Worth the ticket price! A guide to the New Year Lantern Festival at Yuexiu Park in Guangzhou.

🏮 How can you not enjoy the lanterns this Lunar New Year? This year, the New Year Lantern Festival at Yuexiu Park is themed "Flowers Blooming in Yuexiu • Encountering Koi". There are huge Cantonese opera phoenix crowns, auspicious cornucopias, 120-meter-long koi lanterns, and various types of lanterns combined with real scenes. It is recommended to come in the afternoon, so you can enjoy the scenery of the park during the day, and when the sky gets dark and the lanterns are lit, you can experience a completely different colorful world and enjoy an immersive night tour. ♻️ Park tour route Yuexiu Park Station Exit B1 ⏩️ Main entrance of Yuexiu Park Phoenix Crown ⏩️ Year of the Snake Spring Festival Lantern ⏩️ Yuexiu Park Five Rams Statue ⏩️ Sun Yat-sen Monument ⏩️ Guangzhou Museum (Zhenhai Tower) ⏩️ Jinyin Amusement Park ⏩️ Dongxiu Children's Park ⏩️ Exit from the East Gate of Yuexiu Park 💡 Lantern Festival night tour route It is recommended to enter and exit from the main entrance or Yitai Plaza, where you can see 95% of the lanterns without retracing your steps. Stroll around, take photos, and enjoy the scenery along the way for about 2–3 hours. 🚌 Nearby transportation points at entrances and exits: 🟠 Main entrance ① Subway/Line 2 Yuexiu Park Station Exit B1 ② Bus/Yuexiu Park Station 🟢 North Gate ① Bus/TV Tower Station ② To Guangzhou Railway Station 🔵 East Gate ① Subway/Xiaobei Station Exit A 🟣 Yitai Plaza Entrance ① Subway/Yuexiu Park Station Exit A / Liuhua Subway Station Exit D 🟡 Jinyin Top Plaza Entrance ① Subway/Xiaobei Station (towards East Gate) ② Memorial Hall (towards South Gate) 🔴 Sunset Red Plaza ① To Yundao Exit 🗓️ Tips ❶ If you only want to see the Five Rams and not the lantern festival, you can enter for free from the West Gate of Yuexiu Park and visit other attractions in the park. The main entrance is currently closed. ❷ There is a lot of walking, so wear comfortable shoes. Traditional-style clothing looks good in photos. ❸ Many children like to hit and touch the lanterns. Since they are powered by electricity, many wires are visible, which poses a certain danger. Parents should keep an eye on their children and watch the lanterns in a civilized manner. ❹ There are many types of lanterns for sale, as well as various food and snack stalls. There are also power bank rentals, and night cruise tickets need to be purchased on-site at your own expense. 🎫 Tickets: CNY40/adult, half-price discounts for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased online and offline. Scan the code to enter. Discounted price during the Lunar New Year (Jan 28–Feb 4): CNY32/person 🕑 Lantern Festival dates: Jan 16–Feb 16, 2025, 06:00–22:00. Opening hours during the Lantern Festival: 06:00–24:00 💡 Lighting time: 18:00 💡 Lights out: 22:00