Chengdu Lantern Festival! Direct subway access! Free! No reservation required!

Guosefanghua has become a giant elephant! It's at Dongmen Shijing!! 🎉🎉🎉 Dongmen Shijing is an internet experience street block that showcases the old Chengdu street culture, built around the former residence of Li Jieren. It presents the leisurely and comfortable street life of old Chengdu in its original form. Every year, Dongmen Shijing holds a grand lantern festival. Last year's dragon lantern went viral online🔥🔥🔥, and this year it has been upgraded to be even more stunning. The "Ling Snake Transforms into a Phoenix" main lantern became the focus of the event as soon as it was unveiled, and it is super impressive to see in person! 📍Address: Dongmen Shijing (No. 9, Lingke West Road, Jinjiang District, Chengdu) 🕙Time: During the Spring Festival until February 💰Tickets: Free! Free! Free! 🚇Transportation: - Subway: Take Metro Line 7 and get off at Shizishan Station, Exit A1🚇; - Bus: Take bus No. 79 or 1083 and get off at Metro Shizishan Station (Exit D)🚌; - Self-driving: Navigate directly to Dongmen Shijing Underground Parking Lot, convenient and fast🚗. ⏰Opening hours: All day 📌Recommended duration: 3–4 hours (You can go there at 4 pm, visit the former residence of Li Jieren first, then find a teahouse to enjoy tea, have dinner, and then take photos of the lanterns) [Travel Guide] 🍜Food: Hot pot, skewers, barbecue, Sichuan cuisine, snacks, you name it, there's something for everyone😋😋😋 🥤Drinks: Babbacha/tea (we recommend Haha Teahouse, the main phoenix lantern is right above, great photo angle), whiskey, craft beer, trendy drinks, you can find them all here. When you're tired, just find a place to sit down and experience the slow life of Chengdu🍵🍺 🎮Play: (1) Jieren Park (open all day, free), Li Jieren's Former Residence (open 9 am–5 pm, free)📚 (2) Experience intangible cultural heritage and old Chengdu street scenes/recreations: ear-picking shop, face-shaving shop, barber shop, shoe-shining shop, sugar painting, carrying a pole, rickshaw, etc.🎨🎭 (3) Photo spots: main phoenix lantern (lights up after 6 pm, we recommend taking photos after 7 pm, be sure to take a panoramic photo of the dragon head above Haha Teahouse, it looks amazing), Western Sichuan architecture, intangible cultural heritage/street scenes, starry sky lantern sea, Hong Kong-style shop signs📸📸📸 (4) Traditional performing arts: there is a Haha Performing Arts Club in the sunken street block, where you can watch crosstalk performances, tickets are required