People visit the first Winter Lantern Festival in New York on Dec 29, 2018. The monthlong festival was held at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden in Staten Island from Nov 28 to Jan 6, attracting more than 150,000 people to visit. [Photo/Chinaculture.org]
LED lanterns of lotuses are featured at the festival, together with some 40 LED installations spanning 7 acres of Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, including models of Chinese dragons, porcelain and pandas. They were accompanied by live performances of traditional Chinese dance and art. [Photo/Chinaculture.org]
A dragon-shaped LED installation lights up the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden in New York, Jan 4, 2019. [Photo/Chinaculture.org]
Children visit the first Winter Lantern Festival in New York on Jan 4, 2019. [Photo/Chinaculture.org]
LED installations of pandas add fun to the first Winter Lantern Festival in New York on Dec 29, 2018. [Photo/Chinaculture.org]
LED installations of Chinese porcelain and art are pictured at the first Winter Lantern Festival in New York on Nov 28, 2018. [Photo/Chinaculture.org]
A panda installation welcomes visitors at the first Winter Lantern Festival in New York on Nov 28, 2018. [Photo/Chinaculture.org]
