Chongqing- The Mexin Wine Town theme park of Fuling District has organized a series of colorful and vibrant New Year parades for tourists, who can now also enjoy lantern displays spread over six different themed areas. These special attractions have been set up to create a festive atmosphere and convey wishes for a happy and prosperous Year of the Tiger.

On the day the first parade was held on January 29th, a hundred local villagers dressed up in festive costumes, which included two participants in tiger suits who led the parade with couplets featuring 14 auspicious tiger-themed messages. The group then paraded through town with traditional elements, including long dragons, pantomime characters, and paper fish models that symbolize abundance.

Once the parade began, visitors flocked to enjoy the traditional atmosphere and capture the experience on camera, as the performers delighted them with a fun blend of music, dance, and chances to interact.

Zhou Huafei, a visitor who watched the live parade, shared his feelings on the event. 'It's really created a festive atmosphere for the New Year, especially with the dancing tigers and dragons. I hope people will make sure these traditions continue.'

A theme park representative added that more parades will be held over the Chinese New Year and will feature various themes such as the yearly return home and homage to the God of Wealth.

Lanterns gleam with New Year wishes

The Linshi neighborhood where Mexin Wine Town is located has unveiled an exhibition of richly colored New Year lanterns, where visitors can feast their eyes on thousands of dazzling and intricately designed lights that have created a rich and festive atmosphere.

A representative of Mexin Wine Town introduced the exhibition.' The tradition of hanging up colorful lanterns and banners has a long historical association with the Spring Festival. We have designed six main exhibition areas, which are themed on various wishes for the New Year. This way, we hope to promote traditional folk culture and express our New Year wishes to the whole country.'

The six lantern exhibition areas are scattered across the theme park complex and feature a large Chinese character for 'tiger' spelled with hundreds of red lanterns, a resplendent palace embodying wishes for the New Year, handmade carp lanterns representing abundance, and a pair of 'moonlight' towers on Meixin Lake symbolizing lucky stars and repeated good fortune.

Mexin Wine Town now features a 'sky city that never sleeps' with a number of tourist experiences free of charge, while many other attractions include a light show and flashing mid-air neon displays to wish people ascendance in life.

The area by Paotong Village cable car station within the theme park now has a five-meter tall 'fortune' tower of light, which lights up the figurative path ahead, and offers bright wishes for a life of happiness in the New Year.

It is understood the New Year lantern exhibition will continue through to the end of February. Mexin Wine Town will also hold more exciting activities for the public during this time, including markets for New Year goods and Spring Festival paintings and couplets, parades themed on folk culture, and springtime concerts.