{"id":247655,"date":"2026-07-20T13:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247655\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T13:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:12:13","slug":"chinese-lantern-festival-lights-up-franklin-square-for-cultural-glow-and-family-fun-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247655\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Lantern Festival lights up Franklin Square for cultural glow and family fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByNatalie Jason  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WPVI logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/origin-wpvi.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, July 20, 2026 12:48PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Chinese Lantern Festival lights up Franklin Square \"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">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. Throughout Franklin Square Park, over 1,500 lanterns shimmer in 40 groupings of fantastical figures that bring to life worlds of wildlife and more. 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. 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 \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/phillychineselanternfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chinese Lantern Festival<\/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> | <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><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Franklin Square Park, 6th &amp; Race Streets<br class=\" \"\/>hours 6pm to 11pm, daily<br class=\" \"\/>open through August 16th<\/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":"ByNatalie Jason Monday, July 20, 2026 12:48PM The Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival is in its tenth year of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[105837,69,73332,71,70],"class_list":["post-247655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-105837","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\/247655","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=247655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}