{"id":225819,"date":"2026-06-23T14:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225819\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T14:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:07:06","slug":"chinese-lantern-festival-lights-up-franklin-square-for-cultural-glow-and-family-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225819\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Lantern Festival lights up Franklin Square for cultural glow and family fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; The Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival is in its tenth year of shining a light on the city with a sensational setting full of giant handmade light sculptures and fun festivities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Throughout Franklin Square Park, over 1,500 lanterns shimmer in 40 groupings of fantastical figures that bring to life worlds of wildlife and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Look for a replica of Independence Hall in honor of America 250, and a sports section with nods to the global sporting events taking place in Philly this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Traditional Asian entertainment acts take to the stage, folk artists are on hand to make crafts, and food and drink are available to sip, snack, and stroll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Open 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. daily through August 16th (closed July 4th)<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><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><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Franklin Square Park<br class=\" \"\/>6th &amp; Race<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; The Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival is in its tenth year of shining a light on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[97998,69,73332,71,70],"class_list":["post-225819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-97998","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-chinese-lantern-festival","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}