walk through or a ride through (in your car), this colorful homage to the Asian Lantern Festival tradition is currently in its 4 th year at the Cleveland Zoo, an indication of its popularity. On September 15, 2021, we took a ride through the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo to enjoy the annual Asian Lantern Festival. ![]()
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