Lunar New Year Lantern Exhibition Opens at Tsim Sha Tsui until February 16

Hong Kong is getting well into the spirit of Chinese New Year with the opening of the Lunar New Year Lantern Display at Tsim Sha Tsui. This year’s edition of the annual showcase, called ‘Chinese Lanterns: An Enduring Heritage’, will feature large-scale and vibrant lanterns that will be on view in front of the historic Clock Tower. While the lanterns will be exhibited all day, visitors who come post-sunset will get to see them lit up. The display will coincide with the Lunar New Year Lantern Carnival at the same venue.

Main attractions of the lantern exhibition

The lanterns are on display from January 23-February 16, 2025, at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and have been set up at the piazza pool at the foot of the Clock Tower. The centrepiece is a six-metre-high palace lantern embellished with peonies and magpies. Sky lanterns are displayed in front of the exhibit, along with an installation featuring a lotus surrounded by carp.

Attendees can also check out the ‘Glittering Fish・Lanterns with Abundant Blessings’ display made by Hong Kong-based paper-crafting master Mo Cheuk-kei. The design, inspired by traditional Lunar New Year paintings, depicts a koi fish and a goldfish leaping out of the water. The installation also has two lions wearing cheongsams atop the fish, with one holding a fortune stick container and the other clutching spring scrolls. The lanterns will be illuminated from 6pm-11pm every day.

Lunar New Year Lantern Carnival

Hongkongers and tourists who want to extend their Year of the Snake celebrations into next month can attend the Lunar New Year Lantern Carnival at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza from February 7-12, 2025. During this time, visitors can get a front-row seat to events like music and dance shows, breakdancing, a lion dance, a band performance, a lantern riddle quiz and more.

Image credits: GovHK

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