Celebrated lantern show heads to Paris

The celebrated lantern show in Shanghai's Yuyuan Garden, a staple in the city's Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations for 28 years, will be held in Paris, France for the first time from Dec 15 to Feb 25. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

Yuyuan Garden, a classical garden complete with period-style buildings in downtown Shanghai, has been holding the most popular lantern shows annually in Shanghai for the past 28 years. On Monday the Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart (Group) Co. announced its plan to host the first lantern show in Paris during the upcoming Chinese New Year, which will be on Feb 10.

The first installment of the Yuyuan Lantern Show in Paris will take place at Jardin d'Acclimatation, an amusement park in the northern part of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris.