{"id":18165,"date":"2020-08-21T00:38:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T04:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=18165"},"modified":"2021-02-01T16:47:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T21:47:56","slug":"boston-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2020\/08\/21\/boston-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Lantern Spectacle Comes To Boston\u2019s Franklin Park Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cBoston Lights: A Lantern Experience\u201d<\/a> fills Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo with dazzling, giant sculptures of dragons, pandas, crabs, tigers, fish and flamingos lit from within by LED lights.<\/p>\n

More than 50 displays, crafted of fabric stretched over frames of metal rods, illuminate the zoo’s 72 acres through Nov. 1. (Update:<\/strong> They’ve extended the exhibition through Nov. 15.)<\/p>\n

They\u2019re made in China by Tianyu Arts and Culture, the Chicago-based subsidiary of Sichuan Tianyu Culture Communication Co., Ltd., headquartered in the city of Zigong in China\u2019s Sichuan Province. The firm has adapted traditional Chinese lantern festivals to create spectacles for zoos, botanical gardens and festivals in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Tucson, Louisville, Milwaukee, Albuquerque and elsewhere.<\/p>\n