Yinchuan Flower Expo Garden Mountain and Sea Lantern Festival | Yinchuan
Celebration
The 2nd Huaboyuan Mountain and Sea Lantern Festival will kick off from December 27, 2025 to March 8, 2026. This year's activity revolves around "one loop, four zones, and three points": the "loop" follows the touring route featuring mythical creature floats, IP flash performances, and interactive murder mystery games; the "four zones" include the main stage at Mountain and Sea Theater, 3D water dance light show at Water Show Theater, iron flower and fireworks display at Fireworks Theater, and bonfire night at Campfire Theater; additionally, three themed lantern zones with NPC performances form the "three points" of immersive shows.
During the lantern festival, visitors can enjoy 72 intangible cultural heritage iron flower performances, combined with fire pots, fire dances, and fireworks displays, creating a visual feast of golden skies and falling stars. Additionally, the festival features a special food district with sections dedicated to Ningxia, Sichuan, and national cuisines. Over a hundred authentic delicacies will be served, including hand-torn lamb, lamb offal stew, small pulled noodles, Jun Tun pancakes, Chengdu dan dan noodles, spicy chicken in chili oil, Chongqing sour and spicy noodles, Yunnan crossing-the-bridge rice noodles, and Xi'an roujiamo, all prepared with local ingredients and traditional techniques to delight every palate.