Experience the New Year in the Heavenly Court: Zigong Lantern Festival Day Trip Guide!

The 2025 Zigong Lantern Festival is finally open! Drive 2.5 hours from Chengdu to Zigong to see the lanterns. ✅First stop: 🛎️Store: Qiu Jin Stir-fry · 30 Years of Salt Gang Jianghu Cuisine (Zigong Branch) 📍Address: Room 204, 2nd Floor, Pingqiao Xijie, Gongcao Road Authentic Zigong stir-fry cuisine, a 30-year-old restaurant in Chengdu, freshly made to order, no pre-made dishes, stir-fried and served immediately, full of flavor. 🟡Recommended: Spicy Rabbit Stomach, Spicy Beef Tripe, Spicy Rabbit, Fresh Rabbit, Spicy Chicken Wings, Ginger Frog, Fish Balls... ✅Second stop: 🛎️Store: Yanwei Qiu Jin · Zigong Cold Food (Zigong Branch) 📍Address: No. 666, Dangui Street Specializing in Zigong snacks, perfect for home and travel, now offering New Year gift boxes, customizable, great as New Year gifts or souvenirs. 🟡Recommended: Spicy Beef, Spicy Chicken, Cold Rabbit, Cold Tofu, Dry Chicken Wings, Fish Skin Peanuts, Spicy Chicken Cubes, Spicy Triangular Bones... ✅Third stop: 🏮 Zigong · Chinese Lantern World 📍 Sichuan Province, Zigong City, Da'an District, 50 meters north of Dongyandu Avenue, Chinese Lantern World Industrial Cultural Park Phase I 🟡Recommended to enter from the west gate, visit in the following order: Joyful Gate - Bountiful Harvest - New Year Dolls - Twin Beauties of Qingcheng - Welcoming the God of Wealth - Steampunk - The First Lantern in the World - Honor of Kings - Mirage - Abundance Year After Year - Extraordinary People - Wise Dinosaurs - Peacock Screen . Arrive early to queue, it's very crowded during the Spring Festival. The west gate is the most convenient, but also the most crowded. Keep an eye on children, it's easy to get separated in the crowd. 🎠Opening hours: Officially open on January 18, 2025 / 17:00-23:30 (lights on at 18:00) 🎫Tickets: January 18, 2025 - January 27, 2024 Adult ticket: 118 yuan/ticket January 29 to February 12 (the first to fifteenth day of the lunar new year) Adult ticket: 168 yuan/ticket 🚘Self-driving: 🧭Navigate to "Chinese Lantern World Parking Lot" There are 5 large parking lots nearby. P1P2 parking lots require walking, 3rd and 5th parking lots have shuttle buses to the distribution center. 🚌Public bus routes: Public Lantern Viewing Tourist Line (Line 6, 8, 10)