{"id":65720,"date":"2025-07-14T20:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/65720\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T20:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:01:08","slug":"chinese-lantern-festival-lights-up-franklin-square-for-8th-year-with-all-new-lanterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/65720\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Lantern Festival lights up Franklin Square for 8th year with all new lanterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRANKLIN SQUARE (WPVI) &#8212; The Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival returns to Franklin Square with the cultural tradition of giant handmade lanterns that transform the park into a glowing wonderland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">From a 200-foot dragon, to an erupting underwater volcano, the experience offers fun for visitors of all ages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">There are lots of interactive lanterns, plus cultural performances, food, a cocktail garden, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The festival runs through August 31st, and this year a festival pass is available for those who want to come back again and again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/phillychineselanternfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival<\/a> | <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/franklinsquarephiladelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/franklinsquarephilly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Franklin Square<br class=\" \"\/>6th &amp; Race Streets<br class=\" \"\/>Philadelphia, PA 19106<br class=\" \"\/>open nightly, 6-11:00pm<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRANKLIN SQUARE (WPVI) &#8212; The Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival returns to Franklin Square with the cultural tradition of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":65721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[46668,5229,46666,46667,16374,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-65720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-46668","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-chinese-lantern-fest","11":"tag-franklin-square","12":"tag-fyi-philly","13":"tag-pa","14":"tag-pennsylvania","15":"tag-philadelphia","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114853372458273782","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}