So I bought me a lantern as well; a yellow submarine;-).
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| Cute, right?! |
As I wrote in my post from yesterday, the two main happenings are the lantern displays, including the one2free dome, at Victoria Park and the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance.
I covered the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance yesterday, so today I will show you around in Victoria Park.
We checked the place out a few days before Mid Autumn, during daytime, when they were building the whole set up.
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| Queen Victoria is sitting high and mighty, unaware of the lanterns galore around her. |
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| Yes, it looks promising. Lots of potential for a great lantern display. |
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| Lay out of the festival terrain and program. |
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| Nice, but a bit childish, compared to what we saw in other lantern shows. |
The huge one2free dome or Rising Moon sculpture was set up too, but the artificial lake surrounding it was still absent.
If you would like to know a bit more about this dome - facts, figures and the whole idea behind it- I recommend this article by fellow blogger Ruth from BlueBalu. She lives in Hong Kong and posts something about her life in the city every day.
A few days after our daytime visit it was Mid Autumn, so we went there in the evening.
The terrain looks gorgeous. The strings of lights and hanging lanterns give Victoria Park a fairytale atmosphere.
The moon is bright and full, although there are some clouds from time to time.
Ah, further away we can see the Rising Moon sculpture. Let’s check that out!
The lake is there now, beautifully reflecting the lights that change according to the scheme of the light and soundshow.
A poetic sight.
Extra poetic due to the full moon.
But the point of the dome is to go inside. A hole is placed in the roof, measured precisely so that it gives a perfect view on that full moon.
So let’s go inside!
Right, that’s what everybody wants, of course. So there is a long, long queue.
While moving forward, we can look at the changing colors of the dome and at the different ways people have lit themselves up.
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| Can you see by now what the dome is made of? Right, of the big water bottles, used in water coolers in homes and offices. |
Many children and adults wear lanterns or light objects:
Ofcourse I forgot mine, in the end:-(.
It says that the waiting time is half an hour, but the queue moves fast, so in 15 minutes we are inside the recycled bottles dome.
The outside is made of large water containers. Inside, the ceiling is adorned with common 1 liter water bottles.
And there is the hole in the roof that I was telling you about.
Providing us a perfect view on a perfect full moon.
Let’s have a final look around on the site.
I was particularly interested in the Mechanical Puppet display and shows, but strangely enough the puppet theatre was sort of closed. We were only able to see it from a bit afar, for which it actually was too small and too dark. Too bad!
Today is the last day, so head out there tonight, if you want to see these displays at Victoria Park.
I enjoyed my stroll through Victoria Park, surrounded by lights and people. As far as the lantern displays go; they are ok, but I have seen much more beautiful lantern shows, which I blogged about e.g. here and here.
All in all we had a pleasant Mid Autumn which we will finish this afternoon with mooncakes and tea.
Wishing you all a romantic moonlit night tonight!
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