Hangzhou Xixi Lantern Festival

🌟2025 Hangzhou Xixi Wetland Hezhu Street Lantern Festival Guide! Check out the Water Margin-themed lanterns and intangible cultural heritage market 📷 ### 🔥Highlights 1. **Themed Lantern Festival + Water Town Style** This year's lantern festival is themed around Water Margin, with giant lanterns recreating the heroic scenes of the Liangshan heroes. The Lantern Alley on Hezhu Street creates a water town atmosphere with thousands of lanterns, perfect for photos! **Dates**: Jan 29–Feb 12 (lanterns lit from 17:00–23:30) **Location**: Hezhu Street, North Gate, Jiangcun Slow Life Block, etc. 2. **Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience** - 40-meter-long intangible cultural heritage lantern street (Jiangcun Slow Life Block) - Write the character "Fu" (福), make rice cakes, and paint sugar paintings - Yue opera performance and God of Wealth parade (Lunar New Year only) 3. **Lantern Festival Activities** - On Feb 12, the Lantern Festival, there will be lantern riddles, DIY lanterns, and river lanterns! Solve the riddles to win a small gift~ --- ### 📍Must-visit Spots 1. **Hezhu Street Lantern Alley** Lantern corridor + ancient-style buildings, as if traveling back to the Southern Song Dynasty when the lights are on at night. Don't miss the "Xixi Stay" wall! **Photo Tips**: Wear Hanfu or light-colored clothes, use lanterns as the foreground, and turn on night mode for better photos! 2. **Water Margin-themed Lanterns** - "Water Margin Mountains and Rivers" lanterns at the North Gate entrance (designed with Xixi's water system) - Jiangcun "Water Margin Long Street" intangible cultural heritage lanterns (40-meter-long dragon lantern + Water Margin characters) 3. **Shentankou Night Boat Tour** Take a boat ride through the lanterns and water, and listen to the boatman tell Xixi legends (boat ticket: CNY 60/person, recommended to board in the evening) --- ### 🚶♀️Itinerary **17:00–19:00** Enter from the North Gate → Water Margin lanterns → Jiangcun Slow Life Block (market + snacks) **19:00–20:30** Lanterns and photos on Hezhu Street → Shentankou night boat tour **20:30–21:30** Lantern riddles/intangible cultural heritage crafts (Lantern Festival only) ### 🚗Transport & Tickets - **Subway**: Line 19 to Xixi Wetland North Station, 10-minute walk to Hezhu Street - **Self-driving**: Navigate to Xixi Wetland North Gate Parking Lot, arrive early on weekends as parking is limited - **Tickets**: The free route is already beautiful, but if you have the energy, you can walk from the East Gate to Hezhu Street; --- ### 🍡Food & Souvenirs - **Hezhu Street Snacks**: Mr. Yang's Mahua, Gorgon Cake, Dingsheng Cake, Stinky Tofu (recommended: Mr. Yang's Mahua/Gorgon Cake, available online) - **Souvenirs**: Xixi Flower Basket (intangible cultural heritage craft), Water Margin-themed lanterns This winter, come to Xixi Wetland and experience the romance of thousands of lanterns and plum blossoms! ✨