Singapore's president to preside over Chinatown "cellophane" lantern lighting ceremony

According to Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao", the annual Mid-Autumn Festival celebration in Singapore's Chinatown will be officially lit up. This year, more than 1,000 handmade lanterns adorn the streets of Chinatown. The shape is similar to the cellophane lanterns popular in the early years, allowing tourists to take a trip to the memories of the "early and early Mid-Autumn Festival". journey of.

This year is the 16th year of the Chinatown Celebration Mid-Autumn Festival, with the theme of "Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival with Traditional and New Ideas, Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival with One Heart and Reunion". This year's lighting focuses on Xinqiao Road, Yudongxuan Street and South Bridge Road. Singapore President Halimah Halimah will preside over the lighting ceremony for the event on the evening of the 23rd.

It is reported that this year's lighting was handcrafted by 38 lantern craftsmen from China, which took five months.

There are many colorful dragons, carp, magpies, butterflies, rabbits and roosters and other animal lanterns hanging high in the sky, with exquisite and lovely shapes. The most eye-catching is the 12-meter-high giant tree installation at the junction of Eu Tung Sen Street and Upper Cross Street. The tree shape decorated with various lanterns is inspired by the tradition of hanging lanterns on trees during the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations in the early years.

These retro lanterns are inspired by the cellophane lanterns that were popular in China from the 1960s to the 1980s. Because the lighting has to be hung for about a month and withstand the sun and rain, it is mainly made of silk and satin.

The person in charge of the event said that the theme of the retro lantern design was chosen to let Chinese people relive the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the early years, especially to encourage the elderly to share the memories of the Mid-Autumn Festival with the young people and promote family cohesion.

Cai Xiangxiang (19), a second-year student at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts who participated in the design of the lanterns, said that in order to understand the design of ancient lanterns, she and her classmates referred to old photos and also asked the opinions of older relatives, in order to create a warm and nostalgic atmosphere. The student team also injected modern elements into traditional design themes. This year's lanterns used more than 10,000 LED bulbs.