Mid-Autumn Lantern Fair at old Xietang Street The Mid-Autumn Lantern Fair opened at the old XietangStreet, SIP on Sept 16, and will last till Oct 6 to celebrate the ChineseMid-Autumn Festival which, reckoned on the fifteenth day of the eighth month onthe Chinese lunar calendar, will fall on Sept 29 this year.Colorful lanterns are an essential part in Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations, and are deemed as a... [MORE] Thousands of lanterns welcome the guests Wang Xiaowen, an inheritor of the techniques used to makeSuzhou-style lanterns, and his team joined the design for the   Mid-AutumnLantern Fair, as they have done for years.On display are three main landscape lighting sets andother lighting sets composed of about 1,000 lanterns. One of the most amazing scenes is the Lanyue Bridgedecorated with... [MORE] The Mid-Autumn Bazaar at the old street full of poetic and pictorial splendor The Mid-Autumn Bazaar consists of 60-plus booths selling various products from folk style handicrafts to local snacks and creative modern daily use articles with Chinese cultural elements. It is a good place to experience the folk culture in Jiangnan. [MORE] Modern and traditional elements integrated at old Xietang Street The Mid-Autumn Lantern Fair is a typical cultural pluscommercial event at the old Xietang Street which, located on the bank of theEast Xietang River, is a popular cultural tourism destination in SIP.The old Xietang Street is a restoration of an ancientstreet in the over-760-year-old Xietang town, featuring pseudo-classicarchitecture and diverse businesses fo... [MORE]