Last night we went to the Chinese Lantern Festival in Fair Park in Dallas for the first time. It is on display through February 17 and is definitely worth seeing if you live anywhere in North Texas! For more information, check the website here. The Festival is open every night from 5:30-9:30.
For the first time, the Chinese Lantern Festival encompasses both the western (Gregorian) and eastern (Lunar) New Year. There are 25 different displays. Each lantern set is made of hundreds and thousands of individual pieces.
The Imperial Dragon Boat is over 120 feet long. Visitors can circle this royal craft by land, or step aboard for unique views in the middle of the lagoon (extra charge for this!).
Another view of the dragon boat.
The Porcelain Pagodas reach as high as 53 feet. Inspired by a Buddhist temple in China, this display is composed of 68,000 pieces of porcelain dishware—plates, bowls, spoons, and cups—all hand-tied using traditional techniques.
There were lion dances on the stage.
Reflections in the lagoon.
Reflections in the lagoon.
Archway
There were police on horseback.
The festival site does not open until 5:30. If you get there early as we did, you may want to go over to the Old Mill Restaurant a short distance away. Hot tea and coffee helped warm us up while we waited for the festival to open.
We started off the day at the Crow Collection of Asian Art's Chinese New Year Celebration in downtown Dallas. Rhonda looks good in red!
One of my favorite pieces at the Crow is china.porsche by Ma Jun. How did they get that to the second floor?
Inside the Crow Collection
Child-sized costumes for the Lion Dance.
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