The Grandest Chinese New Year Lantern Festival 2026~Amazing Nanjing Walk Tour
During the Chinese New Year, Nanjing is the place to be, and the Qinhuai Lantern Festival is the best in the world—it's like a magical world from a dream! The hottest nighttime landmarks in Nanjing this Spring Festival~ Spirited Away from Miyazaki Hayao's films has become a reality~ China Urban Stroll Tourism 2026
00:00 Highlights
01:36 Egret Island Park
06:36 Moon-Viewing Bridge
09:36 Four Gentlemen Aoshan Lantern
11:43 Moon-Reflecting Bridge
12:38 Persimmon Auspicious Lantern
15:43 Xianju Lanterns
20:57 Thirteen Protectors New Year Lantern Set
24:27 Suzhou Lanterns
27:31 Children's Dream Galaxy
32:29 Fish Leaping over Jinling Lantern Set
36:11 Immediately Promoted to Marquis Lantern Set
38:18 Fish and Dragon Dance
40:48 Phoenix Goddess
41:53 Five Horses Crossing the River
44:11 Foshan Lanterns
46:11 Huangyuan Lantern Set
47:33 Eight Directions Treasure Lanterns
50:16 Qiubo Bridge ~ Thousand Lantern Market
54:00 Qinhuai Flower Goddess
56:21 Thousand Lanterns Blessing
57:38 Huanhua Bridge
01:01:16 Confucius Temple ~ Wende Bridge
01:05:24 Laomendong New Year Lantern Festival
01:11:58 Thousand Lanterns Blessing Tree
01:17:00 Giant Pegasus Lantern
01:22:54 Laomendong New Year Market
01:25:58 Cat Lanterns
01:27:11 Santiaoying Food Street Lanterns
01:33:31 Ten Thousand Lanterns
01:38:20 Wubanqiao Market
01:42:03 Laomendong Food Street
Nanjing—a megacity in China, a famous historical and cultural city, one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization, and a center of world classical civilization. During the Ming Dynasty, it was the largest city in the world. Since ancient times, it has long been the political, economic, and cultural center of southern China. Nanjing is the most famous ancient capital of China, having served as the capital of the Republic of China for over 7,000 years, with a 3,000-year history of city building and over 500 years as a capital.
The Qinhuai Lantern Festival, also known as the Jinling Lantern Festival or the Confucius Temple Lantern Festival, is a folk cultural activity popular in the ancient capital of Nanjing. It is a national intangible cultural heritage, renowned as the "Number One Lantern Festival in the World" and "Qinhuai Lanterns are the Best in the World." It is China's only large-scale comprehensive lantern festival integrating lantern exhibitions, lantern displays, and lantern markets, and is also China's oldest, most participated, and largest folk lantern festival.
As an important folk activity, the Qinhuai Lantern Festival has always been a grand social and cultural event for people throughout history to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new, pray for good fortune, and celebrate joyfully. Qinhuai culture is a representative of the ancient Jinling civilization, and the Qinhuai Lantern Festival is an important vehicle for inheriting traditional Chinese culture.