Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show:A Distinctive Shanghai Tradition

摘要

THE Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show is a traditional event that takes place every year in Songjiang District of Shanghai.Lantern shows can be traced back to the Han Dynasty(202 B.C.-220 A.D.).Later after the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644),such events became a cultural fixture in Shanghai.Among all the lantern shows in Shanghai,the one in the Yuyuan Garden is generally considered to be the most captivating.