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First Hufu Yangxian Xishan Mid-autumn Lantern Festival Successfully Held

Date:2020.10.09


On October 8th, the last day of National Day holiday, First Hufu Yangxian Xishan Mid-autumn Lantern Festival came to an end. Crowds of people still came here from far and near.


During the 8-day event, Town Center had received nearly 200,000 visitors who strolled around in the fair and enjoyed a grand lantern festival.



1. Brilliant Activities Brightened Night Economy in Southern Yixing Mountain Area


On October 1st, First Hufu Yangxian Xishan Mid-autumn Lantern Festival officially unveiled.


It offered numerous brilliant performances, a fair full of booths and a dazzling lantern show. Tourists could enjoy local flavor and bustling living scenery at Town Center. It was as the saying that thoroughly enjoying themselves in a night lightened up by fireworks and lanterns.



Wuxi Daily gave a special report with the theme of Rural Endless Night – Brightened Rural Night Economy and New Vigor to Beautiful Country. It said, “In the recent two days, Yangxian Ecological Tourism Zone in southern Yixing mountain area has become a hot place to travel for local residents. This year, tourists have different expectation from the past. They would like to experience the night economy there more than enjoying the landscape of southern mountain area. Town Center of Yada Yangxian Xishan has opened to the public. A series of night economy activities including Mid-autumn Lantern Festival and the Fair lighten up the country, fill the gap of night tour in the Tourism Zone, and let more tourists choose to stay overnight.”



Chairman of Yada Mr. Jiang Jianning said, the original intention to hold First Hufu Yangxian Xishan Mid-autumn Lantern Fesitval was to lighten up the country, vitalize the industry and bring wealth to local people. Such an event would be an opening for the revitalization of southern Yixing mountain area and the development of Yixing all-for-one tourism.



2. All-around Preparation Fostered Firewall of the Event


“Pursuing the best within our capabilities”, part of Yada corporate culture, was also the requirement for the Mid-autumn Lantern Festival preparation.


Since the beginning of this August, the event had entered into the stage of preparation. As one of Golden Autumn Travel Season activities by Yangxian Ecological Tourism Zone, the First Hufu Yangxian Xishan Mid-autumn Lantern Festival with the theme of Full Moon in Xishan contained Xishan Fair, art performances and the themed lantern show. The event was coordinated by the Tourism Zone Management Office. Hufu Town Government was responsible for the Fair, exhibitions and performances. Yada Yangxian Xishan was in charge of the lantern show.



The themed lantern show was throughout the Mid-autumn Lantern Festival, as the content and soul of the event. For a grand lantern feast of an endless night with firework and lanterns and to meet tourists’ travel experience, we invited the production team of national intangible cultural heritage Zigong Lantern Festival to make lanterns. Since the beginning of this September, over 30 master craftsmen from Zigong Sichuan had stationed at Yangxian Xishan.



From theme idea to position layout, design to welding and pasting, artistic charm of national intangible cultural heritage and distinctive originality of craftsmen had been shown by every lantern. Finally, 25 lantern clusters made their debut at Town Center of Yangxian Xishan and brought a mind-blowing lantern and light feast to tourists.



To recruit exhibitors of the Fair, Hufu Town Government mobilized all departments for brand collection and selection. The final list was extended to over 90 brands from the original 50 brands, among which influential chain catering brands, such as KFC and Starbucks. Through proper coordination and elaborate management, everyday there reached 30 performances, enriching the Festival.



For the purpose of a smooth event, leaders of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government visited Town Center of Yangxian Xishan to check and guide the preparation of Mid-autumn Lantern Festival. The early adequate preparation built up a firewall and offered powerful fundamental guarantee for the event.



3. From Top-down to Bottom-up, United Efforts Guaranteed Safety of the Event


The traffic and people flow at each intersection was displayed on the screen of Town Center temporary command center in real time.



In this event, the public security authority used their Eye in the Sky system to light up a security lamp. Due to coordination from all sides including transportation, communication, urban management, environmental sanitation and logistics, the event was well-organized with smooth guarantees.



During the event, there were no security incidents. All activities were smoothly held and connected seamlessly. Even though facing with a large visitor flow volume, all the departments were under good coordination. The unity of efforts had helped win the victory.



That was “Unified joint efforts would triumph”.


The efforts people made were just for the Festival.


During the 8 days, all people involved in guarded the safety of the Town Center, the beautiful homeland and every visitors in their positions accordingly.



4. Night Was Still Young With Lights On Xishan


As the National Day holiday ended, First Hufu Yangxian Xishan Mid-autumn Lantern Festival was brought to its ending.


Reflecting the event, the sparks made a great party fire, everyone added fuel to its flame. The spark of Golden Autumn Travel Season in southern Yixing mountain area was set alight jointly by the support from Yixing Municipal Party Committee and Government, efforts from Yixing public security authority, Yangxian Ecological Tourism Zone Management Office, Hufu Town Governmnet and Yada Yangxian Xishan, and wide participation from all walks of life.



The “sparks” would constantly brighten the night economy in southern Yixing mountain area and feed the new development engine of Yixing all-for-one tourism.


The past was just the beginning.


As one of Golden Autumn Travel Season series activities by Yangxian Ecological Tourism Zone, Hufu Yangxian Xishan Mid-autumn Lantern Festival has come to an end. But the wonderful life in Town Center was going on.



Night Was Still Young With Lights On Xishan


The oxygen-rich Town alongside Yangxian Lake would turn on light and wait for your visit.