Abundant Happiness with Loong Stay. 2024 Changhua Moon Shadow Lantern Festival
Great Buddha Scenic Area in Mt. Bagua Lights Up!
2024 Changhua Moon Shadow Lantern Festival is on at the Great Buddha Scenic Area in Mt. Bagua from December 30th, 2023 to March 3rd in the following year, for a total of 65 days, and the Great Buddha Projection Mapping Show performs every half hour from 5:30 to 10:00 every night. Since the repairmen of the Great Buddha is finished in 2023, which marks the 300th founding anniversary of Changhua County, the brilliant and majestic Great Buddha Projection Mapping Show comes out as the highlight of this festival. Moreover, based on the fact that 2024 is the Year of the Loong, the other lighting zones are themed with the auspicious loong and happiness, including "Happiness Arrival" with flying holy loong lanterns, "Pink Village" with the pink carousel, "Universe Lanterns" with milky way lanterns, starry lights and fantasy mirror house, "Happy DODOA (sounds like abundant loong in Chinese)", "Instagrammable Spots" with interactive photogenic light installations, and "Endless Happiness" with the skywalk modeled on giant loong. Furthermore, 3 DODOA lantern installations are available in the venue. Everyone is welcome to come to Changhua to experience "Wonderful Changhua, Abundant Happiness."
2024 Changhua Moon Shadow Lantern Festival features the cute inflatable DODOA handheld lantern. In addition to the 2,000 pieces of the handheld lantern distributed on the day of lighting ceremony on December 30th, 2023, more will be distributed afterward according to different holidays, such as Valentine’s Day and Lantern Festival. For distribution details, please visit the event website for the latest news and the Facebook page of Changhua Travels.
The pink carousel, a big favorite with kids, is placed in Guashan Village. One free ride per receipt or invoice (including cloud invoice) of more than NT$300 issued within Changhua County from December 2023 to February 2024, or per adding Changhua County Government’s “Changhua Travels” on LINE in the venue. In the other hand, Agoda room booking discount is specially offered with limited quantity. During the event, 10% discount is offered on reservations for a room within Changhua County through Agoda Official Website.
Come to Changhua during the Lunar New Year this year to view flowers in daytime and enjoy the sea of lanterns at nighttime. During the day, visitors are suggested to admire flowers at Xizhou Park with the “Flowers in Changhua” event held from February 10th to 25th (the first day to the 16th day of the Lunar New Year), ride a bicycle on the National Greenway of Sugar Railway from Xizhou to Xihu, taste the mutton hot pot with different flavors in these two places, or visit the exhibition, “All the Immortals Paying Tribute to Gods – The Art of Folk Religion”, in the Changhua County Art Museum before February 18th (the 9th day of the Lunar New Year). When it comes to night, the brilliant light show for the “Changhua Moon Shadow Lantern Festival” at the Great Buddha Scenic Area in Mt. Bagua is definitely worth visiting. On top of that, visitors who scan the designated QR code with LINE at the venues of "2024 Changhua Moon Shadow Lantern Festival" event or "2024 Flowers in Changhua" event will be able to participate in the lottery one time with rich prizes, such as iphone15 and ipad. Everyone is sincerely invited to spend the Lunar New Year holiday in Changhua. "Flowers in daytime and lanterns at night" brings you abundant happiness.
