LANTERN FESTIVAL 2021 NJ FULL
With the beautiful full moon and fancy lanterns, the Lantern Festival was romantic enough to be an occasion for young ladies to meet their lovers. It was once customary for single people to carry lit lanterns on the streets in hopes of finding their true love. In ancient China, young ladies were not allowed to go out freely except at the time of the Lantern Festival. Gathering with families and eating Tang Yuan, the Lantern Festival has an important significant meaning of reunion.īeyond that, the Lantern Festival is also known as Chinese Valentine's Day, a day to celebrate love and affection between lovers. Enjoying Time with Families and LoversĪs the Lantern Festival is a part of the Spring Festival, it is still a time reserved for families.
Tang Yuan is made of glutinous rice flour and is usually stuffed with sesame, peanut, and bean paste inside served in soup.ģ. Shaped like a round ball, Tang Yuan symbolizes the full moon and people's desires for happiness and family reunions. Tangyuan (汤圆 tāng yuan), also called Yuan Xiao (元宵 yuán xiāo), is a must-eat food for the Lantern Festival. Lighting lanterns is probably the most widely-known tradition for celebrating the Lantern Festival.Įvery year, lantern carnivals and exhibitions are held in parks and other public places, and lanterns of various colors, patterns, and styles are on display. Though the Lantern Festival is traditionally the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration period, it is an important day and highlight of the new year. Please read our Frequently Asked Questions.įor additional updates, make sure you fill out the form to get on our email list and follow us on Facebook and Instagram.Years Lantern Festival Dates 2023 February 5th (Sunday) 2024 February 24th (Saturday) 2025 February 12th (Wednesday) Top the Lantern Festival Traditions We're always looking for talented local carvers to add to our carving teams. Want to get paid to carve pumpkins? Our on-site carving teams carve thousands of pumpkins from mid-September through the beginning of November. However, all high-demand early timeslots sell out each year, most several weeks in advance, so we recommend purchasing your tickets as early as possible so you can get the date and time of your choice. We will be opening up an additional 9 nights in 2023 in anticipation of the increased visitation to celebrate our 10th anniversary. Our R&D department has a few more surprises in-store as well! Come see how we light up the night woods like you've never before!Ī portion of the proceeds from this event support scholarships and programs at our amazing host venue, Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts. And, for the first time ever, we'll have dozens of fun videos rolling all around the trail for you to enjoy. Click here to BUY TICKETS!Īlso new this year, we'll have a bunch of amazing photo-ops on-trail so you can get some awesome shots to light up your Instagram feed. It's no wonder why RISE visitors return year after year to see all of our new creations.
We've done trails in a dozen locations around the country and Usdan's sprawling campus is by far the prettiest and most perfect setting to host the world's most intriguing jack o'lantern experience.Ģ023 will be a don't miss year! In addition to the fan-favorite classics we plan to bring back, we'll also be carving up over 70 brand new never-before-seen elaborate multi-jack o'lantern displays! The RISE features more new themes and elements each year than any other similar event. We're excited to be back at our new Long Island venue with our partners at Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts, located a mere stones throw from the Nassau/Suffolk border. (The RISE has moved from Old Westbury to our new home on Long Island!) Our NEW Long Island Venue, Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts Make sure you fill out the form on this page and we'll email you a promocode so you can get discount tickets BEFORE they sell out! To celebrate our 10th season, we're putting out over 10,000 illuminated objects on our trail for the first time ever! This includes over 7,000 hand-carved jack o'lanterns and over 3,000 brand new specialty lights and hand-made Halloween-themed lanterns all designed and arranged by our in-house team of local artists. Long Island's original and most visited fall event, featuring The World's Longest Jack O'Lantern Trail, returns for our 10th season in 2023!
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