Opening hours of Yuyuan Lantern Festival: February 26th, 2022+February 26th, 2023+February 5th, 2023. The lighting time is 5 o'clock every night. In the folk custom of old Shanghai, it is a habit of "making trouble" and a spiritual belief to go to the Chenghuang Temple to worship the "Shangguan Aoshan Lantern" on the Lantern Festival to pray for Naji. The Yuyuan Lantern Festival cooperates with the Shanghai City God Temple to reproduce the folk custom of "Tianguan Aoshan Lantern" blessing parade, invite Tianguan to patrol as usual, present a blessing for Tianguan, celebrate the whole world and bring it home!

On the Lantern Festival, solve riddles on the lanterns is essential. Solving riddles on lanterns has a long history in China. It is said that it has been popular since the Southern Song Dynasty, and it has never failed. Come to the starry light array under the ginkgo tree in the central square, bring family and friends to solve the riddles on the lanterns and pray that "the stars are as they wish", which fills the atmosphere of the New Year.

Characteristics of Yuyuan Lantern Festival

There are more than 1000 riddles in each Yuyuan Lantern Festival, which are distributed throughout the Lantern Festival. Traditional riddles include guessing words and hitting objects. Modern riddles include brain teasers and IQ questions.

In addition to solving riddles on lanterns, the organizers of the Yuyuan Lantern Festival also arranged large-scale street patrols and held carnival parades during the Lantern Festival every year. Every night, the lantern team dressed in national costumes beat gongs and drums to light lanterns, and the image of lanterns everywhere suddenly came to life.

After each riddle is guessed correctly, the field staff will cover the riddle number with a round sticker, so customers don't have to guess riddles. The guesser will report the puzzle number and answer to the puzzle checking office, and stamp the corresponding position on the answer sheet after being confirmed by the staff. Each person is limited to guess 3 questions, and be careful not to tear off the hanging puzzle.