Chinese lantern festival planned for SC plantation
Posted October 28, 2019 4:42 am.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. — A plantation site long known for attracting tourists to the Charleston area of South Carolina is introducing something new: a Chinese lantern festival.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens is often known for its moss-draped oaks and camellias. Now, the Post and Courier reports , it also will be adorned with cherry blossom trees, a sprawling dragon display and mythical creatures called qilins.
The festival is running during what are typically the slower months of the year for Magnolia, mid-November through mid-March.
The exhibit is called “Lights of Magnolia: Reflections of a Cultural Exchange.” It will be the first in a three-year partnership between Magnolia and the Zigong Lantern Group, a China-based company that has designed and created lantern displays in more than 200 cities around the world.
The Associated Press
