A file photo of stilt-walking performers in Futian.

For Lantern Festival which falls on Saturday this year, celebratory events such as lantern shows, riddle-solving activities, hanfu parades, folk games, and markets will be held in cultural venues, communities, shopping centers, and street blocks across the city. Among the highlights, visitors can enjoy a unique roly-poly performance or boating and tug-of-war on a river. Don’t miss out on these special events that promise to make this year’s Lantern Festival truly unforgettable!

Roly-poly dance

Along Shenzhen Festival Avenue outside One Avenue shopping mall, visitors will enjoy a roly-poly performance in which a dancer dressed in a Tang Dynasty-style costume, will gracefully move and lean in different directions on a large hemisphere base to greet visitors. The roly-poly dance originated in 2019 at the Great Tang All Day Mall scenic spot in Xi’an, the ancient capital of 13 dynasties, including the Tang Dynasty (618-907).

In addition, visitors can partake in a hanfu parade and watch shadow plays, stilt-walking, traditional Chinese opera, and musical performances.

Roly-poly: 3-3:15 p.m., 4-4:15 p.m., 5-5:15 p.m., 6-6:15 p.m., 7-7:15 p.m., 8-8:15 p.m., Feb. 24

Stilt-walking: 11-11:30 a.m., 4-4:30 p.m., 7-7:30 p.m., Feb. 24

Shadow plays: 7-7:30 p.m., 8-8:30 p.m., Feb. 24

Fish lantern dances: 6:55-7 p.m., 8:30-8:35 p.m., Feb. 24

Live folk music: 5:30-5:45 p.m., 6-6:15 p.m., 6:30-6:45 p.m., 7:30-8 p.m., Feb. 24

Venue: Shenzhen Festival Avenue, Futian District (福田区节日大道)

Metro: Line 1 or 10 to Gangxia Station (岗厦站), Exit B; Line 2, 10, 11, 14 to Gangxia North Station (岗厦北站), Exit 6

Xiangmihu Subdistrict fair

Xiangmihu Subdistrict will host a Shehuo parade, an intangible cultural heritage workshop, a fair, and a lantern riddle solving session Saturday. Shehuo, a traditional folk celebration in China, is a festivity in multiple forms consisting of folk performances that vary in different regions.

Time: 2:15-6 p.m., Feb. 24

Venue: Qinshui Platform, Xiangmi Park, Futian District (福田区香蜜公园亲水台)

Metro: Line 7 to Nonglin Station (农林站), Exit C