Where to enjoy Lantern Festival in Wuxi

Wuxi Cultural Center

Starting from 13:00 to 15:30, a Lantern Festival celebration will be held on Feb 19 at Wuxi Cultural Center with singing and dancing, traditional opera, lantern riddle guessing, and photographic exhibitions on intangible cultural heritages.

A total of more than 600 prizes have been prepared and people can easily win them by attending the events. Special prizes such as tickets for shows performed at Wuxi Grand Theatre have also been arranged.

An online lantern riddle guessing event will start from 12:00 on Feb 19. People can log in the WeChat account of Wuxi Cultural Center to take part and win prizes.

Address: Xishuidun Cultural Park, Wuxi

Public transportation: Bus Nos 5, 27, 33, 68, 70, 86, 96, 133, 760

Wuxi Museum

Wuxi Museum is a comprehensive museum featuring local history and art. The impressive 67,000-square-meter building is located at the south end of Taihu Square and is the largest public cultural facility in Wuxi.

From 9:30 to 15:30 on Lantern Festival, traditional lanterns will be hung in the hall on the first floor with colorful lantern riddles. The contents of the riddles cover a lot of areas including famous characters, locations, and poems. 

The event is open to the public without reservation or registration.

Tickets: free

Location: 100 Zhongshu Road, South Taihu Square, Qingyang Road, Liangxi district, Wuxi

Public transportation: Bus Nos 5, 23, 24, 29, 31, 57, 70, 81

Wuxi Worker Culture Palace

An online riddle guessing activity has been organized by Wuxi Worker Culture Palace from 10:00 on Feb 18 to 23:59 Feb 19. People can scan the QR code on the WeChat account of Wuxi Worker Culture Palace to participate in the event and win prizes.

Address: 299 Guanshan Road, Wuxi

Public transportation: Metro line 1 to Cultural Palace Station

                   Bus Nos 155, 133, 8, 68

Baicaoyuan Bookstore (Wuxi Nanchang Street)

A riddle guessing event will be held until Feb 19 at Baicaoyuan Bookstore on Wuxi Nanchang Street and those who figure out the answers can get prizes at the front desk of the bookstore, but prizes are limited to 30 every day. The more riddles you answer, the better the prizes you will get!

A lecture on the tricks of guessing riddles and techniques of making riddles will be given by Xu Feifeng from the Wuxi Lantern Riddle Association at 14:00 on Feb 17.

In addition, a live broadcast on tricks to guessing riddles will be held at 19:00 on Feb 18, which also includes a prize guessing section for people to try out what they have learnt to win cash-filled red envelopes.

Address: 511, second phase of Nanchang Street, Liangxi district, Wuxi

Public transportation: Bus Nos 15, 19, 57, 23

The Former Residence of Xue Fucheng is decorated with various types of lanterns in celebration of the Lantern Festival. [Photo/VCG]