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Around Town: 浪漫首爾,唯美燈節

When the cold wind starts striking the Korean peninsula, the capital city Seoul holds a lantern festival at Cheonggye stream flowing heart of the city, turning the area into a dazzling spectacle each year. With that said, the Seoul Lantern Festival once again kicked off on November 7th, under the theme ‘Seoul’s Gleaming World Heritage.’

正當寒風凜冽吹到朝鮮半島之際,韓國首爾的清溪川舉行了每年一度的首爾燈節,為這裡點起五光十色,讓人眼花繚亂,而這年以「首爾閃爍世界遺產」的主題再一次在11月7日舉行。

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The festival displays lanterns in all shapes and sizes through four parts. Part one presents Korea’s world heritages, followed on by local and international lanterns at part two. Part three shows characters popular among children such as Larva and Tobot. The last part features lanterns made by modern light artists. Several event booths which require visitors’ participation will be set up, including a wish tree where visitors can write down their wish and hang it on the tree. Selected messages will show up on nearby LED screen. Maybe time to confess your love to a date?

整個燈節展示了各式各樣的燈籠,並且分為四部分。第一部分展示韓國的世界遺產;第二部分則是包含本地及來自世界各地的燈籠;第3部分就有受小孩歡迎的卡通角色如Larva和Tobot;到最後一部分就是由現代燈光藝術家設計的特色燈籠。現場還有不少活動攤位讓人參與,其中就有一顆許願樹讓人寫下願望並掛在樹上,被選中的願望會顯示在鄰近的LED顯示屏,或許這是個給你示愛的好機會,還蠻浪漫的。

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Seoul Lantern Festival will be held till Nov. 23 along the 1.2 kilometer stretch from Cheonggye Plaza to Supyo Bridge. Don’t miss the shimmering view!

首爾燈節會由即日至11月23日在清溪廣場至水標橋舉行,全長1.2公里,千萬不要錯過啊!

Check out the official website for more information: seoullantern.visitseoul.net

Facebook page: seoullanternfestival

Photo credits to Jungmin Hahm

TEXT: JISU J
CHINESE TRANSLATION: CHRIS Y
GRAPHICS: SUKI Y /HOKK FABRICA